That opportunity should not be wasted. Tucker will likely explore free agency after this season in Chicago. Hoyer is in the final year of his contract with the Cubs. Craig Counsell will have to make more of an impact as the highest-paid manager in the game. A strong farm system remains largely intact, leaving a lot of prospects for win-now trades.

Justin Turner still hears about it when he heads back to his wife’s hometown in Northwest Indiana. There are a lot of Cubs fans in that part of the state, and they remember his devastating postseason

The 40-year-old Turner provides the Cubs some security at third base behind young Matt Shaw, who has been slowed by a left oblique issue this spring. Turner, who can earn an addit