Chicago Cubs EXTEND Colin Rea! What Does Pitching Look Like In 2026? | CHGO Cubs Podcast
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The Chicago Cubs have extended veteran pitcher Colin Rea, keeping him in Chicago for the 2026 season and possibly beyond. What does this move mean for the Cubs’ starting rotation and pitching depth moving forward? Free agency begins this afternoon. Now the game of chess begins! CHGO Cubs host Luke Stuckmeyer and guest Jordan Bernfield hand out report card grades for Rea’s 2025 season and break down where he fits alongside Cade Horton, Matthew Boyd, Ben Brown, and Shota Imanaga. Plus, with today marking the deadline to extend Shota Imanaga the qualifying offer, they discuss how that decision could shape the Cubs’ 2026 pitching plans.
00:00 START
01:30 Free Agency has officially started
06:00 Shota Imanaga
11:28 Colin Rea
21:00 Not a playoff rotation yet
34:00 Kyle Tucker
38:00 Kyle Schwarber
45:00 Justin Turner
46:00 Eugenio Suárez & free agency
53:00 Improvement
55:00 Tarik Skubal
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7 comments
Would you pay Shota 22m or add 10m to pay Cease (25-32m range AAV ) or Valdez or Suarez??
Well, how many guys hit 56 HR more than one year??????
How many lefty bat hit more than 40HR as a Cub playing at Wriggley???
How many lefty guys hit more than 45 HR over age of 34?????
I will not pay Schwarber over 25m for a long contract over 4 years or longer!! One year 35m? Fine,I will do
Trade Horton (or Steele) + Happ + another top 10-20 prospect for Skubal and make sure you sign him next season 40m 8 years! (Taillon 18m + Shota 22m)
Sign Tucker (35-40m AAV for 10 years); Diaz 15m; Keller 10m; , plus a righty bat hits lefty good for 10m : Miguel Andujar; Goldschmidt; Moncada etc. That’s close to $240m.
Please God, don't let Horton turn into Keegan Thompson 2.0
I think Shota signs with the dodgers
I'll save you all the suspense – Cubs will not be signing any free agents to deals north of $100M+
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