The Chicago Cubs made a lack of moves at the trade deadline, and it could be because a $16 million slugger is leaving the team next year.

The Chicago Cubs entered the 2025 trade deadline with one of the best farmsystems in baseball, with significant holes on the major league roster. Theyexited the trade deadline still having one of the best farm systems in baseball,

Friday’s events at Wrigley Field capped a busy week for the Chicago Cubs that started with a multiyear contract extension for President Jed Hoyer.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs’ targeted, incremental moves around the trade deadline did not leave chairman Tom Ricketts disappointed. Roughly 74 hours before Thursday’s 5 p.m. CT deadline, the Cubs announced a contract extension for president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, whose group has built one of the National League’s best teams.

The Chicago Cubs came into the month of July needing to add a pitcher to their starting rotation, but it didn't happen, and now the team could struggle.