5 blockbuster trades the Cubs could, but won't make ahead of the trade deadline

5 blockbuster trades the Cubs won't make: #4 - Anthony Rizzo

I get wistfully looking back at the 2016 team. For many generations of Cubs fans, that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But the love affair folks have with guys just because they played on that team drives me nuts: on a daily basis, I hear someone say the Cubs should go out and bring someone back, even when all signs point to that being a bad idea.

Javier Baez, Kris Bryant - the list goes on and on. You can throw Anthony Rizzo on there, as well, although he's certainly outperformed his former teammates since leaving the Cubs. Rizzo got off to a scorching hot start for the Yankees, then went on a two-plus month homerless streak before changing his walkup song to a Taylor Swift track and going off with a 4-for-4 game last week.

Given the Cubs' first base woes and the Yankees sitting in last place in the loaded AL East, some have wondered if New York might sell - which, at least on paper, might make the two teams a logical fit in a deal. But here's the deal: the Yankees aren't trading Rizzo, the Cubs aren't looking for reunions and this just isn't going to happen.