As you Cubs fans fantasize about a future that includes Shohei Ohtani, let’s inject some reality into the reverie. Or, to put it another way, I’m here for you.
If the two-way superstar decides to join the North Siders next season, it won’t be because they were one of the seven finalists that had a shot at signing him out of Japan in 2017. It’s hard to believe that a few meetings six years ago with a team that was in a much different situation competitively would still have a profound hold on Ohtani now. That’s not a relationship. That’s a dating-app lunch.
