I thought quite a bit about how to approach this. The Cubs played eight postseason games as well as their 162-game regular season schedule. I didn’t want to ignore those games in assigning these grades, but even as important as postseason games are, they shouldn’t overwhelm the six-month body of work for each player.

I’m going to split this into two articles, with position players today and pitchers tomorrow.

As always, these are my personal opinions and as such, likely to be highly subective. YMMV, etc.

Kelly was one of the top free-agent signings by any team for the 2025 season. He had the best year of his career, setting career highs in runs, home runs, total bases, OPS+ and bWAR (3.6).

Kelly and the Cubs have a mutual option for $7.5 million for 2026. Of course, the Cubs would love

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