Cubs Displaying Interest in Guardians' Shane Bieber, Rays' Tyler Glasnow

Jon Morosi has reported the Cubs and Reds are interested in starting pitchers Shane Bieber and Tyler Glasnow. Both pitchers have one year remaining before free agency.

While both starters have persistent injury concerns, Bieber dropped off in 2023 in a way that Glasgow did not. Bieber, the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner, has gone from striking out over 14 batters per nine that year to only 7.5 batters per nine in 2023.

Glasnow, while more consistent in performance, has suffered endless setbacks during his career. In 2023, he made a career-best 21 starts. His previous high was just 14 starts in 2021.

Glasnow will earn $25 million in 2024 while Bieber has yet to go through arbitration but is expected to make around $12 million.