Looking ahead to a new season, North Side Territory hosts Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney see a playoff-caliber team that’s approaching a cliff. With so many key players close to reaching free agency – and questions about the farm system and the baseball budget – this should be a fascinating year around the Cubs. Who stays? Who goes? What’s different from the organization’s last cliff? And why do some of these issues sound familiar?

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Looking ahead to a new season, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/north-side-territory-a-chicago-cubs-podcast/id1745774349">North Side Territory</a> hosts Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney see a playoff-caliber team that&rsquo;s approaching a cliff. With so many key players close to reaching free agency &ndash; and questions about the farm system and the baseball budget &ndash; this should be a fascinating year around the Cubs. Who stays? Who goes? What&rsquo;s different from the organization&rsquo;s last cliff? And why do some of these issues sound familiar?
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