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 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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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanDecember 17, 2024

Matt Shaw to Get ‘Long Look’ at 3B, Michael Busch Viewed Solely as 1B

This topic feels like more of a given and I’m already up to nearly 2,600 words today, so let’s keep…
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Evan AltmanDecember 17, 2024

Divergent Exit Velo Trends Help Explain Why Kyle Tucker Should Be Improvement Over Cody Bellinger

First things first, I’m operating under the assumption that Cody Bellinger is eventually traded and that Kyle Tucker then serves…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanDecember 17, 2024

Cubs Trying to Trim Payroll After Burning Themselves with Minimal CBT Overage

One of the ideas making the rounds as a Cody Bellinger trade to the Yankees remains in limbo over the…
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Evan AltmanDecember 16, 2024

Cubs Reportedly Still Eyeing Marlins Lefty Jesús Luzardo, Veteran Reliever Kirby Yates

The Cubs weren’t able to make much progress on the Cody Bellinger-to-the-Yankees trade that felt like a foregone conclusion last…
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Evan AltmanDecember 15, 2024

Cubs Rumor Roundup: Nico Hoerner More Likely to Stay, $10M Gap in Cody Bellinger Talks with Yanks, Luis Castillo and Jesus Luzardo on Radar

Rather than splitting these up across multiple posts, it seemed prudent to combine them and save us all a little…
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