It's no secret that the Chicago Cubs are going to be perusing the international free agent market once more in their quest to improve this offseason. With their additions of Seiya Suzuki in 2022 and Shota Imanaga in 2024, the North Siders have established themselves as a destination for players looking to transition to MLB. Jed Hoyer was also vocal at the GM meetings about the possibility of flexing their advantage overseas to land another difference-maker. Given the massive incoming crop of talent, there may be no better year to tap that pipeline again.
The Cubs are primarily searching for pitching on the market this year to fill out a rotation that ran out of depth at the end of the year and a bullpen that was almost entirely lost to free agency.