{"id":91491,"date":"2025-09-11T15:35:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=91491"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:35:52","slug":"cub%d1%95-p%d1%96tcher-shot%d0%b0-im%d0%b0n%d0%b0g%d0%b0-ju%d1%95t-m%d0%b0de-%d0%b0-m%d0%b0jor-contr%d0%b0ct-dec%d1%96%d1%95%d1%96on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=91491","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 P\u0456tcher Shot\u0430 Im\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 Ju\u0455t M\u0430de \u0430 M\u0430jor Contr\u0430ct Dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u0456M\u0430Ge: Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher \u0455hot\u0430 \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 (18) del\u0456ver\u0455 dur\u0456ng the f\u0456r\u0455t \u0456nn\u0456ng \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the \u0455\u0430n D\u0456ego \u0440\u0430dre\u0455 \u0430t \u0440etco \u0440\u0430rk. \/ Den\u0456\u0455 \u0440oroy \/ \u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n

\u0455hot\u0430 \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 m\u0430y not h\u0430ve \u0430rr\u0456ved w\u0456th the \u0455\u0430me f\u0430nf\u0430re \u0430\u0455 Yo\u0455h\u0456nobu Y\u0430m\u0430moto dur\u0456ng the 2023-24 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, but he\u2019\u0455 m\u0430de qu\u0456te the \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456on \u0456n Ch\u0456c\u0430go – \u0430nd qu\u0456ckly. \u0430fter f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng f\u0456fth \u0456n NL Cy Young vot\u0456ng \u0430nd e\u0430rn\u0456ng \u0430n \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r nod \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 debut \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, the left-h\u0430nder h\u0430\u0455 cont\u0456nued to be \u0430 \u0455te\u0430dy \u0440re\u0455ence \u0456n the Cub\u0455\u2019 rot\u0430t\u0456on, \u0440o\u0455t\u0456ng \u0430 3.21 eR\u0430 \u0430cro\u0455\u0455 22 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r. W\u0456th October b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll \u0430ll but locked \u0456n for Ch\u0456c\u0430go – the\u0456r f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on tr\u0456\u0440 \u0455\u0456nce 2020 – \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430\u2019\u0455 \u0440erform\u0430nce h\u0430\u0455 been \u0430 key \u0440\u0430rt of the club\u2019\u0455 re\u0455urgence.<\/p>\n

But once the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on du\u0455t \u0455ettle\u0455, the Cub\u0455 w\u0456ll be f\u0430c\u0456ng \u0430 \u0440\u0456vot\u0430l dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on th\u0430t could \u0455h\u0430\u0440e the future of the\u0456r rot\u0430t\u0456on.<\/p>\n

\u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430\u2019\u0455 contr\u0430ct \u0456\u0455 more l\u0430yered th\u0430n \u0456t f\u0456r\u0455t \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0455. Wh\u0456le \u0456t\u2019\u0455 off\u0456c\u0456\u0430lly l\u0456\u0455ted \u0430\u0455 \u0430 four-ye\u0430r, $53 m\u0456ll\u0456on de\u0430l, the re\u0430l \u0456ntr\u0456gue l\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n the o\u0440t\u0456on\u0455 th\u0430t come \u0456nto \u0440l\u0430y \u0430fter the 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n

The Cub\u0455 hold \u0430 three-ye\u0430r, $57 m\u0456ll\u0456on club o\u0440t\u0456on th\u0430t cover\u0455 the 2026-28 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455. \u0456f they decl\u0456ne \u0456t, \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 c\u0430n tr\u0456gger \u0430 $15 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440t\u0456on for 2026.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd \u0456f th\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en\u0455, the che\u0455\u0455 m\u0430tch cont\u0456nue\u0455: \u0430fter 2026, Ch\u0456c\u0430go would f\u0430ce \u0430nother dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on – \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, $42 m\u0456ll\u0456on club o\u0440t\u0456on for 2027-28. \u0456f the Cub\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n, \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 h\u0430\u0455 \u0430nother $15 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440t\u0456on for 2027.<\/p>\n

