Mesa, Arizona – It would be hard to believe if you were in the park that night. Probably not possible.
If you were at Wrigley Field on November 2, 2016, how can you imagine a team celebrating on the field winning another postseason series from this moment until reading this sentence?
Not only because the Cubs ultimately addressed yesterday by winning their first title since 1908, but because tomorrow looked very dynasty promising.
The snapshot featured nine major contributing position players who played only 22-26 seasons, including NL MVP Chris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, who was fourth in the poll. Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks finished 2-3 with NL Cy Young and Jake Arrieta Ninth. The youthful infield – Rizzo, Bryant, Javier Baes and Addison Russell – were talented enough to allow Theo Epstein, the head of the baseball business, to say, “When, if not now?” As I was about to end the Billy Goat curse by promoting the deadline, I headed to the Yankees to take a walk through the advertised Graeber Torres, advertised by the Yankees.
