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CHGO Cubs Podcast: MLB Winter Meetings begin with Chicago Cubs waiting for Shohei Ohtani
The MLB Winter Meetings have begun in Nashville with the CHGO Cubs crew in attendance! It’s a waiting game for much of the MLB as teams wait to see where Shohei Ohtani will sign. Join Luke Stuckmeyer, Ryan Herrera and…
Winter Meetings: Cubs still waiting for dominoes to fall
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The baseball world is waiting for the biggest dominoes of the offseason to fall. But after a full day at the Winter Meetings, major moves have yet to manifest. “It has felt like it’s been pretty slow,”…
Winter Meetings preview: 4 Cubs storylines to keep an eye on
The baseball offseason stove is about to really heat up. With the Winter Meetings beginning in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, rumors will be swirling around the clock. An assortment of team personnel, agents, Major League Baseball employees, media members and…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Will the Chicago Cubs make a splash before the Winter Meetings?
Unlike most of their NL Central foes, the Chicago Cubs have had a pretty quiet offseason. After making a splash and hiring Craig Counsell, they haven’t made any addition to the roster. Will they do it before the Winter Meetings…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Cody Bellinger is NL Comeback Player of the Year, can he replicate for the Cubs?
The Cody Bellinger Revenge Tour is complete. The Cubs best hitter in 2023 was awarded the 2023 NL Comeback Player of the Year. Will he have more seasons like this with the Cubs in the future? We discuss is market…
Cody Bellinger named NL Comeback Player of the Year
When the Cubs signed Cody Bellinger to a one-year “pillow contract” last offseason, they were betting on a return to form for a player once considered among the elite in Major League Baseball. Through his first four seasons with the…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Does Shane Bieber make sense for the Chicago Cubs?
More rumors are emerging for the Cubs on the pitching market. This time, former AL Cy Young winner Shane Bieber is on the rumor mill. But after making just 2 starts after July 9 last season due to injury, and…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Should the Chicago Cubs trade for Tyler Glasnow?
No, the Chicago Cubs still haven’t made an offseason move that moves the needle to playoff contention, but rumors are starting to fly more and more, especially on the pitching market. The Cubs are rumored to be interested in reliever…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Who would you trade from the Chicago Cubs for Bo Bichette?
Huge news on the rumor mill appeared on social media today claiming the Chicago Cubs reached out to the Blue Jays about Bo Bichette. Are these rumors serious? We discuss what prospects we’d move with prospect guru Greg Huss, of…
The best holiday gift ideas for Chicago sports fans
The 2023 holiday and Christmas season is here and you might be at a loss on what presents to buy for your diehard Chicago sports fan. But that’s why we’re here to help! Below you’ll find a holiday gift guide…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: The biggest turkeys in Cubs franchise history
The Countdown is on. How many days until Shohei Ohtani signs with the Chicago Cubs? Will Ohtani and Mike Trout BOTH be gone from the Angels? Plus, The CHGO Cubs podcast team names the biggest turkeys in Cubs franchise history…
Cubs notes: Reliving 1st Ohtani recruitment, non-tenders & more
The Cubs have been tight-lipped about any interest or contact with Shohei Ohtani, arguably the biggest free agent in baseball history. Jeff Passan of ESPN wrote earlier this week that it will be held against a team if any visits…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: What is the perfect pitching plan for the 2024 Chicago Cubs?
The Cubs rocked baseball with the seismic shift to Craig Counsell as their new manager. Since then, it’s been pretty quiet. MLB’s Winter Meetings are exactly 2 weeks away. What’s the perfect plan for making the Cubs pitching staff elite…
Pressure now on for Craig Counsell, Cubs to win
Before Jed Hoyer made the decision to pursue Craig Counsell to be the Cubs’ manager, the club already had a sitting skipper who received praise from up and down the organization at the end of the season. Call Hoyer’s move…
The Chicago Sports Podcast: Five decades of covering Chicago Sports with George Ofman
There are few Chicago sports media members who have seen more Chicago sports than George Ofman. Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Ofman has covered everyone from Stan Mikita to Michael Jordan to Justin Fields and everyone…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Who are the key prospects for the 2024 Chicago Cubs?
The Chicago Cubs have one of the highest-rated farm systems in baseball. Where can the Cubs make the most progress this offseason with that youth movement and which prospect would or will make the biggest impact on the success of…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: What are three critical priorities for the Chicago Cubs?
Craig Counsell’s coaching staff won’t be the same in Chicago as it was in Milwaukee. The Brewers coaches are all staying. So. What’s that mean for the Cubs? Plus, we each bring you 3 key roster priorities that the Cubs…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Can Jed Hoyer and Craig Counsell fix the Cubs in one offseason?