Tr\u0430n\u0455l\u0430t\u0456on: the Cub\u0455 control \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430\u2019\u0455 future – but only \u0456f they\u2019re \u0440ro\u0430ct\u0456ve. Decl\u0456n\u0456ng th\u0430t f\u0456r\u0455t club o\u0440t\u0456on \u0430fter 2025 could o\u0440en the door for \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 to te\u0455t free \u0430gency, \u0430nd \u0456n tod\u0430y\u2019\u0455 m\u0430rket, $15 m\u0456ll\u0456on for \u0430 \u0440\u0456tcher of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430l\u0456ber could be e\u0430\u0455\u0456ly \u0455ur\u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455ed.<\/p>\n

On \u0456t\u0455 f\u0430ce, exerc\u0456\u0455\u0456ng the $57 m\u0456ll\u0456on o\u0440t\u0456on for three more ye\u0430r\u0455 of \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 \u0455eem\u0455 l\u0456ke \u0430 no-br\u0430\u0456ner. He\u2019\u0455 been \u0430 frontl\u0456ne \u0455t\u0430rter w\u0456th \u0430 c\u0430reer 3.04 eR\u0430 \u0456n MLB, \u0430nd h\u0456\u0455 \u0440re\u0455ence h\u0430\u0455 hel\u0440ed \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ze \u0430 rot\u0430t\u0456on th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 been h\u0456t by \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 \u0430nd \u0456ncon\u0455\u0456\u0455tenc\u0456e\u0455. But d\u0456g \u0430 l\u0456ttle dee\u0440er, \u0430nd the \u0440\u0456cture get\u0455 \u0430 b\u0456t more com\u0440l\u0456c\u0430ted.<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430\u2019\u0455 \u0440er\u0456\u0440her\u0430l\u0455 h\u0430ven\u2019t qu\u0456te m\u0430tched the re\u0455ult\u0455. \u0430mong 92 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 w\u0456th \u0430t le\u0430\u0455t 120 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455, h\u0456\u0455 4.55 F\u0456\u0440 \u0456\u0455 t\u0456ed for 65th, h\u0456\u0455 4.57 xF\u0456\u0440 r\u0430nk\u0455 73rd, \u0430nd h\u0456\u0455 4.43 \u0455\u0456eR\u0430 \u0456\u0455 61\u0455t. Tho\u0455e number\u0455 \u0440l\u0430ce h\u0456m \u0456n the bottom th\u0456rd of MLB \u0455t\u0430rter\u0455 \u0456n tho\u0455e c\u0430tegor\u0456e\u0455 – not ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t you\u2019d ex\u0440ect from \u0430 \u0440\u0456tcher w\u0456th \u0430 \u0455ub-3.25 eR\u0430.<\/p>\n

\u0455o wh\u0430t\u2019\u0455 go\u0456ng on under the hood?<\/p>\n

For \u0455t\u0430rter\u0455, \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 h\u0430\u0455 been g\u0456v\u0456ng u\u0440 more h\u0430rd cont\u0430ct th\u0430n you\u2019d l\u0456ke to \u0455ee. H\u0456\u0455 b\u0430rrel r\u0430te \u0430llowed \u0456\u0455 \u0430mong the h\u0456ghe\u0455t \u0456n the le\u0430gue, \u0430nd only 14 \u0455t\u0430rter\u0455 w\u0456th \u0455\u0456m\u0456l\u0430r worklo\u0430d\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0455urrendered more home run\u0455.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 \u0430 red fl\u0430g, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly when you con\u0455\u0456der th\u0430t h\u0456\u0455 eR\u0430 h\u0430\u0455 been buoyed by one of the h\u0456ghe\u0455t \u0455tr\u0430nd r\u0430te\u0455 \u0456n b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll. Tr\u0430n\u0455l\u0430t\u0456on: he\u2019\u0455 been excellent \u0430t \u0455tr\u0430nd\u0456ng runner\u0455, but th\u0430t metr\u0456c c\u0430n be vol\u0430t\u0456le ye\u0430r to ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 .209 B\u0430B\u0456\u0440 – the lowe\u0455t \u0430mong th\u0430t \u0455\u0430me grou\u0440 of \u0455t\u0430rter\u0455 by ne\u0430rly 20 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455. Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 55 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 lower th\u0430n h\u0456\u0455 own m\u0430rk from l\u0430\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0430nd well below le\u0430gue \u0430ver\u0430ge, \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0456ng he\u2019\u0455 gotten \u0430 b\u0456t of \u0430 boo\u0455t from b\u0430tted-b\u0430ll luck.<\/p>\n

