We’re at the point of the MLB offseason where basically anything can be a rumor, and it can be a little difficult to parse whether a report is just a team doing their due diligence, or if there is actually some substance behind it. <\/p>\n
That’s where we find ourselves today. According to MLB insider Jon Heyman<\/a>, the Chicago Cubs have been “fielding calls” on former Stanford Cardinal Nico Hoerner. Of course, this could just be the Cubs seeing what the market is like for Hoerner, or that he has just come up in other trade talks. This doesn’t mean that they’re actively trying to move him.<\/p>\n That said, this isn’t the first time that the veteran second baseman has been brought up in rumors this offseason. He was originally mentioned as a potential trade piece this winter by Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>, who reported that the San Francisco Giants had checked in on Hoerner this winter. <\/p>\n Of course, the Giants play big-league ball not too far from where he played college ball at Stanford. <\/p>\n Hoerner also responded to his name being in these rumors recently in an appearance on 670 The Score<\/a>, saying, “It’s hard to explain to people that things can be, ‘Yes, that’s not false reporting. But that also doesn’t really mean anything.’ It’s like hard to navigate that space, I think,” Hoerner continued. “But yeah, I see stuff.”<\/p>\n