CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs are committing to the MLB free-agent market this winter after trading away about half their roster this season.
"We plan to be really active in free agency," team president Jed Hoyer said on Friday afternoon. "We plan to spend money intelligently. We're scouting that market heavily. We're going to analyze that market heavily. There's offseasons when free agency is something you do a little bit of, and obviously we have to be a little more active than usual to fill out our roster, because we have a lot more open spots.