Haugh wants the Cubs to sign Alex Bregman to a short-term deal

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00:00It is the final year of Jed Hoyer's contract and I think that urgency was

00:07reflected in the way they pursued Kyle Tucker and got him. Kyle Tucker

00:12realistically is not going to sign with the Cubs during the season and the

00:17chances of him coming back to Chicago for a half a billion dollars he might be

00:21worthy of paying by somebody at the end of the year if it's an MVP caliber year

00:26and the hope is it will be then he likely is to walk if you've got one year

00:33of Kyle Tucker if you've got one more year to make a run and prove that you

00:37are still worthy of putting together a playoff World Series caliber roster then

00:42you are Jed Hoyer and you are hell-bent on overpaying for Alex Bregman

00:48structure a deal that is creative maybe it's three years 75 80 90 million

00:53dollars but the first year is front-loaded with opt-outs you've got

00:59to overspend maybe in 2025 because you are putting everything into that next

01:05season you are making sure that you're removing the doubt from your lineup and

01:10as much as we love Matt Shaw and we fall in love with these prospects and God

01:14bless PCA and Owen Casey and Michael Bush and all the guys Ben Brown's gonna

01:20close yeah they're maybes they're definite maybes and prospects aren't

01:26proven players you know what Alex Bregman is a proven player get him