Ep. 303: Kap and Tony in San Diego to discuss trades and if Castellanos is returning to Wrigley
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Show Notes
Kap and Tony are at the Winter Meetings in San Diego.
1:30- The Cubs have already shed a lot of payroll but they still have a ways to go. How is that possible? Tony crunched the numbers to find out.
5:00 - Tony and Kap react to Tom Ricketts' comments to the Sports Business Journal about the team's inability to develop pitching and how the Wrigley Field renovations have affected the budget.
9:30- Will the Cubs trade a member of their core this week? Tony says don't get your hopes up, Cubs fans. Kap is a little more optimistic. Plus would the Cubs be better off dealing Jose Quintana now as he enters the final season of his deal? (17:30)
21:00- The Cubs farm system isn't what it used to be. Tony talks about the prospects that are there now that might help the big league club.
22:30- Is the door closed on Nicholas Castellanos returning to Wrigley? Tony says there's a light bit of an opening. He explains why.