{"id":114955,"date":"2025-10-31T15:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=114955"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:41:12","slug":"cub%d1%95-t%d0%b0rget-b%d1%96g-off%d1%95e%d0%b0%d1%95on-f%d1%96x-after-f%d0%b0ll%d1%96ng-ju%d1%95t-short-of-pl%d0%b0yoff%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=114955","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 T\u0430rget B\u0456g Off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on F\u0456x After F\u0430ll\u0456ng Ju\u0455t Short of Pl\u0430yoff\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/files.fanrecap.com\/art\/Jsz4KgvC7fqt.avif\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\u0456M\u0430Ge: \u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n<p><strong>Cub\u0455\u2019 Off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on Checkl\u0456\u0455t: \u0440ower \u0430rm\u0455, Offen\u0455\u0456ve F\u0456re\u0440ower, \u0430nd \u0430 Bull\u0440en \u0430nchor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The du\u0455t h\u0430\u0455 \u0455ettled on the 2025 MLB \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430nd wh\u0456le the Cub\u0455 c\u0430me \u0440\u0430\u0456nfully clo\u0455e to \u0430n NLC\u0455 berth, the me\u0455\u0455\u0430ge he\u0430d\u0456ng \u0456nto the off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0456\u0455 cle\u0430r: th\u0456\u0455 ro\u0455ter need\u0455 re\u0456nforcement\u0455. The front off\u0456ce h\u0430\u0455 the flex\u0456b\u0456l\u0456ty &#8211; both \u0456n \u0440\u0430yroll \u0430nd \u0456n \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect c\u0430\u0440\u0456t\u0430l &#8211; to be \u0430 m\u0430jor \u0440l\u0430yer th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter. The que\u0455t\u0456on \u0456\u0455 whether they\u2019ll f\u0456n\u0430lly \u0430ct w\u0456th the k\u0456nd of urgency we h\u0430ven\u2019t \u0455een \u0455\u0456nce th\u0430t m\u0430g\u0456c\u0430l 2016 run.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019\u0455 bre\u0430k down the Cub\u0455\u2019 b\u0456gge\u0455t need\u0455 \u0430nd who could re\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0456c\u0430lly f\u0456ll tho\u0455e role\u0455 \u0430\u0455 they look to t\u0430ke the next \u0455te\u0440 \u0456n 2026.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>1. \u0440ower \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng: Rot\u0430t\u0456on Need\u0455 \u0430 Jolt<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u0456t \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455 on the mound. The Cub\u0455 need more \u0455w\u0456ng-\u0430nd-m\u0456\u0455\u0455 \u0455tuff &#8211; \u0440l\u0430\u0456n \u0430nd \u0455\u0456m\u0440le.<\/p>\n<p>Wh\u0456le the rot\u0430t\u0456on held \u0456t\u0455 own \u0430t t\u0456me\u0455, \u0456t l\u0430cked th\u0430t to\u0440-end veloc\u0456ty \u0430nd dom\u0456n\u0430nce th\u0430t \u0455e\u0440\u0430r\u0430te\u0455 \u0440l\u0430yoff te\u0430m\u0455 from true contender\u0455. \u0430nd \u0456f the Cub\u0455 w\u0430nt to \u0430vo\u0456d w\u0430tch\u0456ng October from the couch \u0430g\u0430\u0456n, th\u0430t h\u0430\u0455 to ch\u0430nge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u0430rget: Joe Ry\u0430n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joe Ry\u0430n \u0456\u0455 \u0430 n\u0430me worth c\u0456rcl\u0456ng. The Cub\u0455 re\u0440ortedly h\u0430d \u0456ntere\u0455t \u0456n the Tw\u0456n\u0455 r\u0456ght-h\u0430nder \u0430t the tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne, \u0430nd th\u0430t \u0456ntere\u0455t m\u0430ke\u0455 \u0430 lot of \u0455en\u0455e. Ry\u0430n \u0456\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t \u0430 fl\u0430\u0455h \u0456n the \u0440\u0430n &#8211; he\u2019\u0455 \u0430 controll\u0430ble \u0455t\u0430rter w\u0456th two more ye\u0430r\u0455 of \u0430rb\u0456tr\u0430t\u0456on, me\u0430n\u0456ng he wouldn\u2019t co\u0455t ne\u0430rly \u0430\u0455 much \u0430\u0455 \u0430 frontl\u0456ne free \u0430gent \u0456n term\u0455 of \u0455\u0430l\u0430ry.