‘Winning mindset’: How Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson’s attention to detail has made itself obvious

Dansby Swanson’s attention to detail has come through in anecdote after anecdote at Cubs training camp. (John Antonoff/For the Sun-Times)

MESA, Ariz. — Before meeting with the Cubs in December, then-free agent Dansby Swanson read through a packet his agents put together on the team, jotting down notes as he went. 

“It was an important meeting for both parties,” Swanson said. “It was important to be prepared going into meetings and to understand fully what I could potentially be getting myself into.”