Cubs Stuff

Because activity seems to have slowed in the run-up to the Rule 5 rostering deadline/Qualifying Offer acceptance deadline (both coming on November 19), there’s definitely a little “filling the space” going on out there. That’s what, I suspect, led to the following being created, and what definitely led to me [...]

The Little Girl – who is a teenager now, good gravy – loves to bake. She’s graduated to macarons, which are notoriously difficult to execute correctly, let alone well. Honestly, I thought I was gonna have to do the nice dad thing, “Oh, dear, I just thinks it’s amazing that [...]

According to Jon Morosi (MLB Network), there are two clubs to focus on when it comes to free agent starting pitcher Walker Buehler – the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs. And while the Braves get the bulk of the attention in his discussion, the Cubs are the only other [...]

Clyde McCullough runs after a foul popup | Getty Images The Cubs played well this year — but didn’t do much to improve the team in-season. In 1952, the Cubs finished 77-77 — the only year between 1947 and 1962 that they didn’t have a [...]

The Cubs are prioritizing pitching this offseason, with Max Fried being mentioned most often as a good fit. The only problem is that he’s going to cost them a lot more than his presumed nine-figure contract because the Braves extended him a qualifying offer. Signing a QO player doesn’t seem [...]

Bricks Behind the Ivy’s Jeff Ragauskis joins Danny to ponder why the Cubs are the “Glorified Pirates.” We visit with our Super Ranter of the Week, Rogue Wave Creative, then Eric Wielo and Johnny Onomatopoeia join in Act 2 to let you know how you can be wined and dined [...]

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Another lefty for the Cubs rotation? Sean Manaea was selected in the first round (34th overall) in 2013 out of Indiana State by the Royals. He never played in a game for KC, though. Two years later he was traded [...]

As the Chicago Cubs will use this offseason to close the gap between them and the Milwaukee Brewers, the St. Louis Cardinals seem destined to rebuild over the n [...]

Major League Baseball had its awards night thing last night, and I am still not 100% on exactly what it is or what the goal is, since it doesn’t include the major national awards. Shōta Imanaga was named to the second team All-MLB, though, so I guess that’s good. Anyway, [...]

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The offseason is off to a slow start. A look at the market for Juan Soto, Garrett Crochet and others. A deal has been reached to stream games in market. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. You’ve [...]

Playing in a must-win game, Team USA exploded for 12 runs to run-rule Team Mexico last night and move on to the Super Round of the Premier12 tournament. 🇺🇸 Super Round bound for USA!#Premier12 pic.twitter.com/7cXfIRIlTG— Premier12 presented by RAXUS (@Premier12) November 15, 2024https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js https://twitter.com/WBSC/status/1857284909787947334 https://twitter.com/USABaseball/status/1857295651123667268 It wouldn’t be a Team USA game if [...]

It's been a slow start to the offseason for the Chicago Cubs but that is not a real surprise for a team that waited until January last offseason to make the fir [...]

Happy birthday, Mickey Livingston! | Photo by Sporting News via Getty Images/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The first MLB trade, Cap Anson treads the boards, and other stories. [...]

The storylines for international free agency will be very exciting come January 15 or they could be a huge letdown or somewhere in between. It could be quite the pendulum swing, depending on how things shake out. Right now, the Cubs are slated to sign Wilfri De La Cruz, a long [...]

Matt Shaw takes batting practice during the Futures Game | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Shaw made a pretty good case this offseason Welcome back to your late night indie coffee shop where we’re wrapping up the week with all the beverages one could [...]

Throughout the 2024 season, the Chicago Cubs were well aware of how strong a rookie year Shota Imanaga was having. The rest of the baseball world officially knows it, too. Thursday night, Imanaga was named to the All-MLB Second Team, which was announced at the All-MLB Awards Show in Las Vegas. A [...]

The Cubs could use another assist from Yu Darvish and a couple of helpers from Shōta Imanaga and Seiya Suzuki. Now that Rōki Sasaki is being posted, Tommy Hottovy and Jed Hoyer might want to enlist the services of Darvish once again. The former Cub has a warm relationship with [...]

MLB is right in the middle of its awards season, a mindless distraction from the wheeling and dealing we’d rather see. Let me give you one hot take before getting to the meat and potatoes of today’s Rundown: The Cubs will sign Walker Buehler and he’ll be the team’s best pitcher [...]

Free agent Nathan Eovaldi is drawing interest from a number of teams, raising the stakes on a potential Chicago Cubs offseason target. [...]

The Chicago Cubs missed out on Travis d'Arnaud in free agency - but that may wind up proving to be a good thing before it's all said and done. [...]