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• The state of the Cubs, just before Cubs Convention begins

Photo by @WillByington / www.willbyington.com Let’s look forward. It has been my routine this offseason to post an article here at 9 a.m. CT on weekdays to generate discussion on a topic. Sometimes it’s a free agent or trade possibility, sometimes baseball or Cubs news. Today I want to step back and look at where the Cubs are, and where they could be going, and then ask you where you’...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ present arms

Photo by Quinn Harris/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs work on their pitching and move a few players for cash. Not Kevin Cash, Dave Cash, or Norm Cash, but filthy lucre. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, grou...2025
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• Michael Arias Traded to Yankees for Cash Considerations
The Cubs have traded pitching prospect Michael Arias to the Yankees, according to an official announcement from the Yankees. Arias was designated for assignment on Monday to clear room on the 40-man, allowing the Colin Rea signing to be made official. It’s a great acquisition for the Yankees, who have the 40-man space take a … The post Michael Arias Traded to Yankees for Cash Considerations ...2025
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• Yankees Acquire Michael Arias
The Yankees announced that they have acquired right-hander Michael Arias from the Cubs in exchange for cash considerations. The latter club had designated Arias for assignment earlier this week. The Yankees have multiple 40-man vacancies and don’t need to make a corresponding move. More to come....2025
• Jed Hoyer Must Now Address Remaining Needs, Plus Thoughts on Potential Revamped Development Philosophy
Whether or not it was actually the case, there’s a palpable sense that the Cubs’ fruitless pursuit of Rōki Sasaki stagnated their other acquisition endeavors. And while Matt Festa and Colin Rea might argue otherwise, particularly if the resultant Michael Arias DFA in the latter case indicates what I think it might, perception and reality … The post Jed Hoyer Must Now Address Rema...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ working on it

Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs have a new old pitcher and a new old catcher and the same old game plan. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ t...2025
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• Another updated look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images The Cubs still have a lot of space under the luxury tax. Spend it, Jed. Now that the deadline for arbitration-eligible players to sign before hearings has passed and Kyle Tucker is the only such Cub unsigned for this year, I thought it would be a good idea to take another look at the 2025 team payroll, projected roster and luxury tax situation. As usual, T...2025
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• A very early look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s where the Cubs stand payroll-wise as the offseason begins. Coming up soon, I’m going to begin my usual “Cubs free agent target” series. In the meantime, it’s time for our usual look at the Cubs’ 2025 roster, payroll and luxury tax as they stand just a couple of days into the 2024-25 free agent season. Before we get to the Cubs numbers and analysis,...2024
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• Here’s the Cubs’ entire 40-man roster and what might happen with it this offseason

Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The team has many decisions to make. Last week, I posted this article about the 14 (!) players the Cubs have who are arbitration-eligible for 2025. In the poll attached to that article, 57 percent of you said the Cubs would non-tender at least seven of those players, with some commenting that it might be as many as nine. So I thought I’d e...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa stops Omaha, 6-5

Luis Vazquez | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Iowa powers past Omaha. Tennessee’s win streak ends. Myrtle Beach keeps reeling. It’s been confirmed that right-hander Hunter Bigge is being promoted to Chicago for his major-league debut. Bigge was a 12th-round pick out of Harvard in 2019. He didn’t join Iowa until June 4 this year as he missed the first two month of the seas...2024
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• Giants 7, Cubs 6: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m serious.

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Instead of having no words for this awful loss, I have words. A lot of words. Baseball, they say, is a marathon, not a sprint. That’s why it’s usually a bad idea to overreact to one great win, or one horrid loss. This time, though, I’m going to make an exception to that general rule. Because on a night when the Cubs got yet another solid outing from their...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard has 4 hits as South Bend blasts Quad Cities, 15-0

Ed Howard | GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK Some worrying news for a top Cubs prospect, but Iowa wins anyway. South Bend has a big night. Right-hander Michael Arias was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Tennessee. There’s some bad news about Cubs top pitching prospect Cade Horton tonight. But it’s the kind of news where you say “It could have been worse.” Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs ech...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Hadyn McGeary’s home run leads Smokies past Blue Wahoos, 6-5

Haydn McGeary | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Cade Horton looked like a top prospect and Haydn McGeary’s 9th inning home run won it for the Smokies. Right-hander Nick Dean was promoted to High-A South Bend from Myrtle Beach. In a corresponding move, left-hander Angel Hernandez was demoted down to Low-A Myrtle Beach from South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs edged past ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa pitching shuts down the Bats, 4-1

Riley Thompson | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Iowa pitchers come up strong. Tennessee and South Bend, not as much. Right-hander Chris Kachmar got sent back down to Tennessee after one game in Iowa. It’s looking like Kachmar is going to be on the Des Moines/Knoxville shuttle all year long, since this is the second time he’s gone from Tennessee to Iowa and back this season. Iowa Cub...2024
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• Get to know the Tennessee Smokies

Cade Horton | MATTIE NERETIN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Double-A affiliate is loaded with prospects to start 2024 The rest of the Cubs full-season farm teams start play on Friday, so it’s time to look at the Tennessee Smokies, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs since 2007. The Smokies are the defending Southern League champions, having claimed their first outright title since 1...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown comes around

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Ben Brown redeemed himself and the Cubs and Rockies brought out the kayfabe in one another late as the lead was contested. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and blogg...2024
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"The Cubs announced Monday that they’ve designated right-hander Michael Arias for assignment."

