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Eli Morgan pitching during the ALCS | Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs need some pitching help. They might have some on and off the field. We begin tonight’s festivities at the late week indie coffee shop with a bit [...]

The Cubs are in agreement with reliever Phil Bickford on a minor league contract, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post (X link). The Rep 1 Baseball client qualified for minor league free agency at the start of the offseason. Bickford only made eight appearances at the big league level this [...]

We covered the Nick Madrigal decision earlier, but the Cubs made more moves on Friday. The only really surprising one, and it was something of a toss-up, was the decision to non-tender Mike Tauchman. I’m out and about, so here’s the media release. The Chicago Cubs announced the following roster moves [...]

Washington played competitively, but it wasn’t enough to avoid a 10th straight loss. If you were hoping that the Washington Wizards would put up a fight against the Boston Celtics tonight, you got that. If you were hoping that the Wizards would come into this game wanting to win this [...]

Friday was the deadline for teams across Major League Baseball to tender arbitration-eligible players a contract offer for the 2025 season. For those abritratio [...]

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports The non-tender of Tauchman is a bit of a surprise. Well, this one surprises me: Cubs have non-tendered OF Mike Tauchman and IF Nick Madrigal. LHP Justin Steele, 3B Isaac Parades, RHP Nate Pearson and RHP Eli Morgan have been tendered contracts. Cubs also [...]

This is gonna be the running update post as the Cubs’ tender decisions roll in. We already talked about Nick Madrigal getting the expected non-tender, so he’s now a free agent. Up next, the Cubs signed a pre-tender deal with Julian Merryweather, who was something like a 50/50 tender decision, so [...]

The Cubs non-tendered infielder Nick Madrigal, ending his tenure on the North Side. The former 2018 fourth overall pick by the White Sox is now a free agent. [...]

As expected, the Cubs have non-tendered Nick Madrigal. Though he still has a few supporters among Cubs fans, Madrigal never displayed anything approaching the hit toll the Cubs thought they were getting when they acquired him and Codi Heuer for Craig Kimbrel. Since I’m out to dinner and this is [...]

The rumors last weekend had the Reds and Royals talking about a Jonathan India-Brady Singer swap, though it was not necessarily close to being done and other teams were still involved. But as we brush up against the non-tender deadline, it seems there was enough of an impetus there to [...]

The deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players is tonight at 7pm CT. Throughout the day, we’ll surely see a handful of arb-eligible players agree to terms with their clubs to avoid a hearing. These so-called “pre-tender deals” usually, although not always, involve players who were borderline non-tender candidates. Rather [...]

As expected, today the Chicago Cubs decided to cut ties with infielder Nick Madrigal. Nick Madrigal has been non-tendered by the Cubs, a source tells ESPN. The former 4th pick in the draft is a free agent. He's had an injury plagued career, especially the last few seasons.— Jesse Rogers [...]

The deadline to tender a contract to arbitration-eligible players is tonight at 7pm CT. Here’s a rundown of the players on National League teams that have been non-tendered today. This post will be updated as more decisions are revealed. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected salaries for all players eligible for arbitration last [...]

The Chicago Cubs aren't talking with Juan Soto - a bad look for Jed Hoyer and Tom Ricketts. But the lowly Kansas City Royals checking in is a slap in the face. [...]

Hello again, Chicago Cubs fans. Welcome back for a new CHGO Cubs Weekly newsletter. Eli Morgan is not necessarily the acquisition I expected the Cubs to make (who can predict what will happen on the reliever trade market?), but it is the kind of move I felt president of baseball operations [...]

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Let’s hope the Wizards can get a win on this day! The Washington Wizards play the Boston Celtics tonight at 7 p.m. ET. The game can be seen on Monumental Sports Network. WIZARDS LIVE STREAM Also, during the game, watch our Playback.TV stream [...]

The Cubs’ focus this offseason has reportedly been on pitching, and while Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic reports that’s very much still the case, he also throws some cold water on the idea of Chicago making a major strike in free agency. Sharma’s colleague, Patrick Mooney, reported less than three [...]

We are 16 days shy of the Winter Meetings, which probably used to be a lot more fun when deals were done under the influence of tall bourbon pours and cigar smoke in the seedy recesses of a hotel bar. I’m not sure how the following 1977 trade went down, [...]

Graybeards Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are both free agents this offseason, winding down massive (albeit short) deals originally signed with the Mets back in 2021 (Scherzer: 3 years, $130M) and 2022 (Verlander: 2 years, $86.7M). And I’m wondering if either guy makes sense for the Cubs this offseason. As [...]

Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) is coming Major League Baseball in the spring, albeit in a we’re-just-testing-things-out capacity. Commissioner Rob Manfred has already said that the challenge version of the system, which has already been deployed for years in the minors, will be tested in Spring Training 2025. Now we [...]