Best of the Cubs: How does Shota Imanaga's return affect the club's offseason plan?

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the Best of the Cubs this week, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed how left-hander Shota Imanaga's return on the one-year, $22-million qualifying offer will affect the organization's offseason plan; Marshall Harris and Clay Harbor wondered if the Cubs were surprised that Imanaga accepted the qualifying offer rather than entering free agency; and Score baseball insider Bruce Levine joined the Mully & Haugh Show to discuss Imanaga's decision and what moves the Cubs could look to make this offseason.

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0:00.0	I think the general thought process here is like we had to have evaluation on the on the club option.
0:06.7	We decided we weren't, you know, weren't up for that.
0:09.4	He decided he wasn't up for the player option valuation.
0:12.0	And then now we had a third decision on, you know, the one year and, you know, 22 million.
0:16.4	And it felt like a no-brainer for us.
0:19.3	So, yeah, and obviously, we, like, showed it a lot.
0:23.1	Obviously, we enjoy having them, but we'll see how it all plays out over the course of the next week.
0:31.1	That was Carter Hawkins on Inside the Clubhouse.
0:34.8	ITC.
0:35.5	Inside the Clubhouse.
0:36.4	Yes.
0:36.6	I call it that for short.
0:37.3	That's right. That's good, Tyler. That's good. ITC inside the clubhouse I called that for sure that's right
0:37.6	that's good Tyler that's good
0:39.2	ITC
0:40.0	damn right
0:42.0	shout out to baby tea
0:43.2	so that was him talking about
0:45.4	all of the different parts of
0:47.5	showed his contract
0:49.0	there were three different
0:50.5	four different outcomes that could happen
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