It wouldn’t be the first time that a team who feels somewhat indebted to a player moves him where he wants to go. With that said, they did go to arbitration last offseason.
The Cubs are a very good baseball team right now and more help should be coming in the next week or so. They look like a team that can compete for the pennant.
I’ve never seen a player completely change the way he looks at the plate like Pete has around the time he got moved into the leadoff position. I never expected it to happen so quickly.