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Craig Counsell began baseball’s offseason with a stunning decision, leaving the Brewers to become the Cubs’ new manager. The assumption throughout MLB was that Counsell would join his former general manager David Stearns with the Mets. And no one even knew the Cubs were a ...

Notes: Jed Hoyer reminisces about the Cubs’ 2017 meeting with Shohei Ohtani.

There’s one player towering above the rest in this year’s crop of free agents. Here’s how the group stacks up and where each could land.

Chicago’s new manager got a profane sendoff in the town where he grew up.

A few top teams have already fallen.

By dismissing Ross and replacing him with former Brewers manager Craig Counsell, the Cubs shoved sentimentality aside.

The former Brewers manager was a hot commodity, and he took advantage of his leverage to reset the managerial financial market and end up where he always wanted to be.

The baseball offseason has arrived, and, before any huge contracts get handed out to big-name free agents, plenty of clubs are deciding who will lead them in the dugout going forward.

Plus: Dad of Highland Park shooting suspect takes plea deal; Cubs fire manager and more.