Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon paused, considered his answer and cracked a smile, eliciting some laughter from the group of reporters and cameras surrounding his locker. He had just been asked about the possibility of free agent Alex Bregman being the next marquee addition for the North Siders.

Cubs pitcher Ryan Pressly, a former teammate of Alex Bregman's in Houston, is among the Chicago players lobbying for the star third baseman to join their clubhouse, though as Pressly put it, "I don't think it's recruiting.