Bregman and Winning, Ballesteros and Long, the 10th Anniversary Party Begins, and Other Cubs Bullets ...Middle East

The Kyle Tucker signing is getting all the attention in baseball this morning, and understandably so. Lots more to say about that soon …

If it sounded like Alex Bregman was saying the word “winning” a lot yesterday, that’s because he was. Jon Greenberg counted, and it was the 4th, 10th, 29th, and the 38th word he said. Again, and again, and again, winning was his focus. It’s easy to say it, of course, but it was pretty clear throughout that it’s just … kinda actually sincerely all he cares about when it comes to baseball. Bregman wants to play the game and he wants to win.

Winning. Winning. Winning. Sole focus. t.co/ioA8eVX6Yw

— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) January 15, 2026 In fairness to Bregman, winning is all he’s known. The guy has been to the playoffs literally every single season since 2017. Let’s hope that streak continues for the next five years. A couple things I thought about yesterday when contemplating the lineup and various rotations of position players now that Alex Bregman is in the fold. Moises Ballesteros, to me, needs to be the just-about-every-day designated hitter right out of the gate this season, especially after Owen Caissie was traded. Yes, you could occasionally spell Ballesteros on days when you want to give Bregman or anyone else a half-day off (with Matt Shaw playing whichever spot defensively), but mostly, I just want Ballesteros’s bat in the lineup on the regular. I don’t want the DH spot, with this particular group, to be a rotating cast of match-ups and rest. Things have shaken out perfectly for the Cubs to REALLY give Ballesteros a run at the spot, when it previously looked like it might be a challenge in the years ahead to incorporate his bat if he wasn’t going to be catching regularly. The second thing that came to mind when I was thinking about all that: the Owen Caissie trade didn’t just clear up that path for Ballesteros, it also cleared a path for the Cubs to actually use Jonathon Long eventually at the big league level. If his is another bat they really believe in, then he can be the next-man-up for that DH spot if Ballesteros isn’t quite ready or gets hurt. We’ll never know for sure how the Cubs would’ve coordinated in a pre-trade world if there were an injury to Michael Busch at first base, too, but now we know with some confidence that’s probably going to be Long. He also has the ability to back up in left field (depending on Kevin Alcantara’s readiness/role), which, again, would’ve otherwise probably been Caissie. I’m not saying Long is better than Caissie or that the Cubs preferred him as the back-up at these various spots, mind you. I’m just saying that now his path, if something happens, is much more clear. The full Alex Bregman press conference if you missed it, together with his hit on Cubs 360 on Marquee: With the 10th anniversary year here, the 2016 team had a reunion celebration last night, opened up by Anthony Rizzo. It’s fun to play a game of who-do-can-you-spot in this clip:

Anthony Rizzo welcomes his 2016 championship teammates back ? (?: Asti Russell on IG) pic.twitter.com/b3fxag3AB2

— Cubs Zone (@CubsZone) January 16, 2026 More who came to the get-together:

Some of the 2016 World Series Championship Cubs returning to Wrigley for a private event tonight, Manager Joe Maddon, current Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and pitcher Kyle Hendricks. pic.twitter.com/sUp9oYnyV8

— Joshua Mellin (@JoshuaMellin) January 16, 2026

John Lackey & Jon Lester at the 2016 Cubs reunion ?(?: tinalack3 on IG) pic.twitter.com/eUi4OSS7ek

— Cubs Zone (@CubsZone) January 16, 2026

2016 World Series MVP Ben Zobrist at the 2016 Cubs reunion. (?: benzobrist18 on IG story) pic.twitter.com/F639kk3FnZ

— Cubs Zone (@CubsZone) January 16, 2026 I expect to see quite a bit more of the 10th anniversary fun over the weekend at Cubs Convention. If you missed it amid the flurry of other stuff, Benjamin Cowles is back in the Cubs organization. MORE CUBS FROM BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter

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