How can the Chicago Cubs IMPROVE for 2025?

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1. Baseball is no longer important.

2. Jesus love yall

3. And let’s get tanner scott and Blake trienen and Alonso

4. Baseball is always important!

5. I was thinking how optimistic I felt watching the Cubs convention last winter.

6. If not Soto and I know this will not be popular, I'll just assume they run it back. Alonzo is going to want 250 million way to much for a home run and strikeout guy.

7. the yanks need a true centerfielder and we need a right fielder with a serious bat…hmmm…

8. Assuming the Cubs won't spend for a star, here is my idea: Caissie in RF, Belli at 1B, package Busch and Parades to trade for something, Shaw at 3B, and spend on pitching in free agency. Just a thought. Sign a veteran catcher.

9. The way I see it, the easiest and most likely path Hoyer takes to improve the team is adding a starter, couple solid bullpen arms (absolutely need a lefty), and getting a catcher to split time with Amaya. It's a very on brand type of off season for Hoyer. Sure it would still improve the team in a few areas of need but they'd still be lacking any meaningful improvement to the offense.

   So it goes back to what Hoyer said about needing guys to exceed their projections, which is why they just won 83 games for the 2nd year in a row. Shouldn't be going another season hoping for guys to outperform their projections again but it's very likely that's what will happen.

10. Thank you Sam and Matt! I could not agree more with Sam's list of the top five things. Have we ever had a group of players and minor Leaguers that could support a superstar like Juan Soto? I'm not real familiar with everyone on Matt's list of people we should trade for but I'm all in on your ideas. Great show and thank you guys very much I'm enjoying this offseason so far

11. Love the show, GO CUBS

12. You can't assume anything as far as the Cubs are concerned and maybe baseball is not important but if the Cubs make the Right moves this off-season it sure can be fun. Go Cubs!

13. Another disappointing season, ricketts hum, what should I do to get the fans back to being excited??? I know, let's raise ticket prices again….

14. Jesus Sam why don't you give the Astros our whole farm system??? You have poor knowledge when it comes to prospects value. Tucker is a rental & Parades has like 4 more years of control as it is. Parades & Caissie would be plenty

15. Quite a list of players, Matt, but I'm skeptical any of it will come to fruition. It's the Cubs after all. No Alonso.

16. Anything

17. Sam, word the street is that teams are salivating over Cassie. I know you plan on ranking our players in trade. I think you have to place Cassie near the top.