Evan Altman

Evan Altman is the EIC and co-founder of Cubs Insider and has proclaimed himself Central Indiana's foremost Cubs authority. He is a husband, father, homebrewer, and award-winning blogger with entirely too much pop culture knowledge. Evan's greatest accomplishments include scoring 400 points in Magic Johnson's Fast Break, naming all 10 members of the Wu-Tang Clan in under 3.5 seconds, and winning the Meese Literary Award at Hanover College.

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Evan AltmanNovember 21, 2024

Roki Sasaki Expected to Sign in 2025, Agent Calls Dodgers Speculation ‘Poor Sportsmanship’

The biggest question about Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki remains where he will sign, but the question of when was at…
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Evan AltmanNovember 20, 2024

Cubs Acquire Catcher Matt Thaiss from Angels, DFA Trey Wingenter

The Cubs ended up trading for an Anaheim catcher after all, it just isn’t Logan O’Hoppe. Not long after picking…
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Evan AltmanNovember 20, 2024

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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Evan AltmanNovember 19, 2024

Cubs Select Owen Caissie and Ben Cowles, DFA Adbert Alzolay and Brennen Davis

Apologies for being redundant with this news, but it makes more sense to do a new post than to update…
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Evan AltmanNovember 19, 2024

Cubs Add Owen Caissie to 40-Man Roster

This was a huge no-brainer and I’m away from my computer for the time being, so I’ll add more later.
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Evan AltmanNovember 19, 2024

Cubs Likely to DFA Adbert Alzolay to Free 40-Man Space

This was almost certainly going to happen at some point in the offseason, the only question was whether the Cubs…
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Evan AltmanNovember 19, 2024

Watch: Pete Crow-Armstrong Rounds Bases Faster Than Theatrical First Pitch

There’s nothing of value here other than having a little fun, and it feels like a time when maybe we…
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Evan AltmanNovember 18, 2024

Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer Have New Multiyear Deals with Cubs Radio

Get out those tape measures, folks, Chicago Cubs baseball will continue to be on the air with the same familiar…
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Evan AltmanNovember 18, 2024

Cubs Hiring Pitching Trainer Tyler Zombro as Special Assistant

If you want to understand how the Cubs’ pivot toward emotionless analysis will help them improve at the margins, look…
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Evan AltmanNovember 18, 2024

Alex Bregman Could Bog Down Free Agency with Huge Contract Ask

Alex Bregman is one of the top three position players on the market behind Juan Soto and right there with…
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