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 AltmanJanuary 27, 2024

Cubs Reunite with Carl Edwards Jr. on Minors Deal

Ed. note: The Cubs signed righty reliever Hector Neris as I was writing this, so you’re welcome. The Cubs haven’t…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 26, 2024

Cubs or MLB May Have Made Minor Change to Logo on Home Unis

This is what it’s come to, folks, we’re covering the possibility that the Cubs may have done away with the…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 25, 2024

Ian Happ Remains Highly Underrated

Ian Happ has done a damn fine job of turning himself into an everyday left fielder, but all he’s got…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 25, 2024

Cody Bellinger’s Conflicting Market, Trey Mancini Signs Minors Deal with Marlins, Mets Interested in Ryne Stanek

Like traffic on the Dan Ryan when construction has it down to two lanes, this sluggish free agency period has…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 24, 2024

Rhys Hoskins Joins Brewers, Potential Cubs Targets Dwindling

It seemed like a formality once the Cubs traded for Michael Busch and made it clear that they planned to…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 23, 2024

Pirates Sign Aroldis Chapman for $10.5M, Aim to ‘Be in Contention Throughout Season’

Given how slow things have been for the Cubs outside of that two-day period in which they made a pair…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 22, 2024

Ryne Sandberg Shares Cancer Diagnosis Via Instagram

This news was tough to hear and not easy to share. Ryne Sandberg, who was my Cubs hero growing up,…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 22, 2024

Cubs Leading Way in Early Positional Prospect Rankings

MLB Pipeline will be unveiling its updated top 100 prospect rankings soon, so they’re teasing that with a series of…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 20, 2024

Cubs Appear to Be Maintaining Bargain Bullpen Strategy, Unless Emmanuel Clase Trade Rumors Have Legs

Remember early in the offseason when the thinking was that Jed Hoyer might break from his low-cost, high-volume strategy of…
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Evan AltmanJanuary 18, 2024

High-Ranking Rival Exec Believes Cubs Will Be ‘Super Busy’ Rest of Winter

The Cubs spent the first portion of the offseason doing nothing but signing minor-league deals with pitchers and catchers, then…
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