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Selling the Defense, Pitcher Fits, Conrad, Hitting Coach, and Other Cubs Bullets
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Selling the Defense, Pitcher Fits, Conrad, Hitting Coach, and Other Cubs Bullets
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Cubs Win the Team Gold Glove, But No Platinum Glove
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Cubs Win the Team Gold Glove, But No Platinum Glove
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Jon Heyman Does Not Hold Back When Discussing Cubs Spending
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Cubs Connected to Three of the Top-10 MLB Free Agents (Including Some Surprising New Names)
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Projections on Shōta Imanaga’s Possible Contract and the Impact of the Qualifying Offer
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Jon Heyman Does Not Hold Back When Discussing Cubs Spending
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REPORT: Munetaka Murakami Will Be Posted Today
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Praise for Rea, Praise for the Cubs, Creative Maneuverings, and Other Cubs Bullets
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Cubs Connected to Three of the Top-10 MLB Free Agents (Including Some Surprising New Names)
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Cubs Buy Out Justin Turner, Who Becomes a Free Agent
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Projections on Shōta Imanaga’s Possible Contract and the Impact of the Qualifying Offer
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REPORT: Munetaka Murakami Will Be Posted Today
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BN Cubs Podcast Ep. 37: Shota, Flaherty and Bieber, the Brad Keller Decision, More
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Praise for Rea, Praise for the Cubs, Creative Maneuverings, and Other Cubs Bullets
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So, ShĹŤta gets the Qualifying Offer, and the Cubs either get him back on a one-year, $22M deal, or they get an extra draft pick. (Unless he doesn't sign with an MLB team at all.)
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Chicago Cubs Extend Qualifying Offers to Kyle Tucker and ShĹŤta Imanaga
There it is. Today, per Jeff Passan, the Chicago Cubs extended a one-year, $22 million Qualifying Offer not only to Kyle Tucker – we knew that was coming – but also to Shōta Imanaga. The latter was put deeply into question by recent developments in the market, but clearly the Cubs believe Imanaga is worth a one-year, $22 million deal, and/or he will reject it in favor of a better contract, either with a new team or negotiated with the Cubs. The option the Cubs declined on Imanaga was effectively three years and $66 million, when counting the posting fee, so now they might get him instead for just one year at the same AAV. Players have until November 18 to accept or reject the offer. If accepted, it’s a one-year, $22 million contract for 2026. Pretty straightforward. Tucker will not, Imanaga might. The latter feels at least like a 50/50 proposition, but if there’s any fear about his market, Imanaga might feel like this is the best deal he’s going to get. I think the Cubs can make a quality rotation one way or another, but it’s hard not to want Shōta, the person, back with the team next year. If rejected, the Qualifying Offer then entitles the player’s former team to draft pick compensation if and when the player signs with a new club. For the Cubs, that compensation would be an extra draft pick after the second round. (Not to be confused with the cost of signing a Qualified Free Agent, which is simply what you lose – it doesn’t go to the other team. The Cubs, for example, would lose their second highest draft pick and $500,000 in IFA pool money if they sign some other Qualified Free Agent.)
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Kyle Tucker Wins a Silver Slugger Award!
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13 MLB Free Agents Receive Qualifying Offers
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Should Sammy Sosa have been included on the Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot?
