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 1, 2024

Cubs Promote Minors Pitching Development Coordinator Casey Jacobson to Assistant Pitching Coach

It’s been a long weekend filled with family, friends, food, and football, which is why I haven’t written anything in…
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Evan AltmanNovember 29, 2024

Cubs Sign RHP Brooks Kriske

The Cubs have signed righty reliever Brooks Kriske, as he announced via social media a few days ago. It went…
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Evan AltmanNovember 29, 2024

Here’s What Cubs’ Mid-Market Offseason Strategy Might Look Like

Let me go ahead and say right off the jump that I don’t agree with the Cubs acting like their…
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Evan AltmanNovember 27, 2024

Team USA Manager Mike Scioscia Believes Matt Shaw Can Play 3B for Cubs

Team USA may have only taken home bronze in the Premier12 tournament, but a strong finish allowed them to end…
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Evan AltmanNovember 26, 2024

New Cubs FO Hire Tyler Zombro Could Have Simple Way to Boost Pitching Performance

The Cubs recently hired former minor league reliever Tyler Zombro away from Tread Athletics to aid the front office in…
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Evan AltmanNovember 25, 2024

Cubs Reported Desire to Shop Cody Bellinger ‘Worst-Kept Secret’ of GM Meetings

I wonder if this latest report from Bob Nightengale will earn him more stern words from Jed Hoyer when the…
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Evan AltmanNovember 25, 2024

Non-Tendered Relievers Jordan Romano, Kyle Finnegan Could Aid Cubs’ Quest for Bullpen ‘Certainty’

Among the things we know to be true about Jed Hoyer as an executive is that he’s loath to commit…
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Evan AltmanNovember 23, 2024

Mike Tauchman Non-Tender, Cody Bellinger Trade Talk May Signal Willingness to Play Kids

The Cubs created a little more roster flexibility on Friday by non-tendering a pair of players, one of whom had…
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Evan AltmanNovember 23, 2024

Cubs Sign Reliever Phil Bickford to Minors Deal

This is another move that’ll have people complaining for no reason that Jed Hoyer only targets cheap deals, but it’s…
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Evan AltmanNovember 22, 2024

Mike Tauchman Gone as Cubs Make Several Roster Moves on Non-Tender Day

We covered the Nick Madrigal decision earlier, but the Cubs made more moves on Friday. The only really surprising one,…
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