CHICAGO _ If the Cubs were to re-sign Nicholas Castellanos, they would bring back a player who was their most productive hitter for the last two months of the 2019 season after they acquired him in a trade-deadline deal with the Tigers, sparking an offense that had struggled for the first two-thirds of the season.
But "it's more complicated issue than 'We'd love to have him back,' " team President Theo Epstein said in his end-of-season news conference Sept. 30.
Many teams covet Castellanos _ and for good reason _ and that interest is expected to accelerate at the winter meetings this week in San Diego.
Here are the pros and cons of the Cubs re-signing Castellanos:
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