The Cubs can delay Anthony Rizzo's free agency by a season if they wait to promote him until next weekend. If Rizzo is called up before Saturday, he will be eligible for free agency in 2017. A recall any time after Friday gives him one more season of club control. "There is not much about that, you just have to focus on their individual player development plan," president Theo Epstein said. "Certain players are going to come up and there will be a certain adjustment period anyway, so I don't think you can worry about putting them in perfect scenarios. "It was either Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays or both that started out 1-for-50 and wanted to quit and go home. With young players you do everything you can to develop them till you're confident they are ready. Then you let them go."