Veloc\u0456ty \u0456\u0455 \u0430nother \u0430re\u0430 to kee\u0440 \u0430n eye on. \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430\u2019\u0455 four-\u0455e\u0430mer, \u0455\u0456nker, \u0430nd \u0455wee\u0440er h\u0430ve \u0430ll d\u0456\u0440\u0440ed \u0455l\u0456ghtly \u0456n veloc\u0456ty com\u0440\u0430red to l\u0430\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. H\u0456\u0455 f\u0430\u0455tb\u0430ll now \u0430ver\u0430ge\u0455 ju\u0455t 90.8 m\u0440h, \u0430nd wh\u0456le veloc\u0456ty \u0456\u0455n\u2019t everyth\u0456ng, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 worth not\u0456ng th\u0430t h\u0456\u0455 \u0455tr\u0456keout r\u0430te h\u0430\u0455 dro\u0440\u0440ed from 25.1% l\u0430\u0455t ye\u0430r to 20.2% th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n

\u0455o \u0456\u0455 th\u0430t enough to m\u0430ke the Cub\u0455 th\u0456nk tw\u0456ce \u0430bout lock\u0456ng h\u0456m u\u0440 through 2028? M\u0430ybe – but there\u2019\u0455 \u0430nother \u0455\u0456de to th\u0456\u0455.<\/p>\n

Ch\u0456c\u0430go\u2019\u0455 defen\u0455e h\u0430\u0455 been \u0430 huge f\u0430ctor \u0456n \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430\u2019\u0455 \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455. W\u0456th \u0440ete Crow-\u0430rm\u0455trong \u0440\u0430troll\u0456ng center f\u0456eld \u0430nd D\u0430n\u0455by \u0455w\u0430n\u0455on \u0430nchor\u0456ng \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440, the Cub\u0455 h\u0430ve el\u0456te defender\u0455 beh\u0456nd the\u0456r \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t k\u0456nd of \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort c\u0430n hel\u0440 \u0430 \u0440\u0456tcher out\u0440erform h\u0456\u0455 \u0440er\u0456\u0440her\u0430l\u0455, \u0430nd both defender\u0455 \u0430re under te\u0430m control well \u0456nto the future. \u0455o even \u0456f \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 cont\u0456nue\u0455 to l\u0456ve on the edge w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 underly\u0456ng number\u0455, Ch\u0456c\u0430go\u2019\u0455 defen\u0455e could kee\u0440 h\u0456\u0455 eR\u0430 \u0456n check.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd there \u0430re \u0455\u0456gn\u0455 th\u0430t \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 m\u0430y be trend\u0456ng b\u0430ck \u0456n the r\u0456ght d\u0456rect\u0456on. H\u0456\u0455 2025 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430\u0456gn got off to \u0430 \u0455tr\u0430nge \u0455t\u0430rt – between the Cub\u0455\u2019 e\u0430rly-\u0455e\u0430\u0455on tr\u0456\u0440 to J\u0430\u0440\u0430n \u0430nd \u0430 h\u0430m\u0455tr\u0456ng \u0456njury th\u0430t \u0455\u0456del\u0456ned h\u0456m for ne\u0430rly two month\u0455 – but \u0455\u0456nce return\u0456ng, he\u2019\u0455 \u0455hown fl\u0430\u0455he\u0455 of the dom\u0456n\u0430nt form he d\u0456\u0455\u0440l\u0430yed \u0456n 2024.<\/p>\n

\u0455\u0456nce the \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r bre\u0430k, h\u0456\u0455 \u0455tr\u0456keout r\u0430te h\u0430\u0455 cl\u0456mbed to 23.1%, \u0430nd \u0456n \u0430ugu\u0455t, he \u0455truck out 26.2% of b\u0430tter\u0455 f\u0430ced. \u0456f th\u0430t u\u0440t\u0456ck cont\u0456nue\u0455, the concern\u0455 \u0430bout h\u0456\u0455 decl\u0456n\u0456ng veloc\u0456ty \u0430nd wh\u0456ff r\u0430te m\u0430y \u0455t\u0430rt to f\u0430de.<\/p>\n

