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The Chicago Cubs are heading into the offseason after a solid 2024 campaign where they finished just over .500.<\/p>\n

While it wasn\u2019t a bad season for the Cubs in 2024, they also weren\u2019t really in the playoff picture.<\/p>\n

However, this is a young team that has a lot of talent on the way, so the future looks bright.<\/p>\n

Coming into free agency, there was some early speculation that Chicago would be active on the market this offseason. With a need for a big bat in the middle of the lineup, the Cubs could have looked to address that need with a number of different options.<\/p>\n

But, due to Cody Bellinger surprisingly opting in to his contract for next season, the Cubs might be hesitant to spend on a big bat this winter.<\/p>\n

With how much teams around the league will spend being in limbo right now, Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report recently ranked teams in different tiers for his predictions.<\/p>\n

Chicago was placed in the tier of a contender who would just spend moderately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis most inexplicably applies to the Cubs, who didn’t even bother to try to get a meeting with Juan Soto. The way president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer operates under the Ricketts Family is how you end up with a roster that has a lot of nice pieces but a lack of superstars. Even if you believe there’s such a team as a small-market team, the Cubs certainly wouldn’t fall into that category. But they always seem to stop short of spending like a team from Chicago should.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeing the Cubs not being in on the Juan Soto sweepstakes is certainly disappointing, as Chicago shouldn’t be giving off a small-market team vibe.<\/p>\n

While they might just spend moderately, they do have some needs to address.<\/p>\n

Adding another power bat would be ideal, but unless it comes from a trade, it doesn\u2019t seem like they will be spending that type of money to address it in free agency.<\/p>\n

In the starting rotation, the Cubs are in pretty good shape.<\/p>\n

After Kyle Hendricks left as a free agent, adding a fifth starter is really their only need there.<\/p>\n

The bullpen is a bit of a different story.<\/p>\n

Chicago could certainly do some upgrading here in free agency, as they could use a closer and some strong arms. If they are going to spend moderately, that seems like the most likely place they do it.<\/p>\n

While the Cubs might not be big spenders, they can certainly upgrade this team via trades with their plethora of prospects in the farm system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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