Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson underwent successful core surgery in early October but is not expected to miss any time in 2025 as a result of the surgery, the team announced Saturday morning. The procedure was performed by Dr. Bill Meyer.
Swanson, 30, is heading into the third season of a seven-year, $177 million deal with the Cubs, having signed with the club in free agency after the 2022 campaign.
Swanson experienced a downturn in offensive production in his second year on the North Side of Chicago, recording 16 homers with a .701 OPS and a 98 OPS+ over 149 games. That snapped a streak of three consecutive 20-homer campaigns for the shortstop, who went deep 22 times and registered a .744 OPS (104 OPS+) in his first year with the team.
Swanson, though, was still a valuable member of the roster in 2024, finishing the season with a team-leading 4.0 WAR (per Baseball-Reference), thanks in part to his stellar defense. A two-time Gold Glove Award winner, Swanson posted a +14 mark in Statcast’s Fielding Run Value metric, tied for seventh best in MLB and the best among shortstops.
The veteran shortstop has proven quite durable over the past five years, missing only 30 games in that span.
Selected first overall by the D-backs in the 2015 MLB Draft before being traded to the Braves, Swanson has produced 140 homers, a .734 OPS and 23.4 bWAR over nine seasons in the big leagues.
