Okay, so most of you didn’t like my series on proposed extensions for young Cubs players. Yes, I probably went overboard on some of them. Mainly, I just wanted to open up the topics for discussion.

Now, let me turn my attention for the rest of this week to three Cubs players who all have contracts expiring at the end of 2026. This, quite probably, was by design, as MLB very likely enters a lockout when the CBA expires on Dec. 1, 2026. Note that I have not said here, and will not say, anything about the 2027 season. Only that a lockout seems likely, and that could very well be the reason these three players have deals all expiring at the same time. Other than team-controlled players, the Cubs have only one player under contract past 2026: Dansby Swanson. (Shōta Imanaga could be added to th

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