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How Cubs are approaching free-agent shortstop market

The Cubs are expected to increase their player payroll for next year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs searching for power sources

Though big-name free agents are an option, Jed Hoyer might tap into the team’s minor-league system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs catching prospect Miguel Amaya hoping to catch a break

Once considered the fourth-best prospect in the Cubs’ system, Amaya has been derailed by injuries.

Chicago Sun-Times

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How the Cubs are building the core for their next playoff contender

Look no further than the World Series participants, the Astros and Phillies, for examples of the importance of homegrown talent.

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Spend big (Phillies) or replenish the system (Astros)? The Cubs can find a roster-building balance in the World Series teams.

Financially investing in a roster can serve as a postseason separator for major-league teams.

Chicago Tribune

10 things we learned about the Chicago Cubs in 2022, including Ian Happ’s best all-around season and the need for more star power — and some thump

The Chicago Cubs do not want the last two years to be part of a trend in the wrong direction.

Chicago Tribune

How banning shift affects Cubs’ offseason priorities, Nico Hoerner’s future

Hoerner told the Sun-Times that he thinks the defensive shift restrictions coming to MLB in 2023 are “good for the game.”

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Will the Chicago Cubs pursue top-tier free agents? Jed Hoyer vows they will ‘be aggressive’ while weighing ‘intelligent spending.’

One month ago, Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts made clear the organization’s path forward in the offseason would include financial flexibility.

Chicago Tribune

Jed Hoyer: Cubs will be ‘aggressive’ filling holes ‘in the best way’ this offseason

Could Nico Hoerner or Ian Happ sign an extension? Could Drew Smyly or Wade Miley be back next year?

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Paul Sullivan: As Wrigley Field prepares to close its doors for the season, Cubs look ahead to better days — again

CHICAGO — After the end of the 2014 Chicago Cubs season, Theo Epstein spoke optimistically about the upcoming offseason.

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Paul Sullivan: Jason Heyward reflects on his Cubs career and Game 7 speech that lives on in history: ‘We still got a ring’

CHICAGO — Jason Heyward’s career with the Chicago Cubs is coming to a close, ending with one year and $22 million remaining on his eight-year, $184 million contract.

Chicago Tribune

‘How do we handle failure?’: Jason Heyward addresses split with Cubs, possible reunion

Heyward addressed the media for the first time since Jed Hoyer revealed the team planned to release Heyward before the final year of his $184 million contract.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: Small signs of hope emerging at the end of a lost season for the Chicago Cubs

As the 2022 season crawls to a close, the Chicago Cubs believe they’re better off now than they were one year ago and are cautiously optimistic they won’t be in the same position next September.

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Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks: Return to contention could ‘happen a lot quicker’ than expected

Hendricks is the only current Cub who was on the roster in 2014, a turning-point season.

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Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts: ‘You can’t buy a championship team in baseball’

Ricketts said that Jed Hoyer, the president of baseball operations, has “gotten a lot of flexibility. Let him decide what he wants to do.”

Chicago Tribune

With no playoff race this September, Cubs already are looking to the offseason and 40-man roster decisions

CHICAGO — In a perfect situation, the Chicago Cubs would be employing advance scouts this month ahead of a postseason run.

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Skipper David Ross: If Willson Contreras stays with Cubs, ‘We’re all going to be happy’

But if Ross really believes the free-agent-to-be might be back in the fold in 2023, he didn’t give it away.

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Paul Sullivan: Willson Contreras in a Cardinals uniform in 2023? Brace for the possible nightmare scenario, Cubs fans.

ST. LOUIS — Willson Contreras dominated the headlines during the first four months of the Chicago Cubs season.

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Paul Sullivan: Pandemic a distant memory for MLB teams — at least until they’re forced to adjust rosters for series in Toronto

My dream World Series matchup for 2022 would be the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: It’s a bizarro season in Chicago, where contending White Sox get booed and optimism grows for Cubs

CHICAGO — With a little more than one month remaining in this bizarro baseball season in Chicago, the Cubs and White Sox have somehow managed to switch identities.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Jed Hoyer is hoping Chicago Cubs history repeats itself with a fateful ending similar to 2014

The 2014 season was not a particularly memorable one in Chicago Cubs history.

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Cubs’ Willson Contreras expected to return to staring lineup at Milwaukee

Contreras has been out of the lineup for three days with a left ankle injury.

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Cubs’ Jed Hoyer: ‘I expect to be aggressive this winter’

This year’s ‘‘Field of Dreams’’ game serves as a reminder that the large-market Cubs, with an international following, have every advantage in courting top free agents

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Kevin Costner’s absence, Cubs executive cameos and other observations on the Field of Dreams telecast

CHICAGO — It turns out you can stage a great infomercial for baseball, Iowa and Hollywood without the presence of the New York Yankees or a walk-off home run by Tim Anderson.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs ‘have a catch,’ claim a win over Reds in second ‘Field of Dreams’ game

The Cubs took an early lead, as Seiya Suzuki, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ combined to drive in three runs in the first inning. Nick Madrigal’s fourth-inning single gave the Cubs a 4-0 lead.

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