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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Best of the Cubs: What would an 'active' offseason look like?

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In Best of the Cubs this week, Mike Mulligan and David Haugh pondered what an "active" offseason would look like for the organization; Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris reacted to Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer declare that his club's focus is on pitching as he views the daily lineup as mostly set; and Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes stressed the need for the Cubs to add to their offense this offseason with right fielder Kyle Tucker set to leave in free agency.

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0:00.0

Take that for what it's worth.

0:05.0

I think it will, you know, I think the largest focus, I think will be on pitching.

0:12.0

I think that's obvious.

0:13.0

I'll look at our depth chart that, you know, I think we're in pretty good position.

0:18.0

On the position of player's side, on the the pitching side we're thinner and so i think

0:21.7

that's going to be our focus and i expect to explore trades i expect to explore free agency both

0:27.9

you know at the top of the market but also looking at you know looking at you know from minor league

0:34.0

free agency i thought you know about last year in a lot of ways,

0:37.8

that we, you know, gave Boyd a multi-year deal, and then we got a lot of value out of Brad Keller, who was a minor league free agent. And I think all of those, you know, through Pomerant, we had a tiny trade for. I think all of those transactions matter. And so I expect to be really active in doing that.

0:55.2

You know, I think on the pitching side, more than the headings. those transactions matter. And so I expect to be really active in doing that.

0:55.2

You know, I think on the pitching side more than the hitting side.

0:59.6

Mully and Haw, Chicago Sports Radio 670, the score.

1:05.2

That is the voice of Jed Hoyer.

1:07.2

And he's talking about getting the Cubs back to where they were last year and the way

1:13.2

you do it is through the arms they're going to be seeking.

1:17.5

For what it's worth, define active.

1:20.9

That's a good question.

1:22.1

For what it's worth, tell me what active means.

1:25.0

I think.

1:26.1

Because that's the answer to the question and active does

1:31.1

that mean coming close you're active activity and accomplishment not the same things yeah that's fair

1:36.0

we can't confuse that yep so i think but weren't they active last year because they made a big

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