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Paul Sullivan: 6 players not named Aaron Judge who could fit needs — and budgets — of Cubs and White Sox

CHICAGO — One of the great observations of the Chicago baseball scene appeared several decades ago in a column by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Steve Daley. “Baseball has no offseason in Chicago,” Daley wrote. “Interest only starts to wane when the teams start to play their games.” That was long before the Cubs and White Sox ended their respective championship droughts, when both teams ...
Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander throws during the first inning in Game 1 of the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Minute Maid Park on Oct. 28, 2022, in Houston.

CHICAGO — One of the great observations of the Chicago baseball scene appeared several decades ago in a column by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Steve Daley.

“Baseball has no offseason in Chicago,” Daley wrote. “Interest only starts to wane when the teams start to play their games.”

That was long before the Cubs and White Sox ended their respective championship droughts, when both teams spent the winter months bragging about all their moves, only to watch those big signings blow up in their faces the following season.

That still happens, of course, but the price of free agency has increased

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