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Sandy Alcántara is one of the best pitchers in all of Major League Baseball and is coming off of Tommy John surgery, the Chicago Cubs would be buying low on a valuable asset.

The MLB offseason certainly hasn't been short on splashes. Several big names have changed teams this winter, headlined by the New York Mets luring outfielder Juan Soto from the Bronx to Queens on a ...