Addison Russell is gone. Whether he'll return to the Cubs is anyone's guess.
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Jul 24, 2019
3 minutes
CHICAGO - DJ LeMahieu was still a free agent heading into January, but the possibility of the Rockies second baseman returning to the Cubs organization he grew up with was nonexistent.
"I don't think it really was an option," LeMahieu told me two weeks ago at the All-Star Game. "I mean, once I knew I wasn't going to be a Rockie I was very open-minded, but the Yankees from day one were pretty interested."
The Cubs? Not so much.
So LeMahieu wound up signing a two-year, $24 million deal with
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