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Whatever happens with their starting pitching, it's just abjectly pathetic that they signed Tyler Austin to fill their massive right handed power deficit. Right handed power hitters are extremely ubiquitous in MLB, and yet they seem compelled to put people on Social Security, or people just shy of it who have never performed in MLB, on the roster to fill that role.
At this point, quite clear they'd have been better off retaining PWizzy than acquiring Turner/Santana/Austin
But what a deal!
Have the Cubs signed any one of note yet this offseason? I keep looking but am not seeing anything…
Biggest signing so far is a mid tier reliever to a two year deal. He didn't make the MLBTR top 50 list IIRC
Thanks & Yikes 😬
I've been out of the know with the FA period. Is there any chance we're even bringing Tucker back? I know the down the towards of the end of the season he didn't do so well, do we even want him back ?
Maybe if his market tanks like Bregmans last year they could get him on a short term high aav deal with an opt out after a year but that would be the only way
I have barely seen anything on his market. Its pretty weird. I am wondering if teams are spooked by his second half and now label Tucker as someone with injury concerns.
I would take him back on shorter deal but I imagine he is going to hold out for something 8+ years probably with player options.
thanks for the input! I agree, back on a shorter deal for sure, if so hopefully he's more consistent, especially down the stretch of the season.
Awfully quiet on Imai. Really hope we make a big offer on him - dude is only 27. I’d love to take a risk on like 5/150 to 7/200
Can get k’s but also a ton of weak contact. Should dominate righties also.
He is a perfect fit on this rotation.
Cubs can’t do 5/150 or 7/200 with the posting fee. It’ll be an extra $25M for a contract worth $150M, making it a $35M AAV for a pitcher who isn’t a surefire ace and has a few question marks still attached to him
They absolutely can.
Tom just won't.
They could absolutely do it, the posting fee doesn’t work to the luxury cap.
With conservative deferrals we could have an annual tax hit of 18 million and still have money available for bullpen and a bat.
I don’t think the cubs are as unwilling to spend on younger players as some do. They don’t like massive contracts for 30 year olds which is typically when people reach FA. They’ve been near the luxury cap and reset it last year — I fully expect them to max it out or go into the first threshold.
Who cares. They're not a small market team. They should be spending
Yeah I really hope our relative silence is because he's Jed's "Imai no matter what"
If we lose Tucker and only add Gallen that's gonna be really disappointing
those are trigger words for our FO.
Did King turn down the Cubs because he didn't believe they were serious about winning?
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/padres-notes-king-kelly-darvish.html
TBF it's probably less likely that Jed blew anyone away, and they're talking about the Marlins/Orioles, but it's no secret that the Cubs are perceived as underspenders around MLB
Lol. The Padres aren't trying to win either
The Padres played 2025 with ad many $100M+ players as the Cubs have signed in their franchise history.
And what's that gotten them? Nothing
You said they weren't trying, but they clearly have been. Their front office is going through a pretty big transition considering their owner died.
You're just makign sarcastic comments to cover up that you were making a dumb comment and are too embarrassed to just admit your comment made no sense.
Probably not? Yankees and Cubs made the post season last year and the Yankees didn’t sign him either. Offer probably wasn’t strong enough. Injury concerns likely made Jed think he could get a steal
I'm assuming once all the desirable players have signed, we'll hear how they were in on them but were outbid or wouldn't offer the years.
2026 is going to feel like a punt because they don't want to commit much (or anything) beyond the next CBA. Just sucks because I think if they added Bregman and Imai, it would elevate them to being an actual contender instead of 90 win hopeful.
Just feels like every offseason there’s a new excuse as to why we can’t pay a difference maker. We won a World Series in 2016 because in 2015 we…paid a difference maker in Jon Lester.
They had to do it via trade last year but that actually made me happy because it was a difference maker move to set them up to lock in a contending window. And because it didn’t go perfectly they won’t even bother with Tucker and we’re back to square one with less resources and a Wild Card Series win to show for it. Whoop-Dee-doo. 2017 it felt like a disappointment to only get to the NLCS. Now getting there feels like a pipe dream this coming season.
I mean to be fair King is really the only guy who's gone that they were plausibly actually gonna sign
The real test is the next 10 days before Imai's window closes. I imagine Suarez and Valdez will go shortly after that. If they miss out on those three and only come away will Gallen (or worse) then it'll be pitchfork time
Pitchfork time was like .... 4 years ago.
Isn't there still a chance we get Imai?
Any luck we get news on Tatsuya Imai today?
His window closes on Jan 2 so something this week feels likely