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Wittenmyer: A '74 Vega, the '84 Cubs and the next road to travel
The end of the year marked the end of Cubs Insider Gordon Wittenmyer’s run at NBC Sports Chicago, with a lot of miles still to go before he says he’ll let anyone sleep.
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Why Hayden Wesneski Cubs' top player to watch in 2023
Pitcher Hayden Wesneski’s Yankees background contributes to one of the more potentially intriguing storylines for a Cubs team trying to turn a competitive corner in the new year.
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Smyly return, Taillon addition boost Cubs' pitching depth
Cubs signings of starters Jameson Taillon and Drew Smyly, combined with signing former Gold Glove winners Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger and Tucker Barnhart have significantly boosted their run-prevention expectations.
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Grading Cubs' long-term contracts from A to J-Hey
Dansby Swanson’s seven-year, $177 million free agent deal with the Cubs is the seventh contract in franchise history longer than five years. We look at the first six.
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What pressure? Swanson shrugs off magnitude of Cubs deal
Dansby Swanson’s seven-year, $177 million contract is second in Cubs history to Jason Heyward’s $184 million total value and Jon Lester’s $25.8 million annual value.
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What Nico Hoerner says about Dansby Swanson signing
Nico Hoerner has a right to think he earned a longer term job at shortstop for the Cubs but embraces a move to second for what it means to have Dansby Swanson on the team.
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Why Bellinger could be Cubs' most important signing in 2023
If it pays off, Cody Bellinger’s relatively small one-year contract might have a bigger impact on the direction the Cubs go from here than Dansby Swanson’s and Jameson Taillon’s bigger deals.
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Taillon: Cubs can ‘make noise' in ‘gettable' NL Central
Jameson Taillon’s faith in Cubs’ vision might be seeing a payoff in subsequent signings such as shortstop Dansby Swanson’s $177 million deal.
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From the workhorse's mouth? Taillon says 200 IP ‘realistic'
The Cubs haven’t had a pitcher throw 200 innings in a season since Jon Lester during the 2016 championship season.
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Final grades for ‘world's greatest' free agency predictions
We got Anthony Rizzo, Justin Verlander, Willson Contreras, Cody Bellinger and José Abreu right. About those other nine picks …
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