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 AltmanDecember 20, 2024

Cubs Reportedly Meeting with Rōki Sasaki Friday in LA

The Cubs are meeting with Japanese pitching phenom Rōki Sasaki in LA on Friday, per 670 The Score’s Bruce Levine.…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanDecember 20, 2024

Twins Listening to Pablo López Trade Offers, Should Cubs Be Involved?

No sooner had the report from Jeff Passan come out that the Twins have listened to offers on righty Pablo…
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Evan AltmanDecember 20, 2024

Cubs’ Abject Lack of Power, Velo Illustrated in Two Examples

Power and velocity aren’t everything, but they’re two of baseball’s most valuable commodities and choosing not to stockpile them isn’t…
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Evan AltmanDecember 19, 2024

Sammy Sosa Issues Apology, Tom Ricketts Extends Invitation to Cubs Convention

This topic has long since been sent to the glue factory and any additional commentary from me would just be…
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Evan AltmanDecember 19, 2024

Cubs Far From Favorites, Still Viewed as ‘Serious Players’ for Rōki Sasaki

We’re early in a month-long quiet period for Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki, who has been posted and must now wait…
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Evan AltmanDecember 19, 2024

Nolan Arenado Invoked NTC to Block Trade to Astros

Bwahahahahaha. As reported by Mark Feinsand, John Denton, and Brian McTaggart of MLB.com, Nolan Arenado invoked his no-trade clause to…
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Evan AltmanDecember 19, 2024

Cubs Appear to Be Moving in Different Direction as Jesus Luzardo Trade Talks Reportedly ‘Dead’

Maybe it’s because the Marlins’ ask was too big or maybe it was a matter of Jed Hoyer using his…
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Evan AltmanDecember 18, 2024

ZiPS Projections Love Cubs’ Position Players

We’re still two months away from the start of spring training and the Cubs have a lot of work remaining,…
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Evan AltmanDecember 17, 2024

Cubs Trade Cody Bellinger, $5M to Yankees for Righty Cody Poteet

After a little haggling over money, the Cubs and Yankees have agreed to a deal that will send Cody Bellinger…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanDecember 17, 2024

Kyle Tucker Says He’s ‘Always Open’ to Extension Talks

Hmm, so maybe everyone saying Kyle Tucker‘s agent was adamant that his client would not agree to an extension wasn’t…
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