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I will be really shocked if they Cubs sign a free agent to a deal let never than 2 years. Unless the Cubs are willing to spend well north of $200 million in salary next year the team has too many holes to be anything more than catch lightning in a bottle.

Tyler Chatwood was three.  There's advantage in getting some extra control if you're signing a guy your scouts think is going to be better in future.  Not sure if the Cubs will find guys like that, or if they do whether the guy they think might be a breakout guy will be, or will be more Chatwood.