Dylan Cease sign with Blue Jays

[CubinNY]

11 hours ago, Bertz said:

via Sharma this AM

So I'm presuming they didn't want to add that 7th year

Or deferrals

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

Or deferrals

True. And I don’t get it. Why don’t the Cubs want to use deferrals? Makes no sense to me. And it hurts their chances on signing some guys. 

[Dfan25]

Only positive about this , is that it seems they are still willing to give a SP  100 + million .   If they sign a SP I think it will be King for 4 years and 88 -92 million 

The bullpen on the other hand i am skeptical that we will see a 10+ signing . I think they may sign 1 guy in the 7 range and dumpster dive the rest .

Edited December 4, 2025 by Dfan25

[Rcal10]

44 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Only positive about this , is that it seems they are still willing to give a SP  100 + million .   If they sign a SP I think it will be King for 4 years and 88 -92 million 

The bullpen on the other hand i am skeptical that we will see a 10+ signing . I think they may sign 1 guy in the 7 range and dumpster dive the rest .

I can see signing one of Finnegan/Rogers/Weaver/Keller/Fairbanks and then maybe spend a little on a lefty reliever. Or trade for one. Maybe if they trade for a staring pitcher they also get a lefty relief pitcher. And if that trade brings a lower cost starting pitcher I also can see them add another pen arm from that list above. If they traded for Cabrera, as an example, there would be plenty of money to add 2 pen arms. If they sign King they probably can only sign one pen arm. 

[JHBulls]

 

My glass half empty take is the Cubs were one of 24 teams who weren’t in with a shot. 

Edited December 5, 2025 by JHBulls