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Chicago Cubs pitcher Colin Rea (53) talks with catcher Carson Kelly (15) as he is pulled from the game during the fourth inning of Game 5 of baseball’s National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The Cubs are coming off of a very good 2025 season, arguably their most successful year in close to a decade. They won more than 90 games for the first time in seven years, and for the first time since 2017, they advanced past the first round of the playoffs. There will be some notable changes to the roster next year – like Kyle Tucker heading to free agency – but the Cubs need to use this offseason to build on last year’s success and get even better. The best way to do that is by prioritizing starting pitching depth. There are other needs, like rebuilding the back of the bullpen, and the Cubs have taken some steps toward addressing those, but the starting rotation showed in 2025 the need for more arms. Cubs team president Jed Hoyer told reporters in early November that his priority this offseason will be on pitching, especially given that the offensive side of the team is pretty well set. Hoyer also said that the Cubs won’t necessarily limit themselves to adding pitching via free agency. “You have to explore everything,” Hoyer told reporters. “And we’re not just going to focus on the free-agent market with pitching. I think we’ll probably look at the trade market. It may come to fruition, it may not, whereas we’re going to sign some free agents. I think there’s no question. The trade market? We don’t know yet.” At this early stage of the offseason, the…

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