Today, Major League Baseball officially officialized the new rules for this season. You’ve probably already heard of most or all of these, but if you want to see the official MLB release, here it is. Major League Baseball today announced some of the unique features that will be part of …
Read More »Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo still hope to go 1-2 in the Cubs’ lineup.
Amid many comments from GM Jed Hoyer and manager David Ross, the latter revealed that he is still willing to do the most fun (and good!) Above the Cubs’ order: starting hitter Kris Bryant, second. hitter Anthony Rizzo. The joy for very good friends is real, even if the two …
Read More »Voluntary exclusion decisions, five-man rotation, DH plans, business deadline expectations, adding prospects, much more
Earlier today, Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer and manager David Ross spoke to the media. It’s been a while since we heard from any of them about the overall state of the organization and plans for the 2020 season, so let’s not waste too much time. This is what they …
Read More »Why are names missing, transaction considerations, perspectives, much more
Every time there is a big deadline or a list setting or something like that, you have to go through two big phases of thinking about what happened: initial reactions and considered explanations. For the initial list of Cubs Summer Camps, that’s even truer, because we’ve literally never seen this …
Read More »Chicago Cubs announce initial 60-man “summer camp” roster
Hello, the Cubs announced their initial roster of 60 men after all! I wonder if we’ll learn later what the heist was. Regardless, here is the starting group, with 39 players headed to Wrigley Field, 11 players headed to South Bend, and with 10 spots still open: Here’s our list …
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