I like the Mikolas deal and love bringing in literally anyone but Pena to be backup catcher. I loved the Goldy trade and am ambivalent towards Miller in the bullpen.
What sucks is the fact that payroll is going to come in right at where it started last year and the team is going to project for almost literally exactly the same amount of wins as last year at the start of the year. There's a lot more upside in this team compared to last year, like Bader in the outfield, Goldy only being projected for 4.5 wins and he's put up over 5 every year, O'Neil being ready for full time, not having Matheny muck everything up.
But there's a lot of payroll falling off again next year, and part of that is a giant hole (maybe 2 if O'Neil falls flat) in the outfield. I just can't comprehend them not being interested at all in Harper, especially with all the "dry powder" payroll room they've talked about for years now. They might just go out and win the division, because the Cubs aren't nearly as good as they have been, but it's just dumb that there was a 3-4 win upgrade just sitting there that only cost money and they didn't even explore it.