Fitting Cody Bellinger into the 2025 Cubs Roster, If We Must

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13 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Correct, I edited to say that Lowe is a bit of an indulgence if you aren't giving up Nico, and if Bellinger is still around he's pretty wasteful.  In the Bellinger opt-in case you can maybe see if you can use the resources you would've used for Lowe on a reliever or catcher to bridge the salary gap between Bellinger and Lowe.  That'd be pretty tight though, and I think an overly simplified offseason model is that they aren't going to have three 20M+ AAV 'additions',  including Bellinger.

Fair. Also agreed that Nico and Busch aren't likely targets for the Mariners and Jays. Think I'd rather pay the extra for one of the cost controlled starters in Seattle.