{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_hs2bc67hoqhtghbnjkeq","title":"The Chicago Cubs Are “Unlikely” to Win a Bidding War for Impending Free Agent Seiya Suzuki","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/the-chicago-cubs-are-unlikely-to-win-a-bidding-war-for-impending-free-hs2bc67hoq","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_hs2bc67hoqhtghbnjkeq","seq":1416524,"kind":"article","title":"The Chicago Cubs Are “Unlikely” to Win a Bidding War for Impending Free Agent Seiya Suzuki","url":"https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2026/10/02/the-chicago-cubs-are-unlikely-to-win-a-bidding-war-for-impending-free-agent-seiya-suzuki","summary":"The Chicago Cubs are in a bit of a weird spot with their outgoing position players this offseason. On the one hand, they are losing both of their corner outfielders and their 1A catcher, and that’s a fair bit of offense to replace. On the other hand, the positional group is quite strong otherwise, and there are some internal replacements on the way in the next year or two. On the other other hand, it’s hard to assume both corner outfield spots can be covered well enough…","published":"2026-10-02T15:10:24Z","seen":"2026-10-02T19:30:06Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-bleachernation-com-7686f3","name":"bleachernation.com","domain":"bleachernation.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q123911174","name":"Bleacher Nation","type":"website","designations":["website"]}},"via":"kite-bleachernation-com-7686f3","topics":["chicago","chicago cubs"],"authors":["Brett Taylor"],"entities":[{"id":"Q83648354","name":"Seiya Suzuki","type":"person"}],"story":"st_hs2bc67hoqhtghbnjkeq","category":"sport","category_p":0.8100000023841858,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.3199999928474426,"political":0.09000000357627869}]}