As MLB teams spend more than $1.5 billion ahead of an expected lockout, the Chicago Cubs have stayed largely on the sidelines — making only minor signings such as Clint Frazier and Yan Gomes

Frazier fits the mold of the type of players the Cubs are expected to target. He has two more arbitration years, and it’s a high-upside, low-risk, short-term contract. Frazier, the No. 5 pick in the 2013 draft, has battled injuries during his career. He appeared in only 66 games for the Yankees in 2021, going on the injured list with vertigo on July 2 and not playing in another major-league game the rest of the season.