While the Cubs were busy Tuesday deciding on which prospects to protect from the Rule 5 Draft next month, a beloved Cub officially made the decision on his own future with the organization. Prior to the deadlines for teams to add Rule-5 eligible prospects to their 40-man rosters and for players to make decisions on qualifying offers, Willson Contreras rejected…
“We wanted to add power arms in these deals, so that’s what we targeted,” Cubs president of baseball Jed Hoyer told Chicago media after the trade deadline passed at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Even after surprising Cubs fans by not trading away some of his biggest trade chips, Hoyer met his goal by acquiring Hayden Wesneski, Ben Brown and Saúl González…...