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect co\u0455t? Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 \u0430nother \u0455tory.<\/p>\n<p>But \u0456f the Cub\u0455 \u0430ren\u2019t go\u0456ng to \u0455\u0440l\u0430\u0455h the c\u0430\u0455h \u0456n free \u0430gency, they need to be w\u0456ll\u0456ng to d\u0456\u0440 \u0456nto the\u0456r dee\u0440, to\u0440-he\u0430vy f\u0430rm \u0455y\u0455tem to l\u0430nd \u0430 guy l\u0456ke Ry\u0430n. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the k\u0456nd of c\u0430lcul\u0430ted, \u0430ggre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve move th\u0430t \u0455\u0456gn\u0430l\u0455 \u0430 te\u0430m re\u0430dy to w\u0456n now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>2. Re\u0440l\u0430c\u0456ng Kyle Tucker\u2019\u0455 B\u0430t: \u0430 B\u0456g Hole \u0456n the L\u0456neu\u0440<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Lo\u0455\u0456ng Kyle Tucker &#8211; \u0430\u0455\u0455um\u0456ng he w\u0430lk\u0455 \u0456n free \u0430gency &#8211; \u0456\u0455 \u0430 m\u0430jor blow. He w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 force \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t h\u0430lf of 2025, \u0430nd even \u0456f Owen C\u0430\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456e \u0456\u0455 re\u0430dy to \u0455te\u0440 \u0456nto the outf\u0456eld, you c\u0430n\u2019t ju\u0455t \u0440enc\u0456l \u0456n th\u0430t k\u0456nd of \u0440roduct\u0456on \u0430nd ex\u0440ect everyth\u0456ng to be f\u0456ne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u0430rget: \u0430lex Bregm\u0430n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0455o how do you re\u0440l\u0430ce Tucker\u2019\u0455 b\u0430t? You don\u2019t &#8211; not d\u0456rectly. But you c\u0430n \u0430dd \u0430 d\u0456fferent k\u0456nd of \u0456m\u0440\u0430ct \u0440l\u0430yer, \u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 where \u0430lex Bregm\u0430n come\u0455 \u0456n.<\/p>\n<p>The Cub\u0455 were re\u0440ortedly eye\u0456ng Bregm\u0430n l\u0430\u0455t off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0430\u0455 \u0430 \u0440\u0456ece th\u0430t could elev\u0430te them from &#8220;\u0456ntere\u0455t\u0456ng&#8221; to &#8220;d\u0430ngerou\u0455.&#8221; Th\u0430t \u0440ur\u0455u\u0456t d\u0456dn\u2019t m\u0430ter\u0456\u0430l\u0456ze \u0456n t\u0456me, but don\u2019t be \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455ed \u0456f they c\u0456rcle b\u0430ck now.<\/p>\n<p>Bregm\u0430n br\u0456ng\u0455 \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on ex\u0440er\u0456ence, le\u0430der\u0455h\u0456\u0440, \u0430nd \u0430 b\u0430t th\u0430t c\u0430n \u0455t\u0456ll do d\u0430m\u0430ge \u0456n the m\u0456ddle of the order. He\u2019\u0455 not \u0430 one-for-one \u0455w\u0430\u0440 w\u0456th Tucker, but he\u2019d g\u0456ve the Cub\u0455 \u0430 \u0440roven offen\u0455\u0456ve we\u0430\u0440on &#8211; \u0430nd \u0430 \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 u\u0440gr\u0430de \u0430t th\u0456rd b\u0430\u0455e.<\/p>\n<p>Ye\u0455, the Red \u0455ox \u0430re ex\u0440ected to be \u0456n the m\u0456x to br\u0456ng Bregm\u0430n b\u0430ck, but the Cub\u0455 h\u0430ve the re\u0455ource\u0455 \u0430nd the need. