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If you want to understand how the Cubs’ pivot toward emotionless analysis will help them improve at the margins, look no further than their latest front office hire. As first announced by Tread Athletics, the Cubs are naming former Tread pitching trainer Tyler Zombro as a special assistant tasked with [...]

The Chicago Cubs are adding an up-and-coming coach/trainer/analyst on the pitching side, Tyler Zombro from Tread Athletics. Jeff Passan with the scoop: The Chicago Cubs are hiring Tyler Zombro as a special assistant, sources tell ESPN. Zombro, 30, has become one of baseball’s preeminent pitching trainers at Tread Athletics, and he’ll [...]

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here’s another catcher the Cubs could sign. Warning! Warning! I’m writing this article even though it’s going to be about a catcher who has just had a career year at age 34. That should bring up all the possible [...]

Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images What went down in the Week 11 matchup. On Sunday, a Jameis Winston led Cleveland Browns team visited the New Orleans Saints. In what some considered a revenge game for Winston; he was unable to come away with the W. FIRST [...]

Alex Bregman is one of the top three position players on the market behind Juan Soto and right there with Willy Adames in most estimations. Estimates from MLB Trade Rumors, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel, and The Athletic’s Tim Britton all have the third baseman — who could move to second or [...]

The BBWAA announced the writers ballot today, which will give another pool of candidates assuming the Veterans Committee actually elects somebody this cycle. Here is the link and I’ll list my preferred candidates below: Should be near unanimous: Ichiro Suzuki Will probably get in first ballot: CC Sabathia Holdover guys I’d vote for: [...]

Ben Zobrist after his 10th inning double in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Hall released its ballot Monday. I’m burying the lede here on purpose because a popular former Cub is on the Hall of Fame [...]

Today, Ken Rosenthal wrote up a set of interesting offseason notes that I think you’ll enjoy perusing. There was at least one thing he said that REALLY stood out, though, that I wanted to share some thoughts on: ‘The Athletic’s Tim Britton projects a seven-year, $189 million contract for free-agent third [...]

The Chicago Cubs got standout performances from two prospects in the Arizona Fall League - as Moises Ballesteros drew rave reviews from scouts. [...]

Over the weekend, two anniversaries popped up that had Kris Bryant on my mind. Nine years ago, he was an obvious Rookie of the Year. And eight years ago, he was an obvious (but not unanimous because of one terrible vote) Most Valuable Player. On this day in 2015, Kris Bryant [...]

Jonathon Long | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Boys of Autumn finished up their 2024 campaign. Here’s a post-mortem. The Arizona Fall League finished up on Saturday with the Salt River Rafters beating the Surprise Saguaros, 3-2, to claim the 2024 [...]

The 2024 Arizona Fall League officially wrapped this weekend with its championship game, and the team on which Chicago Cubs prospects play – the Mesa Solar Sox – was not involved. Overall, it was a mostly solid fall campaign for the Cubs, though, with each of Moises Ballesteros and Jonathon [...]

As the Chicago Cubs sit out on another big-name free agent, a report suggests the Los Angeles Dodgers made $120 million off Shohei Ohtani this season alone. [...]

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Let’s see what things look like for New Orleans’ division rivals. With the New Orleans Saints (4-7) and the Atlanta Falcons (6-5) both on a bye this week, the other two teams in the NFC South have big [...]

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The state of local baseball broadcasting is still in flux. I’ve been covering the continuing saga of the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports, which at one time had rights to about half of MLB teams’ local broadcasts, for some time. Evan [...]

The acceptance deadline for the 13 players who received a Qualifying Offer is tomorrow at close of business. Most of the decisions will become public right about at the deadline, though we can already guess the vast majority. One of the few that seemed a reasonable guess on the “gonna accept [...]

Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images Many players improve their stock as the Saints advance to 4-7. Things are starting to look up for the New Orleans Saints as they improved to 4-7 after a dominant win over the Cleveland Browns. The Saints have looked [...]

I did not react whatsoever at the blocked field goal. Not negative, not positive, not anything. Just watched in silence and moved on to the next thing. It’s not because I don’t care about the Bears – I was REALLY happy to see how Caleb Williams looked with some scheme [...]

Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, and Bryan Smith discuss the Cubs’ options as to who they should protect from the Rule 5 Draft. What prospects get added to the 40-man roster and who might get poached by another team? The trio runs through a whole host of names after the obvious [...]

Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images Here are your daily New Orleans Saints links. Taysom Hill has historic day-USA Today In the New Orleans Saints' 35-14 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Mr do it all Taysom Hill had a day for the history books. What [...]