So the vaunted Winter Meetings turned out to have been a massive time-suck, completely useless from my point of view. It wouldn’t be a surprise for me at this point if the Cubs signed nobody at all.
It’s going to take a hell of a lot to mollify me or even to start to allay my misgivings. It’s only the beginning, though. The Cubs are said to be ‘in the thick’ of trade negotiations, for Edward Cabrera
and others.“We’re reaching out to probably all 29 teams,” Carter Hawkins said Tuesday.
Tomorrow never
knows.
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- Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): Hey, so where’s the flurry of activity? “… mostly a whole lot of nothing.“
- Maddie Lee (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}: 2025 MLB Winter Meetings: Cubs taking sweeping survey of trade market. “The three-day event wrapped up in Orlando on Wednesday.”
- Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): As Winter Meetings close, what’s next on the Cubs’ agenda? “This is sort of the beginning of the real offseason in a lot of ways,” Hoyer said this week.
- Meghan Montemurro (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell is ‘very optimistic’ Shota Imanaga will get back to his old form. “I think he feels like he has something to prove, and that’s a great mindset for an athlete to be in.” Evan Altman has more*.
- Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): Cubs’ many bullpen vacancies a big focus of winter work. “The Cubs’ bullpen is a near-empty cupboard…“
- Patrick Mooney (The Athletic {$}): What will the Cubs’ next moves mean for Matt Shaw? “Matt’s going to play a big part on this team,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Tuesday.
- Maddie Lee (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}: Team USA manager Mark DeRosa: Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong is ‘the best defender in the game’. “In other World Baseball Classic news, Team Canada announced Owen Caissie will be included on the roster.“
- Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): With Kyle Tucker’s likely exit, Craig Counsell seems comfortable with youth movement. “We have young players that did contribute in a big way,” Counsell said.
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