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Brett Taylor

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Contributing Since: 28 Dec 2008

Experience and short biography

Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

More Articles by Brett Taylor

Finally, a Team Wanted the Reigning NL Cy Young Winner

The rumors all wound up being true: Blake Snell would take a two-year deal in the $60 million range, the Giants were probably the favorites now, and the pressure was on to get something done. Per Jon Heyman, it two...

Garrett Crochet Will Start on Opening Day for the White Sox, Marking an Extreme Rarity

We don't cover the White Sox around here in a particularly close way - maybe a touch more than other non-NL-Central clubs because of the intracity interest - but this was surprising and interesting enough for me to note. The...

Chicago Cubs Shortstop Prospect Jefferson Rojas Wants to Be Javy Báez

I haven’t exactly made it a secret that Jefferson Rojas is one of my favorite prospects in the Chicago Cubs’ farm system. After debuting in the DSL at 17, Rojas skipped complex ball and wound up at Low-A Myrtle Beach...

Blake Snell’s Reasonable Price Tag? Why Jordan Montgomery Might Wait a Little Longer?

A couple updates on the top remaining - yup, still - free agent starting pitchers, lefties Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery. Although rumors picked up on Snell and the Astros late last week, no signing news dropped. It was surprising,...

Taillon Throwing and a Roster Benefit, Amaya Catching, Friedl Wrist, Williams, Alonso, and Other Cubs Bullets

You know, if Seiya really rakes, and Cody hits again, and if Nico and Happ get on base a ton and Busch turns out to be a stud, and if Dansby is above average and Amaya breaks out and Morel...

Spring Training Miscellany: Celebrate With a Green Beer, Happ Returns, Assad Solid, Cubs Win

The Cubs won their St. Patrick's Day game over the Rangers 8-6 today, and it's time to tip back a green one in celebration ... About what you'd want to see from Javier Assad today as he continues to stretch...

The Third Cut Includes Mervis, Four Others

(Hear the song in your mind - it still fits!) The Chicago Cubs made their next set of cuts from big league camp today, sending out five players who were generally not expected to make the Opening Day roster. The...

Spring Leaders, Key Injuries, Rays Payroll, Luck of the Irish, and Other Cubs Bullets

A mighty fine St. Patrick's Day to you all. Although I've got a good bit of Irish in my blood, it's never been something I've connected to all that much. You can't really force it, but I kinda want to...

Spring Training Miscellany: Cubs Sweep the Split-Squad Day

It was a split-squad day for the Cubs today, and they won both by a total of two runs. It was 4-3 over the Angels and 8-7 over the Royals. The only teams with a better spring record than the...

Christopher Morel Just Hit One Completely Out of Tempe Diablo Stadium

The Cubs are going off today in their two games, with a set of back-to-back-to-back jacks over in Mesa, and now this TITANIC shot from Christopher Morel in Tempe. Morel got himself to a 3-1 count, and when it's 3-1...

Seiya-Cody-Yan Go Back-to-Back-to-Back

I don't know how often they'll be lined up like this during the regular season to even allow this to happen, so I'll just enjoy it for today in the fake game. Seiya Suzuki, Cody Bellinger, Yan Gomes go boom,...

Maybe Every Starting Pitcher Should Get Extra Rest and Other Cubs Bullets

Strained my back so badly yesterday that even sitting here typing this sentence is kinda miserable. Worse, The Wife and The Little Girl are going on a Spring Break trip starting Tuesday, so I have only three days to get...

J. D. Davis Signing with the Oakland A’s

He wasn't a free agent for long. And he isn't going very far. Soon after being released by the San Francisco Giants for some salary savings, third baseman/DH J.D. Davis is heading across the bay to sign with the Oakland...

Are the Astros Swooping in on Blake Snell? (UPDATE)

UPDATE: It definitely sounds like this has legs, and could be in the process of happening. From multiple reports: https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1768767600006484249 https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1768769862221054009 I wonder if today was the final checkpoint: https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1768772558764343706 Oh, also? In between the original report and this evening's...

Pirates Get a Steal Signing Michael A. Taylor

Well, I don't know that he's going to make a dramatic difference on this year's outcomes for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but they just got center field free agent Michael A. Taylor for a song. The 32-year-old was hoping for a...

The St. Louis Cardinals Are Extending Manager Oli Marmol Because Reasons

I don't want to act like I know for sure that Oli Marmol is a bad manager, and thus any games he helms for the St. Louis Cardinals are games they are incrementally less likely to win. I do not...

Sammy Sosa Returns to Chicago for the First Time in 17 Years, is Immediately Asked About Steroids

Former Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa, hero to many, villain to some, returned to Chicago today for the first time since 2007. We all know that his time with the team ended in a particularly fraught way, and we also...

OK, the Dodgers Have Done One Nice Thing

I will admit to more than a little bitterness about how the offseason played out. It isn’t just that the Chicago Cubs did not land Shohei Ohtani or Yoshinobu Yamamoto or Tyler Glasnow, all players I’d have really wanted for...

National Attention, Cole’s UCL, Taillon’s Back, Smith’s Wrist, and Other Cubs Bullets

Don't forget, the Cubs' first ever Spring Breakout game is today at 4pm CT, and we actually get to stream it live here at BN! It's the Cubs' top prospects against the White Sox's top prospects. I have noticed this...

Spring Training Miscellany: Cubs Beat A’s, Imanaga Outstanding, Edwards, Suzuki, Bote, More

The Cubs beat the A's today 3-1, as Shota Imanaga stole the show ... The Shota Imanaga highlights are here. But you know what? Here they are again, because he was so freaking good (4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 BB,...