Max Scherzer Reportedly Signing with the Blue Jays

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 30, 2025

Another Tread Athletics Pro Day signing for the Chicago Cubs, with righty A.J. Puckett joining Cole Reynolds and Jordan Goldmann. The news comes via Tread on IG: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Turner Givens (@turnergivens) Puckett, 29, pitched in the minor leagues with the Royals (second round draft pick), White Sox, Braves, and Mariners from 2016 through 2023, not quite able to get past the jump…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 30, 2025

Max Scherzer is signing with the Toronto Blue Jays on a one-year, $15.5 million deal, per Jon Heyman on Twitter. The Cubs were reportedly among the teams scouting Scherzer’s return to action, but that’s not a level they were going to approach on a deal like this. Of note, Scherzer’s deal just beats out the one Justin Verlander signed with the Giants (one year, $15 million). Scherzer, a future Hall…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 30, 2025

Being that the rest of the farm system rankings saw the Chicago Cubs take a pretty steep fall from this time last year until the end of the 2024 season (think top-5 to somewhere in the 10 to 15 range, pretty consistently), it’s nice to see at least one ranking that is still very rosy on the Cubs. Maybe even too rosy. But I’ll take it. Keith Law, whose top-100…

Chicago Cubs

Michael Cerami

•Jan 30, 2025

DYLAN CEASE RUMORS — Although it’s somewhat difficult to believe given the date on the calendar and their apparent financial limitations, the Chicago Cubs appear to be one of the most active teams in MLB. On the more realistic/conservative side, the rumors have them looking to add either (1) another quality reliever or (2) a bench bat. And at the crazy/aggressive end of the rumor spectrum, options like Alex Bregman…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 30, 2025

It’s been a couple weeks now, with a flurry of action in between, but it’s possible you remember that, when International Free Agency opened on January 15, the Cubs didn’t sign anyone. It was quite odd historically speaking, but easy enough to explain away because of the uncertainty the Roki Sasaki decision had introduced all over the market. Indeed, by the next day, the Cubs had signed most of their…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 30, 2025

Although I wouldn’t quite call it an expectation that the Cubs will add another late-inning-type reliever even after trading for Ryan Pressly, it’s pretty clear from the reporting – and the budget – that they are open to it. With that in mind, and noting that we’ve seen a good many names mentioned in connection with the Cubs (several of whom went off the board yesterday), I want to highlight…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 30, 2025

Thoughts are with everyone affected by the airline and helicopter crash in DC. Sad and scary, and I hope the families can someday find peace. Just a terrible tragedy. You hate to transition into baseball stuff, but that’s the job … Although the Cubs landed just four prospects on Keith Law’s top-100 list at The Athletic, he included two more on his list of 15 prospects who just missed: Owen…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 29, 2025

A bit to share this evening from the rumor mill, with the Chicago Cubs still hanging around in a few markets, eyeing another chance to pounce. Given how things have moved today, that chance might be coming sooner rather than later. Among the names that keeps popping up? Third baseman Alex Bregman. From The Athletic: “‘Opportunistic’ is the buzzword around the Cubs as the organization tries to be nimble in…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 29, 2025

Another hour, another back-end reliever signed (or traded). This time it’s Carlos Estevez going to the Royals, per multiple reports. Ken Rosenthal writes on X that it’s a two-year deal with a club option for a third year. Estevez, 32, has been a solid reliever for a long time, mostly toiling in relative obscurity with the Rockies and Angels. But he was lights out in 2024, including in the second…

Chicago Cubs

Brett Taylor

•Jan 29, 2025

That’s an interesting one. Per multiple reports, the Cincinnati Reds have added to their reliever group by way of trade, adding Taylor Rogers from the San Francisco Giants for pitching prospect Braxton Roxby. Given that Roxby is not necessarily a significant prospect, and given that Rogers is owed $12 million this season in the final year of his deal, you can presume this is primarily a salary dump for the…

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