Unlike in years past when Jed Hoyer and the Chicago Cubs waited until late in the offseason, hoping for markets to bottom out on players they had interest in, this winter saw the longtime exec rebuild his bullpen, sign Alex Bregman to the third-richest deal in franchise history and pull off a bold trade for Edward Cabrera - all by early January.
But that doesn't mean Hoyer and GM Carter Hawkins are done. They made that much clear in their comments earlier this month during Cubs Convention. With that in mind, here are four free agents whose markets, frankly, just haven't developed the way they or their agents had hoped, who could make sense for Chicago.