Jon Heyman: Max Fried would be a great addition for Cubs this offseason

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00:00The Cubs don't have a star.

00:01We say it all the time.

00:02Chicago sports doesn't really have a star, but the Cubs, unless they get

00:06really creative this off season, it looks like they're going into next year.

00:10The plan is to just like they went into last year with a lot of really good

00:13players, hoping that they over outperform, maybe a couple of guys

00:19have career years and you eke into the playoffs, maybe it's an 83 win team.

00:23We heard Craig council.

00:24They'll say you need to be a 90 win team.

00:26I think that puts the pressure on a little bit.

00:28Absolutely.

00:29The Mets got in by one game with 89 wins.

00:32Right.

00:32And there was a team that had 89 wins that did not get in.

00:35So I agree.

00:35I mean, there was that one year where the diamondbacks got in with 84, 85 wins,

00:40but I agree, you can need to be a 90 win team.

00:42Can they do it by enhancing the rotation?

00:44Maybe I could see Max freed as a guy that would really help them a lot.

00:48That would be a big one.

00:49If they could get him, that may be worth five games.

00:52Um, you know, you could do it through the pitching there.

00:55They're positional players.

00:57They do look solid.

00:59Maybe Crow Armstrong will take a step offensively.

01:02Maybe they'll get some improvement from some of their younger guys.

01:05You got to figure Horner is going to be better.

01:07You've got to figure Swanson's going to be better.

01:09They've got guys who had kind of off years and, you know, they probably

01:13should have won more games than they did with the talent they have.

01:16They're probably figuring that, but, um, yeah, solid and cheap.

01:19They like that.