One of the most talked about elements of Jed Hoyer’s press conference earlier this week was the future of the Cubs roster. He spoke glowingly of Ian Happ and talked about the team interest in extending Nico Hoerner. He noted that the team would extend a qualifying offer to Willson Contreras. Follow-up conversations with Hoyer and Ricketts have indicated the Cubs will spend this offseason in free agency — intelligently, of course.
So today I wanted to take a closer look at where the Cubs were situated relative to other teams in 2022. I also will look at the individual Cubs position players contributions during the 2022 season to get an idea of where the Cubs could add, and where they stand to lose contributions.