LAS VEGAS -- After making the playoffs for the first time in a full season since 2018, the Chicago Cubs will focus on adding on to their pitching staff in 2026, hoping to get better both in their starting rotation and bullpen.

"If you look at our current depth chart, where are we most likely able to improve? It's going to be on the pitching side," general manager Carter Hawkins said from the GM meetings on Tuesday. "That's where the most opportunity is."

The Cubs ran out of pitching in the postseason last month, losing to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS, in part due to a late injury to rookie Cade Horton . He should be ready for spring training but there's still some uncertainty with the rest of the rotation as the team declined an option on lefty Shota Imanaga's contract before

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