It's all but official. Dansby Swanson is leaving the Atlanta Braves for the Chicago Cubs on a seven-year, $177 million contract. Who can blame him?
Swanson got paid in the range of the other three shortstops on the market, and he gets to play in the same town that his wife plays professional soccer. Did the Cubs overpay? Probably, but they got their guy, or one of the guys at least.
For Atlanta fans, you'll have to wait to see what the future holds at the shortstop position, and as Andy Bunker and Randy McMichael explain: Alex Anthopoulos will always stand firm, and that means something.
