Guardians News and Notes: Cubs Sign Alex Bregman

News and Notes for Sunday, January 11th, 2026

The Cubs signed Alex Bregman to a five-year deal $175 million deal (with a lot of money deferred, reportedly).

This MAY break the logjam of free agents and get players on to teams before Spring Training starts.

If you haven’t yet, you should check out an interview Jose Ramirez did with Hector Gomez. While I find it distressing that Gomez (who reported erroneously that multiple Guardians’ pitchers aside from Clase and Ortiz were implicated in the gambling scandal) landed this interview, the content is great. @MasterFlip_ on Twitter has some clips with translations up:

Category: General Sports