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The final open MLB managerial gig is now closed, and with no change at all: the Rockies, under new steward Paul DePodesta, will stick with interim manager Warren Schaeffer as the new full-time guy. Presumably that confirms that Cubs bench coach Ryan Flaherty – who was not publicly known to be in on that particular job, but interviewed for several others this cycle – will be back in 2026. If you’re looking for Cubs pitching targets on minor league deals, it’s often not too difficult to speculate: just look for outlier traits. The Cubs have been doing it for a decade now, and every single offseason, they come away with at least a couple guys who simply do something really unique or weird. Sure, they want guys who are good, but when it comes to minor league deals, especially, there’s not a lot of risk there. So you can take a wild swing on a guy simply because he’s got some oddball characteristic to his delivery or one of his pitch shapes or his mix or whatever. Relatedly: if you ARE one of those weird guys, and if you know you will have to take a minor league deal anyway, then wouldn’t you be pretty eager to sign it with a club that has such a strong and long track record of coaxing quality big league performance out of those types? It can become a self-fulfilling prophesy for the Cubs if they continue to have success. To that end, a great thread from Brendan on a few guys who stand out from this year’s crop and who are probably minor league deal types:2 is very different. They are above 2 due to their release angles and straight/cut four-seamers. (2/6) pic.twitter.com/Z91bR8raKB
— Brendan Miller (@brendan_cubs) November 25, 2025Snider is Rashi's opposite—his arm angle is among the lowest, yet he also generates straight/cut 4seams. He had a 5.5 ERA last year (26 inn) but a 2.0 ERA the year before (41 inn).(4/6) pic.twitter.com/9eOvnxEDdN
— Brendan Miller (@brendan_cubs) November 25, 2025I'm looking for the outliers—the weirdos—who didn't have success last season. Rashi, Snider, and Anderson certainly fit the mold.More on today's Cubs on Tuesday pod:Apple— t.co/RAWSPdqZtL Spotify— t.co/Q95QWHrdpY(6/6)
— Brendan Miller (@brendan_cubs) November 25, 2025 Sounds cool to me, man. Sign all three of them. Bring me as many weirdos as possible! Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is not making too many new fans among his team’s base with some of his recent financial comments. For example (via Bryan Hoch): “I don’t want to get into it, but [saying the Yankees make a profit is] not a fair statement or an accurate statement. Everybody wants to talk about revenues. They need to talk about our expenses, including the $100 million dollar expense to the City of New York that we have to pay every February 1, including the Covid year. So it all starts to add up in a hurry. Nobody spends more money, I don’t believe, on player development, scouting, performance science. These all start to add up.” I’m not saying that’s not accurate, but that’s what every single large market owner outside of the Dodgers’ group and Steve Cohen says. It’s almost a script. On supporting a salary cap if it comes with a floor (via Brendan Kuty): “Something that would be reasonable enough that it would improve competitive balance significantly in the sport, which many fans would argue is not good enough. I think we’ve made strides the last 10 years in some of the things we’ve done. As an industry, probably not where we need to be at least — or at least that’s what the majority of fans believe. There’s a number of ways to attack that problem, including some we’ve done in the past.” Kuty wonders why Steinbrenner would think the Yankees should care about competitive balance, which I suspect is a pretty easy answer (even if you set aside the idea that competitive balance is good for the entire sport, which would be good for the Yankees’ revenue) – it’s franchise values. If MLB owners get a cap and floor system, they believe their franchise values will skyrocket in the way NFL and NBA values have, and that’s probably disproportionately true for the biggest brand names. All that said, the argument that the owners won’t be willing to go to the mats in this fight over a salary cap because they don’t want to lose the 2027 season ahead of trying to negotiate the most full and important set of national TV rights they’ve had in decades, well, it’s a pretty good argument. I won’t let it get me all hopeful and optimistic, but it’s a good argument. Shohei Ohtani has announced that he intends to play for Team Japan in the WBC next year. It’s great every time, but it does seem like next year’s installment will be loaded (including with Pete Crow-Armstrong in center field for Team USA!). For those of you interested in a BN Pro subscription, make sure you check out our Black Friday deal! It’s 50% off the annual subscription if you use the code BN50. MORE CUBS FROM BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter?? RIGHT NOW: Massive BNPro sale just went live!From now until Cyber Monday, get 50% off the annual subscription with code: BN50✅Go ad-free✅Join exclusive Discord✅Support Bleacher Nation! www.bleachernation.com/premium-plan/
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