{"id":"n_esg2fpvrebwsei5gup5q","seq":9097048,"kind":"article","title":"[Cubs Insider] - Cubs Not Expected to Pursue Tarik Skubal as Part of Broad Offseason Pitching Search","url":"https://sportspyder.com/sports/mlb/articles/58620083","summary":"Last week, we looked at why the Cubs should break from tradition by handing the largest contract in club history to Tarik Skubal. That outcome was never likely, but it felt as though they’d at least do some due diligence to make it seem as though they’d tried. As Sahadev Sharma reported for The Athletic, … The post appeared first on .","published":"2026-11-09T15:38:52Z","seen":"2026-11-09T15:47:04Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-sportspyder-com-4615ac","name":"sportspyder.com","domain":"sportspyder.com"},"via":"kite-sportspyder-com-4615ac","topics":["mlb"],"authors":["Evan Altman"],"entities":[{"id":"Q246782","name":"Chicago Cubs","type":"org"},{"id":"Q86307967","name":"Tarik Skubal","type":"person"}],"story":"st_jeeazabzchfh6umokrna","category":"sport","category_p":0.79,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.13,"political":0.06}