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Hall of Fame Announces the Eight Candidates for the Contemporary Baseball Player Era Ballot
No Sammy Sosa. That’s the first thing that jumped out at me here, and probably will jump out at you, too. With only eight slots available for the Contemporary Baseball Player Era Committee to vote on for possible future Hall of Fame induction, I suppose I can understand why Sosa was not included. There are a lot of players whose contributions have come since 1980, and who didn’t make it into the Hall on the writers’ votes for one reason or another. I guess I’m just bummed that Sosa isn’t one of the eight. Here are the eight candidates this year, the voting results for whom will be released December 7: The Contemporary Baseball Era player ballot features eight candidates for consideration in the Hall of Fame Class of 2026. Results will be announced at 7:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 7: https://t.co/V5Xyf85u9i pic.twitter.com/jdkUy2sOWs— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) November 3, 2025 The Steroid Era looms large over that ballot, obviously, and the voting will be something of a referendum on how former players are viewing that time and place in the game. My guess is that they will be as harsh on guys like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens as the writers were, but I suppose we’ll see. For me, personally, it’s hard to ignore the extent to which MLB allowed PED usage to get so out of control in the late-90s and early-2000s, and I would have that in my mind as I voted. It doesn’t mean what users did wasn’t wrong, but it’s context. On the whole, when I look at the list of eight players, I see a handful that are – by their performance results – obvious Hall of Famers, with PED usage being the only question. And then I see guys who are rightly there on the cusp of enshrinement, but whose candidacy merits debate. More about the committee process from the National Baseball Hall of Fame: “The Era Committees consist of three different electorates: The Classic Baseball Era, consisting of the period prior to 1980 and including Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues stars; and the Contemporary Baseball Era, consisting of the period from 1980 to present day. The Contemporary Baseball Era is split into two separate ballots – one ballot to consider only players who made their greatest impact on the game since 1980, and another composite ballot consisting of managers, executives and umpires whose greatest contributions to the game have come since 1980. Eras considered for yearly induction over the upcoming years are as follows: 2026 – Contemporary Baseball Player 2027 – Contemporary Baseball Managers/Executives/Umpires 2028 – Classic Baseball 2029 – Contemporary Baseball Player 2030 – Contemporary Baseball Managers/Executives/Umpires. 2031 – Classic Baseball Both the ballot and electorate are created anew with each cycle for consideration.” Enshrinement requires a vote on at least 12 of the 16 ballots, and if you are not named on at least 5 ballots, you are ineligible for a future ballot. The committees are generally comprised of Hall of Fame players, executives, and media members.
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Chicago Cubs Extend Qualifying Offers to Kyle Tucker and ShĹŤta Imanaga
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The Colorado Rockies Are Reportedly Hiring Browns Executive Paul DePodesta as Their New President of Baseball Operations
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Kyle Tucker Wins a Silver Slugger Award!
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Cubs Buy Out Justin Turner, Who Becomes a Free Agent
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13 MLB Free Agents Receive Qualifying Offers
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San Diego Padres Hiring Former Reliever Craig Stammen as Manager
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BN Cubs Podcast Ep. 37: Shota, Flaherty and Bieber, the Brad Keller Decision, More
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Chicago Cubs Extend Qualifying Offers to Kyle Tucker and ShĹŤta Imanaga
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The Colorado Rockies Are Reportedly Hiring Browns Executive Paul DePodesta as Their New President of Baseball Operations
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Multiple Deadline Day, Imanaga Contract, Roster, Ratings, and Other Cubs Bullets
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San Diego Padres Hiring Former Reliever Craig Stammen as Manager
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Chicago Cubs Sign Colin Rea to a Mini-Extension
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Multiple Deadline Day, Imanaga Contract, Roster, Ratings, and Other Cubs Bullets
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Cubs Buy Out Justin Turner, Who Becomes a Free Agent
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Chicago Cubs Sign Colin Rea to a Mini-Extension
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If Cubs retain Rea and non-tender McGuire, they will have just 27 players on the 40-man roster. TWENTY-SEVEN. It's just a crazy level of flexibility, esp for an org that right now doesn't have a load of eligible prospects that they absolutely must protect from the R5 Draft.
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The FanGraphs MLB Free Agent Projections Are Out – Let’s Compare and Discuss
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One Source Thinks ShĹŤta Imanaga Will Still Be With the Cubs Next Year
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Level-Setting the State of the Chicago Cubs Bullpen
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Chicago Cubs 2026 Spring Training Schedule
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The FanGraphs MLB Free Agent Projections Are Out – Let’s Compare and Discuss
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One Way the Coming CBA Battle Might Actually Benefit the Cubs (As Buyers) This Winter
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One Source Thinks ShĹŤta Imanaga Will Still Be With the Cubs Next Year
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Yikes: The 2026 Cubs Are Projected to Hit Way Fewer Home Runs
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Other Options Decisions of Note: Flaherty, Perez, Robert, Story, Kim, More
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Level-Setting the State of the Chicago Cubs Bullpen
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Stray Thoughts on Pitcher Aging and the Advent of Free Agency
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Chicago Cubs 2026 Spring Training Schedule
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The Chicago Cubs 2026 Spring Training schedule is out:
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One Way the Coming CBA Battle Might Actually Benefit the Cubs (As Buyers) This Winter
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