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MLB insider Jon Heyman recently spoke about the Chicago Cubs’ spending proclivities, or lack thereof, and what they might do this offseason. Heyman did NOT hold back: .@JonHeyman on the Cubs spending habits: (Via @BleacherReport) pic.twitter.com/R4kbt50UvA— The Wrigley Wire (@TheWrigleyWire) November 5, 2025 “The Cubs have the greatest disparity between revenue and payroll. They are number one. So crown Tom Ricketts the champion for pocketing the most amount of money.” Not shy! I’m not 100% sure where Heyman is getting those numbers, what’s included, what years he’s talking about, etc. (it might be based on this chart that’s been circulating in various forms over the past 10 months), but it’s a continuation of the national drumbeat we were seeing last offseason about the Cubs’ relative austerity. I’m sure the Cubs would dispute that characterization, since they always say they put every dollar that comes in the door right back into organizational expenses and baseball operations. Heyman went on to say that the Cubs are on the cusp of something very good – by which I think he meant competitively speaking – so they have to do something big right now in free agency. They are a “really good team,” but not yet quite good enough, according to Heyman. Heyman, himself, later shared the clip with the caption, “Time for the Cubs to sign a really big free agent. They’re due.” So it’s not like he was just talking off the cuff, live, and saying something he wishes he hadn’t. This kind of push – be it from the media, from agents, or from the fans – is not necessarily going to move the needle on the baseball operations budget. But it does highlight a certain pervasive perspective out there; a perspective the Cubs have done very little over the last few years to disarm. The good news for them is that they should have plenty of money available to spend this offseason, and there are plenty of interesting free agent targets available.

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