I don't think they should count on Zobrist for more than 400-450 PA next year. I'd like for the Cubs to have a guy at the top of the lineup that can be expected to play far more than that.
The problem is who and where do they play.
Whitfield is the only really interesting guy I've seen mentioned and for the Royals to trade him it would be expensive.
Just looking at the middle infielder, OF leaderboards on Fangraphs and guys that are FA for OBP
2B Jed Lowrie
2B Logan Forsythe
OF Andrew McCutchen
OF Nick Markakis
* Marwin Gonzalez if you believe 2017 was real
That isn't a great group to chose from.
For trades it is guys like Whitfield, Cesar Hernandez, Pham and Mallex Smith. None of them maybe available and the Rays are rumored to not want to trade with Cubs. Get enough good hitters and the leadoff guy doesn't matter.
The Red Sox hit Mookie Betts as their main leadoff hitter, so I'm not convinced hitting Rizzo or Bryant there is a bad idea either.
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