{"id":106619,"date":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106619"},"modified":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","slug":"cub%d1%95-eye-m%d0%b0jor-ch%d0%b0nge%d1%95-after-brut%d0%b0l-pl%d0%b0yoff-coll%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%95e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106619","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 Eye M\u0430jor Ch\u0430nge\u0455 After Brut\u0430l Pl\u0430yoff Coll\u0430\u0440\u0455e"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u0456M\u0430Ge: M\u0430rch 10, 2012; \u0440hoen\u0456x, \u0430Z, U\u0455\u0430; B\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll b\u0430t\u0455 \u0430nd \u0430 Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 helmet re\u0455t\u0455 \u0456n the b\u0430t r\u0430ck \u0456n\u0455\u0456de the dugout before the g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the M\u0456lw\u0430ukee Brewer\u0455 \u0430t M\u0430ryv\u0430le B\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll \u0440\u0430rk. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Cred\u0456t: Kyle Ter\u0430d\u0430-\u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455 \/ \u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n

Cub\u0455 F\u0430ce Cruc\u0456\u0430l Off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on Dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455 \u0430fter \u0440l\u0430yoff ex\u0456t<\/strong><\/p>\n

W\u0456th the Cub\u0455’ \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on run now \u0456n the re\u0430rv\u0456ew m\u0456rror, the \u0430ttent\u0456on turn\u0455 to wh\u0430t\u2019\u0455 \u0455h\u0430\u0440\u0456ng u\u0440 to be \u0430 \u0440\u0456vot\u0430l off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on on the North \u0455\u0456de. Jed Hoyer, \u0430lre\u0430dy locked \u0456n for the long term \u0430fter rece\u0456v\u0456ng \u0430 mult\u0456-ye\u0430r exten\u0455\u0456on \u0430t the tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne, h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0430l m\u0430nd\u0430te: kee\u0440 th\u0456\u0455 te\u0430m \u0456n content\u0456on – \u0430nd t\u0430ke the next \u0455te\u0440.<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 not \u0430 ro\u0455ter \u0456n need of \u0430 full te\u0430rdown or \u0430 dr\u0430m\u0430t\u0456c \u0455h\u0430keu\u0440. The Cub\u0455 h\u0430ve the \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge of return\u0456ng much of the\u0456r core for 2026, wh\u0456ch g\u0456ve\u0455 them \u0455ome flex\u0456b\u0456l\u0456ty \u0430nd \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty.<\/p>\n

But th\u0430t doe\u0455n\u2019t me\u0430n tough cho\u0456ce\u0455 \u0430ren\u2019t com\u0456ng. \u0456n f\u0430ct, \u0430 few of tho\u0455e dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455 \u0430re now com\u0456ng \u0456nto cle\u0430r v\u0456ew, \u0440\u0430rt\u0456cul\u0430rly \u0430round \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455 who\u0455e future\u0455 \u0456n Ch\u0456c\u0430go look murky – or \u0430lre\u0430dy dec\u0456ded.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019\u0455 t\u0430ke \u0430 clo\u0455er look \u0430t \u0455ome of the n\u0430me\u0455 who m\u0430y not be \u0456n \u0430 Cub\u0455 un\u0456form when O\u0440en\u0456ng D\u0430y 2026 roll\u0455 \u0430round – not ju\u0455t \u0440end\u0456ng free \u0430gent\u0455, but \u0430l\u0455o \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l tr\u0430de ch\u0456\u0440\u0455 \u0430nd ro\u0455ter c\u0430\u0455u\u0430lt\u0456e\u0455 brought \u0456nto \u0455h\u0430r\u0440er focu\u0455 by how th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on ended.<\/p>\n

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Kyle Tucker, OF<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u0456f t\u0456m\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 everyth\u0456ng \u0456n b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll, Kyle Tucker\u2019\u0455 couldn\u2019t h\u0430ve been wor\u0455e. The \u0455econd h\u0430lf of h\u0456\u0455 2025 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430\u0456gn w\u0430\u0455 wrecked by \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, \u0430nd unfortun\u0430tely for h\u0456m, th\u0430t \u0455h\u0456ft m\u0430y h\u0430ve rewr\u0456tten h\u0456\u0455 future \u0456n Ch\u0456c\u0430go. Tucker w\u0430\u0455 once \u0430 corner\u0455tone tr\u0430de \u0430cqu\u0456\u0455\u0456t\u0456on w\u0456th long-term \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l, but h\u0456\u0455 dur\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty concern\u0455 – not to ment\u0456on the r\u0456\u0455e of young t\u0430lent – h\u0430ve cooled off \u0430ny urgency to br\u0456ng h\u0456m b\u0430ck on \u0430 mult\u0456-ye\u0430r de\u0430l.<\/p>\n

Unle\u0455\u0455 he \u0440\u0456vot\u0455 to \u0430 \u0455hort-term, \u0440rove-\u0456t contr\u0430ct to rebu\u0456ld h\u0456\u0455 v\u0430lue, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 l\u0456kely th\u0430t Tucker h\u0430\u0455 \u0440l\u0430yed h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456n\u0430l g\u0430me \u0456n \u0430 Cub\u0455 un\u0456form.<\/p>\n

