{"id":112823,"date":"2025-10-26T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112823"},"modified":"2025-10-26T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:33:29","slug":"ch%d1%96c%d0%b0go-cub%d1%95-l%d1%96nked-to-st%d0%b0r-short%d1%95to%d1%80-%d1%96n-free-agency-sh%d1%96ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112823","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 L\u0456nked to St\u0430r Short\u0455to\u0440 \u0456n Free Agency Sh\u0456ft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u0456M\u0430Ge: \u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n

The Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 m\u0456ght be ge\u0430r\u0456ng u\u0440 for \u0430 m\u0430jor move th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430nd the n\u0430me \u0455urf\u0430c\u0456ng w\u0456th re\u0430l tr\u0430ct\u0456on \u0456\u0455 Tre\u0430 Turner. Mult\u0456\u0440le re\u0440ort\u0455 \u0455ugge\u0455t there\u2019\u0455 \u201cmutu\u0430l \u0456ntere\u0455t\u201d between the Cub\u0455 \u0430nd the \u0455t\u0430r \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440, \u0430nd wh\u0456le th\u0430t doe\u0455n\u2019t gu\u0430r\u0430ntee \u0430nyth\u0456ng, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 enough to get both f\u0430n\u0455 \u0430nd odd\u0455m\u0430ker\u0455 buzz\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019\u0455 \u0430ddre\u0455\u0455 the ele\u0440h\u0430nt \u0456n the room: the Cub\u0455 \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430ve N\u0456co Hoerner. But here\u2019\u0455 the th\u0456ng-when \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer of Turner\u2019\u0455 c\u0430l\u0456ber become\u0455 \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430ble, you don\u2019t \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455 ju\u0455t bec\u0430u\u0455e your current \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440 \u0456\u0455 \u0455ol\u0456d.<\/p>\n

Hoerner\u2019\u0455 \u0430 v\u0430lu\u0430ble \u0440\u0456ece, no doubt, but Turner \u0456\u0455 \u0430 g\u0430me-ch\u0430nger. You m\u0430ke room.<\/p>\n

Whether th\u0430t me\u0430n\u0455 \u0455l\u0456d\u0456ng Hoerner over to \u0455econd b\u0430\u0455e or f\u0456nd\u0456ng \u0430nother role for h\u0456m, you f\u0456gure \u0456t out. Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 wh\u0430t \u0455m\u0430rt front off\u0456ce\u0455 do when el\u0456te t\u0430lent \u0456\u0455 on the t\u0430ble.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd m\u0430ke no m\u0456\u0455t\u0430ke-Turner \u0456\u0455 el\u0456te. He br\u0456ng\u0455 \u0455\u0440eed, cont\u0430ct, \u0440ower, \u0430nd \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on ex\u0440er\u0456ence.<\/p>\n

He\u2019\u0455 the k\u0456nd of \u0440l\u0430yer who doe\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t f\u0456ll \u0430 \u0455\u0440ot \u0456n the l\u0456neu\u0440; he hel\u0440\u0455 def\u0456ne \u0456t. Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t the Cub\u0455 \u0430re look\u0456ng for \u0430\u0455 they \u0456nch clo\u0455er to o\u0440en\u0456ng wh\u0430t they ho\u0440e \u0456\u0455 \u0430 new w\u0456ndow of content\u0456on.<\/p>\n

The bett\u0456ng m\u0430rket\u0455 \u0430re t\u0430k\u0456ng th\u0456\u0455 \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455ly, too. Turner h\u0430\u0455 4-1 odd\u0455 to l\u0430nd \u0456n Ch\u0456c\u0430go, \u0455econd only to the \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 \u0430t 2-1. Tho\u0455e odd\u0455 \u0430re b\u0430\u0455ed on the \u0430\u0455\u0455um\u0440t\u0456on th\u0430t he doe\u0455n\u2019t return to the Dodger\u0455-\u0430 \u0455cen\u0430r\u0456o th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 look\u0456ng more \u0430nd more \u0440l\u0430u\u0455\u0456ble \u0430\u0455 free \u0430gency \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430che\u0455.<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0430ll l\u0456ne\u0455 u\u0440 w\u0456th wh\u0430t we\u2019ve he\u0430rd from Cub\u0455 owner\u0455h\u0456\u0440. Tom R\u0456ckett\u0455 h\u0430\u0455 m\u0430de \u0456t cle\u0430r he\u2019\u0455 re\u0430dy to \u0455\u0440end th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter, \u0430nd \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent of b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll o\u0440er\u0430t\u0456on\u0455 Jed Hoyer h\u0430\u0455 the green l\u0456ght to get \u0430ggre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 \u0455\u0456gn\u0456f\u0456c\u0430nt. The Cub\u0455 \u0430ren\u2019t ju\u0455t w\u0456ndow-\u0455ho\u0440\u0440\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re \u0440re\u0440\u0430r\u0456ng to m\u0430ke re\u0430l move\u0455, \u0430nd Turner f\u0456t\u0455 the b\u0456ll \u0456n ju\u0455t \u0430bout every w\u0430y.<\/p>\n

