Chicago Cubs worst contract for the 2026 MLB season revealed
The Chicago Cubs, over the last few years, have not been big spenders in free agency. Instead, they have relied on developing their own talent in hopes that they take them to the levels of competition at which they want to be. For the most part, they have been successful.
However, they have also made some splashes in free agency here and there, supplementing their homegrown talent with proven veterans. This past winter, for example, the Cubs signed third baseman Alex Bregman to a five-year $175 million contract.
A few years ago, they inked shortstop Dansby Swanson to a seven-year $177 million contract, which ties him to Chicago through the the 2029 season.
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson said to have the worst contract on the team
In three seasons with the Cubs, Swanson has hit .243/.313/.408 and has averaged about 21 home runs and 74 RBI per year. He also won a Gold Glove and made the NL All-Star team in his first season with the club.
Despite the overall success, though, Bleacher Report believes he has the worst contract on the team:
“Considering Dansby Swanson always posts and has 31 defensive runs saved in three seasons with the Cubs, this contract is far from a disaster.
“Still, Swanson hit .265 with a .775 OPS over his final three seasons with the Braves, which, when coupled with his tremendous defense, earned him a seven-year deal with the Cubs in free agency. But since joining the Cubs, Swanson’s offensive production has declined, as he’s hit .243 with a .721 OPS.
“It could be worse, the Cubs could have signed Xander Bogaerts during the much ballyhooed free-agent shortstop class of 2022-23, which also included Trea Turner and Carlos Correa. But when Chicago inked Swanson to this contract, they definitely expected he would perform more offensively.””
As BR notes, it is hard to knock Swanson’s contract too much because of how good he is defensively. That being said, he has not hit as consistently as he did with Atlanta. In those first seven years of his career, he hit .255/.312/.417 and averaged 20 home runs and 80 RBI per year.
That being said, the home runs and RBI totals are not all that far off from what he has accomplished thus far in Chicago. What is more, he accumulated a WAR of 14.9 in seven years in Atlanta. Through three seasons with the Cubs, he already has a 13.6 WAR, which indicates he has been a far more valuable player for them than he ever was for the Braves.
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