This sets up the Cubs’ outfield to be largely the same as it was in 2024, with Ian Happ, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Bellinger, left to right, and Seiya Suzuki as the primary designated hitter.

If you had any thoughts of the Cubs signing Juan Soto as a free agent, this pretty much kills those, I would think, and if the Cubs are to spend any money this offseason it will — and in my view, should — be spent on pitching, and perhaps on picking up a catcher via trade.

Meanwhile, Bellinger is betting on himself to have a better year in 2025 and hit free agency next offseason. If he does, perhaps that will help the Cubs to the postseason.

As always, we await developments.

The team’s renovations of Wrigley Field “discriminated against individuals with disabilities,” according to a news release from the U.S. Justice Department that “commended” the Cubs for agreeing to changes.

The Chicago Cubs have settled a years-long federal lawsuit by agreeing to be under a three-year monitor as it works to expand wheelchair accessibility at Wrigley Field.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the Cubs two years ago, alleging the team violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it renovated Wrigley Field by not providing wheelchair users with seats “with adequate sight lines as compared to standing patrons.”

Pending approval from a federal judge, the Cubs will make “numerous remediations,” including removing current wheelchair spaces and seats and replacing them with ones that have “significantly improved views of the field,” according to a Justice Department news release.

The changes will be made in “every area of the stadium,” including a premium club in the Wrigley grandstand that will soon give fans with disabilities front-row access, according to the news release.