The Chicago Cubs now have 3 weeks before baseball’s Winter Meetings to make some serious progress on their roster and coaching staff. Both Jed Hoyer and new manager Craig Counsell have gone on record saying it’s not a one-year fix?…
Cubs Diehard mailbag: What changes with Craig Counsell + How would landing Shohei Ohtani affect the team’s free agent budget?
Cubs fans are excited about this offseason after the team hired Craig Counsell, but what exactly are they asking? We dive in in this mailbag.
Craig Counsell introduced as new Chicago Cubs manager
Before he addressed the crowd in front of him Monday morning, Craig Counsell slipped on a Chicago Cubs jersey sporting the No. 30 underneath the name, “COUNSELL.” As he went to sit back down, he cracked a big smile and…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Chicago Cubs officially introduce new manager Craig Counsell
The Chicago Cubs introduce Craig Counsell as their new manager at Wrigley Field. What type of impression did he make? Can we run through the brick wall in the outfield right now?! Counsell left us with a piece of Positivity.…
Cubs are trying to find Christopher Morel a defensive home
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Finding a defensive home for a player like Christopher Morel could be enormous for the Cubs from a roster construction standpoint. But doing that the last two seasons has been easier said than done. In the minor…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani get linked to the Cubs at the GM Meetings
MLB’s general managers met in Arizona this week. The Cubs leave there hoping they have used the right bait to reel in some trophy worthy off-season additions. Will anything happen before the Winter Meetings in early December? Can they build…
Does Cubs hiring Craig Counsell signal a big offseason ahead?
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jed Hoyer took a risk and sent shockwaves around baseball by bringing in Craig Counsell, replacing the Cubs’ sitting manager David Ross with the hottest manager on the market. Back during his end-of-season press conference in early…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Scott Boras talks Cody Bellinger at Winter Meetings
National League general managers met the media at the the GM Meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona on Wednesday. The Chicago Cubs have multiple holes to fill on their roster including their starting rotation, outfield and 3rd base. However, 1st base is…
Why Jed Hoyer made Craig Counsell the new Cubs manager
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — As the calendar approached the end of October, a thought formed in Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer’s head. Craig Counsell, at the time still under contract with the Brewers and interviewing with them and a…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: The major details of firing Chicago Cubs manager David RossCHGO Cubs Podcast:
The Chicago Cubs stunned the baseball World on Monday by firing their friend David Ross and hiring free agent Craig Counsell from rival Milwaukee. Now we have the details of his it went down. Did Grandpa Rossy get done dirty?…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: EMERGENCY POD! Craig Counsell hired as manager of Chicago Cubs
Craig freaking Counsell! The Cubs have reportedly hired former Brewers manager Craig Counsell! Talk about about a “BIG MOVE MONDAY”. A shocking move to replace David Ross. MLB general manager will meet this week in Arizona and the Cubs have…
Cubs hire Craig Counsell as manager, ending David Ross’ tenure
The Chicago Cubs took the offseason’s first major swing, and it was a stunner. Former Brewers manager Craig Counsell is headed to Wrigley Field, replacing current skipper and 2016 World Series hero David Ross. The news was reported by several…
Cubs’ Dansby Swanson, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ win NL Gold Glove Awards
The Cubs knew what they were doing when they went out and added Dansby Swanson, an All-Star and Gold Glove Award winner in 2022, to their roster last offseason. While not as heralded of a hitter as the other big…
Cubs’ Marcus Stroman opts out of last year of deal: report
Nobody was sure on what Marcus Stroman would do as far as his contract situation goes, but many expected him to return to the Cubs for the final year of his deal in 2024. Instead, Stroman is opting out of…
The Chicago Sports Podcast: Do the Bears hire too many nice guy coaches?
Famed Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight died on Wednesday, a complicated figure with a complicated legacy and — for better or worse — a throwback to different teams. Nicknamed “The General,” Knight had a bullying style that produced results. In…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Seven years later, we remember the 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series Championship
The World Series is over and now the postseason gameplay can finally get in motion for the Chicago Cubs. Did Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi’s 5 postseason wins show the Cubs front office the light? Plus, our offseason report cards continue…
Delmetrics: The Chicago Cubs celebrate their World Series anniversary, just before entering a most important offseason
Happy 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series anniversary to all who celebrate. If you’re reading this, you likely celebrate. No matter how much longer we wait until the next Cubs’ World Series championship, this day, November 2, will always be special.…
Can Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki carry over his end-of-2023 play?
