“Big Boss” Flew into the Nippon-Ham Fighters Home Opener on a Literal HOVERCRAFT

Although more established Chicago Cubs prospects are going to get the bulk of the after-season attention for the big years they had, I still think about how incredible Cam Smith's pro debut was. The 21-year-old Florida State third baseman, who...

I do not care about details or nuance. I am choosing to believe this means Vlad Guerrero Jr. is on the trade block and DESPERATELY wants to get out of Toronto. TAKE OFFENSE: https://twitter.com/CBSSportsMLB/status/1841529053834105164 https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1841497396989120963 HOW DARE YOU?! Vladito, you...

Although the MLB offseason doesn't officially begin until five days after the World Series comes to an end, we did hit a couple of key offseason landmarks this week. Yesterday, Jed Hoyer delivered the annual end-of-season press conference. And today,...

One of the more consequential moments in the coming offseason for the Chicago Cubs is more or less going to be entirely out of their control. Shortly after the end of the World Series, Cody Bellinger can walk back into...

The nice thing about the playoffs is just having meaningful baseball games perpetually on in the background in the family room. We can kinda look in, look out, watch when free, focus on other things when not. I don't have...

The 2024 MLB playoffs opened up yesterday with four Wild Card series games, the outcomes of which were generally pleasing to me ... Tigers 3, Astros 1 - Detroit Leads Series 1-0 American League Triple Crown-winning pitcher (that's a thing,...

Some post-season plaudits for a couple top Chicago Cubs prospects, as third baseman Matt Shaw and catcher/DH Moises Ballesteros made the All-MiLB Prospects Second Team. https://twitter.com/smokiesbaseball/status/1841195310804070504 From the MLB Pipeline write-up on each: "3B: Matt Shaw, Cubs (No. 1/MLB No....

The 2024 season opened with hopes that then-top Chicago Cubs prospect Cade Horton could force his way onto big league roster by midseason. The 2024 season has ended with hopes that Horton can have a normal offseason, be healthy for...

Did Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick not realize that lefty Jordan Montgomery is very likely under contract for next season, too? That's about the only explanation I can come up with for this tweet from Bob Nightengale: "The finger pointing...

With the 2024 Chicago Cubs season officially in the rearview, it's time to wrap things up in the form of the annual season-ending press conference from the man in charge. Cubs President Jed Hoyer will meet with the media today...