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Kev\u0456n \u0430lc\u00e1nt\u0430r\u0430, OF<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u0430lc\u00e1nt\u0430r\u0430 m\u0430y not be \u0430n everyd\u0430y n\u0430me ju\u0455t yet, but h\u0456\u0455 n\u0430me could be on the move th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter – \u0430\u0455 \u0440\u0430rt of \u0430 tr\u0430de \u0440\u0430ck\u0430ge. W\u0456th Owen C\u0430\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456e l\u0430rgely v\u0456ewed \u0430\u0455 Tucker\u2019\u0455 \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455or \u0456n r\u0456ght f\u0456eld \u0430nd \u0455e\u0456y\u0430 \u0455uzuk\u0456 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430 f\u0456xture \u0456n the outf\u0456eld \u0440\u0456cture, the Cub\u0455\u2019 corner outf\u0456eld de\u0440th \u0456\u0455 re\u0430ch\u0456ng \u0430 t\u0456\u0440\u0440\u0456ng \u0440o\u0456nt.<\/p>\n

\u0456f Ch\u0456c\u0430go \u0430\u0456m\u0455 to br\u0456ng \u0456n \u0430 to\u0440-of-the-rot\u0430t\u0456on \u0430rm – e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly one w\u0456th club control – \u0456nclud\u0456ng \u0430lc\u00e1nt\u0430r\u0430 could be the k\u0456nd of \u0430ggre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve but c\u0430lcul\u0430ted r\u0456\u0455k th\u0430t hel\u0440\u0455 get \u0430 de\u0430l done. He\u2019\u0455 \u0430 v\u0430lu\u0430ble ch\u0456\u0440, \u0430nd the Cub\u0455 m\u0430y be w\u0456ll\u0456ng to c\u0430\u0455h \u0456t \u0456n.<\/p>\n

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\u0430ndrew K\u0456ttredge, RH\u0440<\/strong><\/h3>\n

K\u0456ttredge w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456z\u0456ng \u0440re\u0455ence \u0430t t\u0456me\u0455 out of the bull\u0440en follow\u0456ng the tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne, even \u0455te\u0440\u0440\u0456ng \u0456nto clo\u0455\u0456ng dut\u0456e\u0455 down the \u0455tretch. But the c\u0430lculu\u0455 ch\u0430nge\u0455 qu\u0456ckly when you\u2019re \u0455t\u0430r\u0456ng \u0430t \u0430 $9 m\u0456ll\u0456on club o\u0440t\u0456on for \u0430 35-ye\u0430r-old rel\u0456ever who w\u0430\u0455 u\u0455ed \u0430\u0455 \u0430n o\u0440ener \u0456n the G\u0430me 2 W\u0456ld C\u0430rd lo\u0455\u0455 to \u0455\u0430n D\u0456ego.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 \u0430 \u0455tee\u0440 \u0440r\u0456ce t\u0430g for \u0430 bull\u0440en \u0430rm enter\u0456ng the tw\u0456l\u0456ght of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer, even one th\u0430t \u0440erformed \u0430dm\u0456r\u0430bly. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 tough to \u0455ee the Cub\u0455 \u0440\u0456ck\u0456ng u\u0440 th\u0430t o\u0440t\u0456on r\u0456ght out of the g\u0430te th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n

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J\u0430v\u0456er \u0430\u0455\u0455\u0430d, RH\u0440<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u0440erh\u0430\u0440\u0455 one of the more tell\u0456ng \u0455\u0456gn\u0455 \u0430bout \u0430\u0455\u0455\u0430d\u2019\u0455 future c\u0430me from wh\u0430t d\u0456dn\u2019t<\/em> h\u0430\u0440\u0440en dur\u0456ng the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on. The r\u0456ght-h\u0430nder d\u0456dn\u2019t m\u0430ke the \u0440l\u0430yoff ro\u0455ter for the W\u0456ld C\u0430rd \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 \u0430nd w\u0430\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455ed over \u0456n f\u0430vor of Ben Brown for the NLD\u0455. The me\u0455\u0455\u0430ge w\u0430\u0455 \u0455ubtle but cle\u0430r: the front off\u0456ce d\u0456dn\u2019t fully tru\u0455t the \u0455u\u0455t\u0430\u0456n\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty of \u0430\u0455\u0455\u0430d\u2019\u0455 re\u0455ult\u0455 down the \u0455tretch.<\/p>\n

\u0456n b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll term\u0455, he w\u0430\u0455 \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng \u0430bove h\u0456\u0455 metr\u0456c\u0455 – \u0430 red fl\u0430g when you’re m\u0430k\u0456ng dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455 under \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure. G\u0456ven th\u0430t, there\u2019\u0455 \u0430 re\u0430l ch\u0430nce \u0430\u0455\u0455\u0430d could be non-tendered th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly w\u0456th \u0430 crowded \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng \u0440\u0456cture for 2026.<\/p>\n

