Ladies and gentlemen, it's baseball season. Players are arriving at Spring Training complexes in Arizona and Florida, and every club will hold its first pitchers-and-catchers workout before the end of this week.

The Cubs ushered in the first day of spring training on Sunday, as the first team to hold official pitchers and catchers workouts. Alex Bregman was still unsigned. “I obviously can’t comment on any individual players,” president of baseball operations Hoyer said when asked what it would take to get talks to the finish line.

Cubs pitchers and catchers lined up on the agility field at the team’s spring training complex in Mesa, Arizona on Sunday, signaling the start of spring training. Even the sun complied with the baseball holiday, despite the team’s early arrival.

Here is one perfect seven-player trade that the Chicago Cubs should make during the 2025 spring training period.