Chicago Cubs news and notes — Busch, Tucker, Winter Meetings

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• MLB.com*: All of the 2025-2026 free agents, position by position. “… but with the bidding potentially approaching or topping $200 million – with the posting fee included – it’s difficult to imagine the Cubs coming out on top.”

• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): Tatsuya Imai could be visiting teams soon, opinions remain split.

• Randy Holt (North Side Baseball*): Searching for Michael Busch’s next frontier of development. “Busch improved in a number of ways between 2024 and 2025. What does his next stage look like?“

• Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): What are the chances these top free agents will stay put? “If the market does not generate the kind of offer the star outfielder is seeking, he knows what he has in Chicago…“

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