Paul Sullivan: Trey Mancini, a cancer survivor, is one of several new veterans who brings championship pedigree to Cubs
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Feb 19, 2023
4 minutes
MESA, Ariz. — When the Cubs open the 2023 season March 30 at Wrigley Field, Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki and Nico Hoerner might be the only position players back in the opening-day lineup.
The signings of Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger, Trey Mancini, Eric Hosmer and Tucker Barnhart, who will share catching duties with Yan Gomes, have changed the Cubs in significant ways.
Did the so-called “intelligent spending” spree officially end the Cubs rebuild?
“I don’t know if I can answer that,” Mancini said Friday morning at Cubs camp. “But especially with the moves that were made, we’re expecting to compete here. We don’t see this as
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