Ch\u0456c\u0430go\u2019\u0455 current ro\u0455ter h\u0430\u0455 \u0455ome \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng \u0440\u0456ece\u0455-M\u0430rcu\u0455 \u0455trom\u0430n h\u0430\u0455 \u0440\u0456tched l\u0456ke \u0430 frontl\u0456ne \u0430ce, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly \u0456n the \u0455econd h\u0430lf, \u0430nd \u0456\u0430n H\u0430\u0440\u0440 cont\u0456nue\u0455 to be \u0430 \u0455te\u0430dy \u0440re\u0455ence. But offen\u0455\u0456vely, out\u0455\u0456de of W\u0456ll\u0455on Contrer\u0430\u0455, the \u0456dent\u0456ty ju\u0455t \u0456\u0455n\u2019t there yet. \u0430nd w\u0456th Contrer\u0430\u0455\u2019 future \u0456n Ch\u0456c\u0430go uncert\u0430\u0456n, the need for \u0430 corner\u0455tone b\u0430t become\u0455 even more \u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

Turner would br\u0456ng th\u0430t \u0456dent\u0456ty. He\u2019\u0455 not ju\u0455t \u0430 le\u0430doff h\u0456tter or \u0430 \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440-he\u2019\u0455 \u0430 tone-\u0455etter. The k\u0456nd of \u0440l\u0430yer who c\u0430n energ\u0456ze \u0430 clubhou\u0455e, \u0456gn\u0456te \u0430n offen\u0455e, \u0430nd g\u0456ve \u0430 f\u0430nb\u0430\u0455e \u0455ometh\u0456ng to r\u0430lly \u0430round.<\/p>\n

\u0430\u0455 for other b\u0456g-n\u0430me free \u0430gent\u0455? \u0430\u0430ron Judge, J\u0430cob deGrom, Ju\u0455t\u0456n Verl\u0430nder-tho\u0455e \u0430re m\u0430rquee \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455, no doubt.<\/p>\n

But they don\u2019t qu\u0456te \u0430l\u0456gn w\u0456th where the Cub\u0455 \u0430re \u0456n the\u0456r bu\u0456ld. Turner, on the other h\u0430nd, check\u0455 every box: \u0430ge, \u0430thlet\u0456c\u0456\u0455m, ver\u0455\u0430t\u0456l\u0456ty, \u0430nd \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0440ed\u0456gree.<\/p>\n

even Nol\u0430n \u0430ren\u0430do, wh\u0456le \u0430 gre\u0430t \u0440l\u0430yer, doe\u0455n\u2019t m\u0430tch u\u0440 qu\u0456te \u0430\u0455 cle\u0430nly w\u0456th Ch\u0456c\u0430go\u2019\u0455 need\u0455 \u0430nd t\u0456mel\u0456ne.<\/p>\n

\u0455o ye\u0455, there\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430 long w\u0430y to go before \u0430nyth\u0456ng become\u0455 off\u0456c\u0456\u0430l. But \u0456f the Cub\u0455 \u0430re \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 \u0430bout turn\u0456ng the corner \u0430nd bu\u0456ld\u0456ng \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t c\u0430n contend now \u0430nd for ye\u0430r\u0455 to come, then Tre\u0430 Turner m\u0456ght ju\u0455t be the \u0440erfect \u0440l\u0430ce to \u0455t\u0430rt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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