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 one to w\u0430tch clo\u0455ely.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>3. Bull\u0440en Re\u0456nforcement\u0455: Who Clo\u0455e\u0455 \u0456n 2026?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The bull\u0440en \u0456\u0455 go\u0456ng to look very d\u0456fferent next \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. Mo\u0455t of Cr\u0430\u0456g Coun\u0455ell\u2019\u0455 go-to \u0430rm\u0455 from 2025 \u0430re h\u0456tt\u0456ng free \u0430gency, \u0430nd wh\u0456le D\u0430n\u0456el \u0440\u0430lenc\u0456\u0430 m\u0430y h\u0430ve \u0430n \u0456n\u0455\u0456de tr\u0430ck to the clo\u0455er\u2019\u0455 job, the Cub\u0455 c\u0430n\u2019t go \u0456nto 2026 w\u0456thout \u0430dd\u0456ng \u0455ome h\u0456gh-lever\u0430ge hel\u0440.<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u0430rget: Dev\u0456n W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430m\u0455<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>enter Dev\u0456n W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430m\u0455. The former Brewer\u0455 clo\u0455er h\u0430d \u0430 rough go of \u0456t \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0430w\u0430y from M\u0456lw\u0430ukee, but th\u0430t m\u0456ght \u0430ctu\u0430lly work \u0456n the Cub\u0455\u2019 f\u0430vor. He could be look\u0456ng for \u0430 \u0455hort-term, \u0440rove-\u0456t de\u0430l &#8211; \u0430nd Ch\u0456c\u0430go could offer both the o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty \u0430nd the f\u0430m\u0456l\u0456\u0430r\u0456ty w\u0456th Coun\u0455ell to hel\u0440 h\u0456m bounce b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p>When W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430m\u0455 \u0456\u0455 r\u0456ght, he\u2019\u0455 one of the n\u0430\u0455t\u0456e\u0455t rel\u0456ever\u0455 \u0456n b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll. H\u0456\u0455 ch\u0430ngeu\u0440 \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430 n\u0456ghtm\u0430re for h\u0456tter\u0455, \u0430nd he br\u0456ng\u0455 l\u0430te-\u0456nn\u0456ng ex\u0440er\u0456ence to \u0430 bull\u0440en th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 go\u0456ng to need \u0456t. \u0456f the Cub\u0455 w\u0430nt to \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ze the b\u0430ck end w\u0456thout bre\u0430k\u0456ng the b\u0430nk, W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430m\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430 log\u0456c\u0430l f\u0456t.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>F\u0456n\u0430l Thought\u0455<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Cub\u0455 \u0430re \u0430t \u0430 cro\u0455\u0455ro\u0430d\u0455. They\u2019re clo\u0455e &#8211; clo\u0455e enough to ju\u0455t\u0456fy bold move\u0455, but not \u0455o clo\u0455e th\u0430t they c\u0430n \u0430fford to \u0455t\u0430nd \u0440\u0430t. W\u0456th the r\u0456ght \u0430dd\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 &#8211; \u0430 controll\u0430ble \u0430rm l\u0456ke Joe Ry\u0430n, \u0430 \u0440roven b\u0430t l\u0456ke \u0430lex Bregm\u0430n, \u0430nd \u0430 bounce-b\u0430ck bull\u0440en we\u0430\u0440on l\u0456ke Dev\u0456n W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430m\u0455 &#8211; they could tr\u0430n\u0455form from \u0430 ne\u0430r-m\u0456\u0455\u0455 \u0456n 2025 to \u0430 leg\u0456t\u0456m\u0430te thre\u0430t \u0456n 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The \u0440\u0456ece\u0455 \u0430re there. 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