James Neveau (NBC Sports Chicago*): Cubs free agency preview: Who’s in, who’s out for North Siders as signing period begins.“Basically, they’ll want any young starting pitcher that’s at the Triple-A level or higher.” Michael Cerami (Bleacher Nation*): What the Padres REALLY want in exchange for Juan Soto is maybe not what we thought.how Boras conducts business really does dictate a lot of what we’ll see even with players he doesn’t represent.” Brett Taylor has more. Evan Altman (Cubs Insider*): Scott Boras says Cubs will need to loosen belts to keep full Belli, also talks Soto & Alonso.

“Ohtani is one of the most fascinating cases for baseball’s free agency system since it began in 1976.”

David Brandt (AP*): Ohtani free agency sweepstakes off to a clandestine start at MLB’s general manager meetings.

“Rossy is a great friend and was an awesome manager maybe the guy that I’ll play for the longest,” said Happ.

Jordan Arseneau (ABC7*): Cubs left fielder Ian Happ on David Ross exit, Gold Glove award: ‘Definitely a bunch of emotions’.

“By dismissing Ross and replacing him with former Brewers manager Craig Counsell, the Cubs shoved sentimentality aside.”

Rick Telander (Chicago Sun-Times*): Firing of Cubs manager David Ross shows even ‘legend’ wasn’t safe.

*means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both ( directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). Whatever it is, we’ll have it, and it’ll be sourced. In the meantime, we have the Counsell hiring to kick around, and then there’s trouble to stir up, probably. So maybe by the weekend we’ll have some really juicy stuff. That’s seriously goofy timing, like having Black Friday on a Tuesday in July. I don’t recall hearing about any signings. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from # Cubs, # MiLB, and # MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor.įree agency began Monday.

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