Two-time All-Star starter Carlos Rodon, the longtime White Sox pitcher, “loves” Chicago. How much do the Cubs love him?
“I’ll say this: Chicago has a dear spot in my heart,” said Giants starter Carlos Rodón, who just made his second All-Star game in as many seasons for as many teams. “It’s the city where my wife and I kind of grew up together, became adults, where we had our two children.
He’s not even sure he won’t get traded by Tuesday’s deadline, considering the Giants went from certain buyers to possible needle-threaders or sellers after a seven-game losing streak they snapped by beating the Cubs 4-2 Thursday.“All I know is that this game is a business, and I think teams’ minds can change quickly,” he said during a lengthy conversation with NBC Sports Chicago before Thursday’s series opener. “And if we’re being honest, we’re kind of on the teeter-totter, in between.
And enough to ask this when he was asked if he agreed with the premise that one frontline starter might dramatically accelerate the Cubs’ timeline:Exactly. That’s the other big component. As well as Nico Hoerner has handled short this season, the Cubs are expected to explore another strong free agent shortstop class this winter with an eye toward shifting Hoerner back to second to produce what could be one of the tighter middle infields in the division, if not the league.
Yoan Moncada went from leading the majors in strikeouts and struggling in 2018 to receiving MVP votes in 2019, he pointed out. Rodón went from struggling and shoulder surgery to producing on the other side of the injury, and Lucas Giolito went from one of the worst starters in the majors statistically in 2018 to an All-Star in 2019, receiving Cy Young votes the last three years.
To hear Rodón talk about Chicago, it might be time for him, too — especially after taking the short-term, prove-it contract when other teams balked at investing longer term last winter,
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