'As the Cubs prepared to play the first-place Cincinnati Reds on Monday, the eve of the trade deadline, manager David Ross confirmed what everyone expected — that Cody Bellinger was sticking around for the rest of the season.' PWSullivan
Cody Bellinger spent much of July answering questions about whether or not he would be traded.
“I’ve been on Trade Rumors,” Ross said, referring to the site. “Listen, the one thing I do know is sitting in this seat and also reading articles, they go all over the place. I’m like, ‘Wow, I didn’t know we were doing that.’ I learned that there is just a lot flying .”“I learned that a couple days ago,” he said. “I may have been ahead of the curve on that. That may be the only thing.”
Considering the Los Angeles Dodgers non-tendered him last winter without getting anything in return, his comeback is one of the more remarkable stories in the game. After being under .500 the last two months, the Cubs entered Monday one game over and back in playoff contention, thanks in no small part to Bellinger’s surge.
Bellinger would have been one of the most coveted position players available, and as a pending free agent the Cubs would’ve been hard-pressed to rationalize keeping him if they fell out of contention. But they turned it on late in the month, culminating in an eight-game win streak that ended Sunday in St. Louis.
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