Chicago Cubs Trades and Free Agent Signings
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Cubs Reported Desire to Shop Cody Bellinger ‘Worst-Kept Secret’ of GM Meetings
I wonder if this latest report from Bob Nightengale will earn him more stern words from Jed Hoyer when the…
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Non-Tendered Relievers Jordan Romano, Kyle Finnegan Could Aid Cubs’ Quest for Bullpen ‘Certainty’
Among the things we know to be true about Jed Hoyer as an executive is that he’s loath to commit…
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Mike Tauchman Non-Tender, Cody Bellinger Trade Talk May Signal Willingness to Play Kids
The Cubs created a little more roster flexibility on Friday by non-tendering a pair of players, one of whom had…
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Cubs Sign Reliever Phil Bickford to Minors Deal
This is another move that’ll have people complaining for no reason that Jed Hoyer only targets cheap deals, but it’s…
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Mike Tauchman Gone as Cubs Make Several Roster Moves on Non-Tender Day
We covered the Nick Madrigal decision earlier, but the Cubs made more moves on Friday. The only really surprising one,…
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Cubs Acquire RHP Eli Morgan from Guardians, DFA Patrick Wisdom
As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Cubs are acquiring righty reliever Eli Morgan from the Guardians for Low-A…
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Sounds Like Roki Sasaki’s Reps Encouraging All Teams to Make Pitch
It’s been roughly 48 hours since I wrote something about Roki Sasaki, which means I may have to pump out…
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Another Report Has Cubs in ‘Midtier Pitching Market’ While Possibly Dangling Hoerner, Bellinger
File this one under stuff we already know but will write about anyway because, well, there’s nothing else going on…
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More on Roki Sasaki Posting Process, Cubs Hire Japanese Firm to Boost Injury Prevention Efforts
The titular topics may not be directly related, but they’re not totally unrelated either. Due to the nature of Roki…
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All-World Righty Roki Sasaki to Be Posted, Courtship Should Shape Pitching Market
In a surprise development, the Chiba Lotte Marines announced early Saturday morning (US time) that they will be posting 23-year-old…
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