For the Chicago Cubs, the offseason means many things, but one of those things will always be: how much money are they going to spend?
When it comes to an individual player contract, the answer to that question has a pretty clear ceiling (at least until the day it doesn’t):
The Cubs need to spend this offseason, but @Ken_Rosenthal doesn’t expect them to do so like the Mets, Dodgers, etc. "They’ve never gone further than $184M, which is what they signed Jason Heyward for." t.co/fT6ai6QYR3
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) November 6, 2026Fundamentally, I agree with Ken Rosenthal. There is currently no evidence that the Cubs will spend more than $184 million on a player, because they have simply never done it before. They probably will someday, right? But until then, it’s literally a line they’ve never crossed.
Do I believe in my heart that the Cubs obviously WOULD spend more than that if it meant landing the most perfect free agent for them in recent memory? I do. Tarik Skubal is perfect for them. Most teams, to be fair. But especially these Cubs at this moment in time.
Do I, however, believe in my heart that the Cubs are going to win a bidding war that could escalate to $350 or $400 million or more? Sadly, I do not. It just seems so far out of their comfort zone, especially for a 30-year-old pitcher, that it’s hard for me to imagine.
Although I take issue with the framing of the question from A.J. Pierzynski there (specifically, whether the Cubs may “finally” spend money this offseason, given that they did just sign Alex Bregman last offseason – that felt like a “finally”), I do think the Cubs are understandably going to be dogged by spending issues again this offseason. No, they aren’t quite as cheap as some make them out to be, but neither are they consistently among the biggest spending teams in the league. Even in a year the Cubs went over the luxury tax, they were around seventh in the league in spending.
So, until the Cubs go past $184 million on a contract, as they did for Jason Heyward a decade ago, that’s going to be the magic number tossed around repeatedly. (Heck, if you adjust for inflation, that’s about $250 million in today’s dollars, so arguably THAT’s the number the Cubs need to beat.) And it’s going to take a lot more than that to win Tarik Skubal, however much the Cubs may “badly” want him.
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