Chicago Cubs: What Bryce Harper on the Cubs might look like

I can’t believe I’m writing this story: Bryce Harper wants to join the Chicago Cubs. It seems like a story that our current Commander In Chief would dub “fake news.”

But the very credible baseball writer Peter Gammons told Mully and Hanley on 670 The Score

"“I have people tell me that Bryce Harper, really, would prefer to play for the Cubs.”"

It’s is something that no one had ever actually considered. Up until this point, the favorite in the early Bryce Harper ‘sweepstakes’ has been the Yankees.  The pinstripes are notorious for signing big-name free agents.  They also will presumably have plenty of cap room to take the potential half-a-billion dollar hit.

Let’s focus on what this could hypothetically mean for the Cubs. They would be adding a former 22-year-old NL MVP, a potential 6-time All-Star (assuming he gets picked both this year and next year), and one of the best baseball players in the game.

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Did I mention, he would only be 26 years old?

So the question shouldn’t be should the Cubs sign him if he is available, but rather how does he fit with the team and who needs to go for this to happen?

Let me address the first part of the question: How does he fit–perfectly. You could plug him in second, third, or fourth in the order and have a lethal combination of Bryant, Harper, Rizzo (in any order).

Harper has shown that he can play every outfield position, but he has played the majority of his games in right field.