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Report: Cubs Brass Meeting With Numerous Free Agents Including Front Line Starter

The Chicago Cubs are reportedly having meetings with numerous free agents according to ESPN’s Jesse Rogers.

Kade Kistner

Report: Cubs Brass Meeting With Numerous Free Agents Including Front Line Starter
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The MLB free agent hot stove has officially turned on as the Chicago Cubs are reportedly having meetings with players such as Trey Mancini, Josh Bell and starter Martín Pérez — who is coming off of a career year.

It comes as little surprise that the Cubs are in talks with a first baseman as that is an area of need despite having Matt Mervis on the roster. There is plenty of room for improvement from Mervis, so adding a veteran like Mancini or Bell makes some sense, especially with the National League now having the designated hitter position.

Pérez, on the other hand, is a starting pitcher who just had a career year with the Texas Rangers in which he threw 196.1 innings to the tune of a 2.89 ERA with a 1.258 WHIP. He would represent a solid starter in the top half of Chicago’s rotation to complement Marcus Stroman.

Of course, the Cubs will likely kick the tires on numerous players, and this is just the beginning, as the GM meetings in Las Vegas represent the very beginning of what is likely to be a wild winter.

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Kade Kistner
KADE KISTNER

Kade Kistner is the publisher and beat writer for Sports Illustrated's Inside the Cubs. An alumnus of Tulane University, Kade graduated in 2017 with a degree in Latin American Studies and a minor in Spanish. Upon graduation, Kade commissioned into the United States Navy and attended Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Fl. He served as a Naval Aviator and was stationed in Jacksonville, Fl. During his time in school and the Navy, Kade began covering the MLB and NFL with USA Today, SB Nation, and Sports Illustrated. Kade covered the New Orleans Saints, Texas Rangers, and numerous other teams within the Sports Illustrated network before launching Inside the Phillies, Inside the Astros, and Inside the Cubs. You can follow him on Twitter at @KadeKistner, or if you have any questions or comments he can be reached via email at kwkistner@gmail.com.

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