Cubs Kos Npe Cody Bellinger, Nrhiav Dansby Swanson Kos Npe Ib yam

Kev txiav txim siab rov qab mus rau qhov kev sib cav, Chicago Cubs tau siv hnub Tuesday kos npe rau Cody Bellinger thiab saib xyuas Dansby Swanson.

Pairing Bellinger, yav dhau los National League MVP, nrog rau kev sib raug zoo ntawm Wrigley Field tuaj yeem pab tus slugger slugger rov qab los ntawm nws cov hlab ntsha.

Swanson, ob xyoos laus dua ntawm 29, kuj tuaj yeem pom qhov ntev ntawm nws qhov kev nyiam, txawm hais tias nws qhov nrawm thiab kev tiv thaiv kev ua haujlwm ntawm shortstop yog qhov tseem ceeb rau tus thawj coj David Ross, tus qub phooj ywg hauv Atlanta.

Bellinger, muaj peev xwm ntawm thawj lub hauv paus thiab qhov chaw tawm, ntaus 47 lub tsev khiav rau Dodgers hauv 2019, thaum nws yeej MVP trophy. Nws yuav ua si qhov chaw nruab nrab, yav dhau los yog ib txoj haujlwm tig-qhov rooj rau Cubs, tab sis nws qhov chaw nyob rau hauv qhov kev txiav txim batting yuav txiav txim siab los ntawm nws lub peev xwm rov qab los rau hauv lub phaj.

Nws kos npe rau ib xyoos, $ 12.5 lab daim ntawv cog lus nrog kev sib koom ua ke uas muaj $ 5 lab yuav khoom. Tag nrho cov lav rau sab laug-slugger yog $ 17.5 lab.

Tom qab lawv surprise 2016 ntiaj teb kev sib tw tau xaus rau kev kub ntxhov uas kav 108 xyoo, Cubs tsis tau mus txog Ntiaj Teb Series dua. Qhov tseeb, lawv tau plam kev ua si tom qab lub caij nyoog hauv ob qho tib si ntawm ob lub caij dhau los, thaum lawv tsis tau yeej ntau dua li lawv poob.

Hauv 2022, pab pawg tau mus rau 74-88, ua tiav thib peb hauv NL Central, 19 qhov kev ua si tom qab khiav ntawm St. Louis Cardinals.

Raws li ntau cov lus ceeb toom ntawm San Diego Lub Caij Ntuj Sov Lub Rooj Sib Tham, Cardinals yog tus thawj sib tw rau Cubs hauv Swanson sweepstakes.

Thaum cov rooj sib tham tau pib, Swanson yog ib qho ntawm plaub theem sab saum toj shortstops muaj nyob rau ntawm kev ua lag luam pub dawb. Tab sis thaum Trea Turner tau kos npe rau 11-xyoo, $ 300 lab pact nrog Philadelphia hnub Monday, tus nqi nug tau nce mus rau lwm qhov peb: Swanson, Carlos Correa, thiab Xander Bogaerts.

Lub Atlanta Braves xav khaws lawv cov hnab looj tes Kub luv luv, uas tseem yog thawj zaug All-Star xyoo tas los, tab sis tsis tau pom muaj kev sib tham nrog Swanson, ib haiv neeg Atlanta uas loj hlob tuaj rau pab pawg.

Txawm tias tsis zoo xyoo sib law liag, Bellinger muaj ntau dua suitors dua Swanson. Nws ntaus .165 hauv 2021 thiab .210 hauv 2022, ntxias Dodgers tsis txhob sib tw nws daim ntawv cog lus. Tab sis cov pab pawg nco txog 6'4 ″ sab laug-tes hitter ua ob zaug All-Star, Rookie ntawm Lub Xyoo, thiab Championship Series MVP, nrog rau cov pab koomtes MVP tsuas yog peb xyoos dhau los, thaum nws coj NL nrog 351 tag nrho. hauv paus.

Txawm tias tom qab kos npe rau Bellinger, Cubs tsuas yog 13th hauv tag nrho cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm ntawm $ 109,960,000, raws li Spotrac. Nrog rau ntau chav kom tseg ua ntej ua rau cov nqi se khoom kim heev, kos npe rau Swanson tseem tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev nkag siab.