Chicago Cubs Rumors: Team’s top free agent target should be Jake Arrieta

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Follow the money – you earned it

Money.

It makes the world go round. And it may derail the Chicago Cubs’ hopes of bringing back Jake Arrieta. Why? There’s always a team willing to spend too much money on any given player.

And, given the relative weakness of the starting pitching class, it makes sense. Teams around baseball will likely line up for Arrieta’s services this offseason. But with tens of millions of dollars coming off the books after this year, the Cubs have arguably the most financial flexibility in the league.

Will Jake Arrieta finish his career with the Cubs? At this point, nobody knows. But for Chicago to address their biggest weakness this winter, bringing back Jake Arrieta makes a whole lot of sense.

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