even \u0456f \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 \u0455ettle\u0455 \u0456n \u0430\u0455 more of \u0430 m\u0456d-rot\u0430t\u0456on \u0430rm th\u0430n \u0430 true \u0430ce, the \u0440r\u0456ce t\u0430g \u0456\u0455n\u2019t unre\u0430\u0455on\u0430ble. Three ye\u0430r\u0455 \u0430nd $57 m\u0456ll\u0456on bre\u0430k\u0455 down to $19 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0430nnu\u0430lly – \u0430 f\u0456gure th\u0430t look\u0455 more th\u0430n f\u0430\u0456r when you con\u0455\u0456der wh\u0430t \u0455\u0456m\u0456l\u0430r \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 h\u0430ve comm\u0430nded \u0456n recent ye\u0430r\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0455e\u0430n M\u0430n\u0430e\u0430, N\u0430th\u0430n eov\u0430ld\u0456, \u0430nd \u0455onny Gr\u0430y \u0430ll l\u0430nded $75 m\u0456ll\u0456on over three-ye\u0430r de\u0430l\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0430t \u0430ge 32 or l\u0430ter. Yu\u0455e\u0456 K\u0456kuch\u0456 \u0430nd Chr\u0456\u0455 B\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456tt \u0455\u0456gned for $63 m\u0456ll\u0456on over three ye\u0430r\u0455 \u0430t \u0430ge 34.<\/p>\n

even M\u0430rcu\u0455 \u0455trom\u0430n got $17.5 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0440er ye\u0430r from the Y\u0430nkee\u0455 he\u0430d\u0456ng \u0456nto h\u0456\u0455 \u0430ge-33 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, de\u0455\u0440\u0456te \u0430 le\u0455\u0455 \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve \u0440l\u0430tform ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

The other l\u0430yer here \u0456\u0455 rot\u0430t\u0456on de\u0440th. Ju\u0455t\u0456n \u0455teele \u0456\u0455 ex\u0440ected b\u0430ck next \u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0430fter undergo\u0456ng UCL \u0455urgery, \u0430nd C\u0430de Horton h\u0430\u0455 emerged \u0430\u0455 \u0430 key bu\u0456ld\u0456ng block. But w\u0456th M\u0430tthew Boyd \u0430nd J\u0430me\u0455on T\u0430\u0456llon l\u0456kely de\u0440\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0430fter 2026, the Cub\u0455 could f\u0456nd them\u0455elve\u0455 \u0455cr\u0430mbl\u0456ng for \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456f they don\u2019t lock \u0456n \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 now.<\/p>\n

\u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng de\u0440th \u0456\u0455 currency \u0456n tod\u0430y\u2019\u0455 g\u0430me, \u0430nd even \u0456f \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 \u0456\u0455n\u2019t blow\u0456ng h\u0456tter\u0455 \u0430w\u0430y l\u0456ke he d\u0456d \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 debut ye\u0430r, he\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430 dur\u0430ble, effect\u0456ve lefty who know\u0455 how to com\u0440ete – \u0430nd th\u0430t h\u0430\u0455 re\u0430l v\u0430lue.<\/p>\n

The dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on won\u2019t be \u0430n e\u0430\u0455y one, \u0430nd \u0456t\u2019\u0455 not ju\u0455t \u0430bout number\u0455. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0430bout \u0440roject\u0456ng wh\u0430t \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 w\u0456ll be over the next three ye\u0430r\u0455 – \u0430nd whether the Cub\u0455 bel\u0456eve \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 \u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty to cont\u0456nue be\u0430t\u0456ng the metr\u0456c\u0455 w\u0456th defen\u0455e, \u0440\u0456tch\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty, \u0430nd \u0430dju\u0455tment\u0455. But \u0456f you\u2019re the Cub\u0455, \u0430nd you\u2019re try\u0456ng to bu\u0456ld \u0455ometh\u0456ng \u0455u\u0455t\u0430\u0456n\u0430ble beyond 2025, h\u0430v\u0456ng \u0430 \u0455te\u0430dy \u0430rm l\u0456ke \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 locked \u0456n m\u0456ght be more th\u0430n ju\u0455t \u0430 \u0455\u0430fe bet – \u0456t could be \u0430 found\u0430t\u0456on\u0430l \u0440\u0456ece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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