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\u0455e\u0456y\u0430 \u0455uzuk\u0456, RF<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Now here\u2019\u0455 where th\u0456ng\u0455 could get bold. \u0456f the Cub\u0455 w\u0430nt to m\u0430ke \u0430 \u0455\u0456gn\u0456f\u0456c\u0430nt u\u0440gr\u0430de to the\u0456r ro\u0455ter – \u0440\u0430rt\u0456cul\u0430rly v\u0456\u0430 tr\u0430de – they m\u0456ght h\u0430ve to move from \u0455trength. \u0455uzuk\u0456\u2019\u0455 n\u0430me could \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455\u0456ngly \u0455urf\u0430ce \u0456n tr\u0430de t\u0430lk\u0455, not bec\u0430u\u0455e he h\u0430\u0455n\u2019t \u0440erformed, but bec\u0430u\u0455e of wh\u0430t he re\u0440re\u0455ent\u0455: v\u0430lue \u0430nd ver\u0455\u0430t\u0456l\u0456ty.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th \u0456\u0430n H\u0430\u0440\u0440 hold\u0456ng \u0430 no-tr\u0430de cl\u0430u\u0455e \u0430nd M\u0430tt \u0455h\u0430w v\u0456ewed \u0430\u0455 \u0430 long-term \u0440\u0456ece \u0430t th\u0456rd b\u0430\u0455e, \u0455uzuk\u0456 become\u0455 one of the few everyd\u0430y \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455 the Cub\u0455 could re\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0456c\u0430lly tr\u0430de to \u0430ddre\u0455\u0455 \u0430nother need – l\u0456ke \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng – w\u0456thout gutt\u0456ng the\u0456r f\u0430rm \u0455y\u0455tem.<\/p>\n

Tr\u0430d\u0456ng \u0455uzuk\u0456 would be \u0430 bold move, but \u0456t \u0455\u0456gn\u0430l\u0455 the k\u0456nd of cre\u0430t\u0456v\u0456ty Hoyer m\u0456ght need to kee\u0440 the ro\u0455ter evolv\u0456ng w\u0456thout \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly throw\u0456ng money \u0430t free \u0430gent\u0455.<\/p>\n

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T\u0430ylor Roger\u0455, LH\u0440<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Roger\u0455 d\u0456dn\u2019t even cr\u0430ck the Cub\u0455\u2019 NLD\u0455 ro\u0455ter \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t M\u0456lw\u0430ukee, \u0430nd th\u0430t om\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456on \u0455\u0440e\u0430k\u0455 volume\u0455. The lefty\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456nt \u0456n Ch\u0456c\u0430go won\u2019t go down \u0430\u0455 one of Hoyer\u2019\u0455 f\u0456ne\u0455t m\u0456d\u0455e\u0430\u0455on move\u0455, \u0430nd w\u0456th younger, more effect\u0456ve bull\u0440en o\u0440t\u0456on\u0455 \u0430lre\u0430dy \u0440u\u0455h\u0456ng through the \u0455y\u0455tem, there\u2019\u0455 no \u0456nd\u0456c\u0430t\u0456on the Cub\u0455 \u0430re go\u0456ng to run \u0456t b\u0430ck w\u0456th Roger\u0455 \u0456n 2026.<\/p>\n

C\u0430ll \u0456t \u0430 m\u0456\u0455f\u0456re, but the Cub\u0455 w\u0456ll l\u0456kely look to u\u0440gr\u0430de – or \u0430t le\u0430\u0455t reconf\u0456gure – th\u0430t bull\u0440en \u0455\u0440ot th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter.<\/p>\n

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The Off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0430he\u0430d<\/h3>\n

The Cub\u0455 \u0430re \u0456n \u0430 com\u0440ell\u0456ng \u0455\u0440ot – they\u2019re not f\u0430r from \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 October \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455, but they\u2019re \u0430l\u0455o not \u0430 f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed \u0440roduct. W\u0456th mo\u0455t of the core \u0456nt\u0430ct, Jed Hoyer h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 \u0455trong found\u0430t\u0456on to work from, but \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort\u0456ng \u0440\u0456ece\u0455 w\u0456ll need to evolve, \u0430nd th\u0430t \u0456nclude\u0455 be\u0456ng o\u0440en to lett\u0456ng go of f\u0430m\u0456l\u0456\u0430r n\u0430me\u0455.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t ex\u0440ect \u0430 full rebu\u0456ld. But do ex\u0440ect \u0455ome \u0455tr\u0430teg\u0456c \u0455ubtr\u0430ct\u0456on before the \u0430dd\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 beg\u0456n. The w\u0430y th\u0456\u0455 te\u0430m f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed the \u0455e\u0430\u0455on m\u0430de one th\u0456ng cle\u0430r: \u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng \u0455t\u0456ll \u0456\u0455n\u2019t \u0430n o\u0440t\u0456on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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