Multiple times during the last conversation Seiya Suzuki had with the media before the end of the Cubs’ season, he called back to the error he made in Atlanta on Sept. 26. You’ll remember Suzuki missing what seemed like a…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading Nico Hoerner and Julian Merryweather’s 2023 season
Nico Hoerner embraced a position change to help the team improve in 2023. How will the CHGO Cubs Podcast team grade the new 2nd baseman – who happens to be a finalist for a Gold Glove Award following the season?…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading Cody Bellinger and Jameson Taillon’s 2023 season
The CHGO Cubs Podcast is grading Cubs Outfielder and first baseman Cody Bellinger’s season on the North Side. Was signing Bellinger the best signing of te Jed Hoyer era to this point? We also grade starting pitcher Jameson Taillon’s 2023…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading Seiya Suzuki and Patrick Wisdom’s 2023 Season with the Chicago Cubs
The CHGO Cubs Podcast is grading Cubs Outfielder Seiya Suzuki’s season on the North Side. Did dropping the ball in a pivotal game against Atlanta wreck his 2023 report card? Plus, we pay our respects to Dorothy – the famous…
The Chicago Sports Podcast: Best case scenario finish for the Chicago Bears this year?
The 2-5 Chicago Bears are entering the final 10 games of the 2023 season and the main narrative has still yet to be written. Where does it go from here? And how do we think it will end? Join Kevin…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Craig Breslow and potentially Dan Kantrovitz out of the Chicago Cubs front office plus grading Dansby Swanson’s 2023 season
Dansby Swanson was the Cubs big off-season signing a year ago. Now what grade are giving the Chicago Cubs star shortstop after year one of his 7 year deal? Plus, teams are poaching the Cubs front office. What’s that mean…
Craig Breslow leaves Cubs for chief baseball officer job with Red Sox
The Cubs are losing one of their highest ranking baseball officials, as the Red Sox announced Wednesday they’ve hired Craig Breslow to be their chief baseball officer. Breslow spent the 2023 season, his fifth in the Cubs’ organization, as an…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Should the Chicago Cubs trade for Vladimir Guerrero Jr?
It’s “Wild Thought Wednesday” on the CHGO Cubs Podcast. Why Vlad Guerrero Jr to the Cubs makes more sense than you think. Plus, how the surprise World Series matchup should impact the biggest offseason in recent Cubs history. Oh, and…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading Ian Happ’s 2023 season with BleacherNation’s Michael Cerami
Cubs outfielder Ian Happ earned a contract extension during the 2023 season – but what grade did he earn from our guys for his play? The report cards continue on the CHGO Cubs Podcast as Bleacher Nation’s Michael Cerami joins…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading the Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks’ 2023 season
Report card season continues and the CHGO Cubs Podcast team is grading Kyle Hendricks 2023 season. Plus, it’s “Magic Wand Monday”…you get one do-over on a recent Cubs move. Who or what is that move? Join Luke Stuckmeyer, Cody Delmendo…
What’s next for Kyle Hendricks and the Cubs?
At this time a year ago, the Cubs didn’t know what they could expect out of Kyle Hendricks moving forward. How could anyone? At that point, Hendricks had been officially shut down two months prior when an MRI showed he’d…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading Marcus Stroman and Yan Gomes 2023 seasons
The 2023 season report cards get more difficult. The CHGO Cubs podcast team breaks down Marcus Stroman’s injury stained all-star season. Plus, how did Yan Gomes grade out after taking over for Willson Contreras as the Cubs #1 catcher. Join…
Grading Christopher Morel and Justin Steele’s 2023 season
The individual player report cards are coming out. The CHGO Cubs Podcast team grades the season for Cubs pitcher Justin Steele and slugger Christopher Morel. How many Cubs were announced as finalists for the Gold Glove Award today? Plus, the…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading the 2023 Chicago Cubs offense
The report cards continue with an umbrella grade for the Cubs offense as a whole. Did they deliver enough to get a passing grade from the CHGO Cubs team? Plus, the “Shoulda Been Cubs” continue to leave Cubs fans with…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: Grading the 2023 Chicago Cubs pitching staff
The report cards are coming in. The CHGO Cubs Podcast team hands out their grades to the Cubs pitching staff as a whole. Did the arms play to their potential and how do they stack up against the rest of…
CHGO Cubs Podcast: DOM (Director of Morale) Frederic joins the show to talk Chicago Cubs offseason
The Dodgers are out. The Braves are on their way out. How close were the Chicago Cubs to being an impact player in the postseason? DOM Frederic joins the CHGO Cubs Podcast crew for a wild ride as they chop…
