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The Cubs signed reliever Phil Maton and his bat-dodger offerings to a two=year deal, sources report. Adolis Garcia is the name that comes up today as a possibility for the Cubs’ outfield.
“I’ve always been a big Owen Caissie fan. I pound the table for him whenever we’re doing rankings. He’s always been very young for his league. He’s always produced. He repeated Triple-A — which I don’t see as a negative because he was 22 years old when he repeated it
— and hit 41 homers at Triple-A over the past two seasons,” said Jim Callis.
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- Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): Hottovy ‘pumped’ to have Shota back for ’26. He was like, ‘This is where I want to be. I’m excited to be back. I’m ready to work.’”
- Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): Cubs tender contracts to Steele, Assad; McGuire, Morgan become free agents. “Steele is eligible for the third time after earning $6.55 million last season, while Assad is entering the arbitration process for the first time.”
- Manny Randhawa (MLB.com*): Cubs targeting starting pitching: Pros and cons of top 5 FAs. “The Cubs have been rumored to be interested in multiple starting pitchers at the top end of the free-agent market.“
- Tony Andracki (Marquee Sports Network*): Tatsuya Imai scouting report: Analyzing Cubs’ possible free agent target. “[His release height is] much lower than the major league average by about 10 inches.”
- Michael Cerami (Bleacher Nation*): Cubs are still in on Top Relievers even after Maton signing. “… it does sound like an additional established arm for the pen is in the plans.”
- Michael Cerami (Bleacher Nation*): The Cubs are lagging WAY behind in projection-fueled team rankings, but there’s good news. “… on the positional side, they rate out quite nicely.”
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