Episode 14 - Offseason Dreams

Every year, I dread the end of the baseball season. As a kid it meant a long, dreary Iowa winter…now that I live in a warmer state, it just means no baseball. I’ll thoroughly enjoy this World Series, but I’m ready for the season to be over…but not because the Cubs narrowly avoided a 90-loss season, but because I think this is going to be a really exciting offseason. When the World Series is over, things can begin in earnest – qualifying offers will be issued, players will declare for free agency and teams can begin signing players and making trades. The Cubs are rolling into the offseason with some glaring holes to fill, but also with a lot of available cash and a deep, Top 10 farm system. Last week, we talked about Jed’s favorite phrase – “intelligent spending”. This week we’ll put that to work and look at which free agents make sense for the Cubs. Will the Cubs rise to get Aaron Judge? Will they dig deep to get one of the elite shortstops? Will the Cubs look to Japan again? The MVP Machine by Ben Lindberg & Travis Sawchik