LAS VEGAS -- Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer quipped on Tuesday that his team had all the position players required if there was a baseball game to be played this week. Even with Kyle Tucker hitting free agency , Chicago has someone for each spot in the lineup between the veteran core and young talent.

As for the pitching?

“That’s going to be our focus,” Hoyer said during the General Managers Meetings at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. “I expect to explore trades. I expect to explore free agency, both at the top of the market, but also looking at Minor League free agency.”

Both in the rotation and bullpen, the Cubs need to add arms for the 2026 campaign. The relief corps has multiple vacancies, which Hoyer tends to fill via more value-based moves rather than multiyear d

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