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"Here is the complete Cubs roster for the Spring Breakout game: Quite a number of these players have already made appearances in Cubs spring games, and of course a few (Michael Arias, Porter Hodge, Kevin Alcántara and Brennen Davis) are on the team’s 40-man roster."

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"Starter Michael Arias went four innings and gave up just one run on four hits."

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"Michael Arias started and pitched the first three innings without allowing a run."

• The state of the Cubs, just before Cubs Convention begins
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• Cubs Officially Add Colin Rea, DFA Michael Arias
We already covered this acquisition when the news first came out, but here’s the official media release: The Chicago Cubs today have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Colin Rea (RAY) on a one-year major league contract with a club option for 2026. To make room on the 40-man roster for Rea, right-handed pitcher Michael Arias … The post Cubs Officially Add Colin Rea, DFA Michael Arias ...2025
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• Another updated look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax
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• Cubs Designate Michael Arias For Assignment
The Cubs announced Monday that they’ve designated right-hander Michael Arias for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to fellow right-hander Colin Rea, whose previously reported one-year deal is now official. Arias, 23, was selected to Chicago’s 40-man roster in the 2023-24 offseason in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.…...2025
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• An updated look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Much has changed in only a few weeks. It was only about six weeks ago that I posted a “very early look” at the Cubs’ roster, payroll and luxury tax here. For anyone who thought, at that time, that President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer wasn’t going to do anything this winter, think again. Since that article appeared here Nov. 6, the Cubs have added the...2024
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• Juan Soto, an update on where the Cubs stand, and Winter Meetings open thread

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images A potpourri of things for you on Monday morning. Juan Soto has signed with the Mets. That, you already know, and you can read more reaction in this morning’s Outside The Confines. You knew he wasn’t coming to the Cubs, right? I think we all knew that, or should have. Here’s the only thing I have to say about that. The Cubs have made it pretty clear that ...2024
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• The state of the Cubs, just before Cubs Convention begins
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• Jed Hoyer Must Now Address Remaining Needs, Plus Thoughts on Potential Revamped Development Philosophy
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• Minor League Wrap: Happy Fourth of July

Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images Iowa storms back to beat Omaha. South Bend and Tennessee also win. The Iowa Cubs placed first baseman Matt Mervis on the 7-day injured list. It was reported that Mervis has a possible broken hamate bone. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs stormed past the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals), 5-4. Thomas Pannone went into the seventh inning and allowed two...2024
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• Giants 5, Cubs 4: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m still serious.

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports Yes. You have read this headline before. And you’ll probably read it again unless Jed Hoyer makes changes. I think I’ve seen this film beforeAnd I didn’t like the ending — Taylor Swift SAN FRANCISCO — It’s almost as if Craig Counsell is taunting the front office. “Look at these awful relievers you gave me,” Counsell appears to be saying to Jed Hoyer. “I’m go...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa scores 7 runs in 9th inning to beat Columbus 11-6

Owen Caissie | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK A late rally leads Iowa over Columbus. The Pelicans walk off on Columbia. South Bend gets balked off in Peoria. The Cubs today added right-hander Ethan Roberts to the 40-man roster and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa—where he was already pitching. The Cubs had a deadline of today to add Roberts to the 40-man or he could opt out. To ...2024
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• Cubs vs. Reds at Goodyear preview, Thursday 3/7, 7:05 CT

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports A second spring night game in three days! This & that... ICYMI, Caleb Kilian is likely out for several months with a shoulder injury In the same linked article: Nick Madrigal has another hamstring strain Ian Happ likely isn’t back until late March Some thoughts on Dominic Smith and his chances to make the Opening Day roster Here are today’s particulars. Cu...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospects countdown: 16 to 20

Jaxon Wiggins | Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images The countdown of the best Cubs prospects has two hard-throwing right-handers, a catcher, a slugging first baseman and a switch-hitting infielder. It is Day 2 in our countdown of the Top 25 Cubs prospects, according to me. There are some familiar names here today and maybe a few you are less familiar with. Clicking on the names of the playe...2024
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• 2023 Cubs prospect profiles: Porter Hodge

Porter Hodge | Lindsay Coward/Tennessee Smokies He’s #26 on the MLB prospect list, and presumably rising as the Cubs have protected him from the Rule 5 draft by giving him a spot on the 40-man roster. He pitched decently for the Southern League Champion Tennessee Smokies and has a big build and a live arm. This series of Cubs prospect profiles is based on Fangraphs’ top 52 prospects list, ...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ gamethreading words

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. I don’t have any printable commentary. This won’t do. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and t...2024
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• What can the Cubs do to fix the bullpen?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images It’s in bad shape. The Cubs bullpen is awful. This, we’ve known almost all year but even in the recent two wins over the White Sox, the pen gave up the lead late. Where can the Cubs get some relief help? Three members of the current pen are on the 15-day IL: Keegan Thompson, Colten Brewer and Yency Almonte. There’s no reported return date for any of the...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Pick a closer

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you which closer from a struggling team would be your first choice for the Cubs. It’s the end of another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us. Your name is on the guest list. Let us know if there is anything...2024
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at the beginning of the season. Let me stipulate something right now, before we get into the “Cubs should have signed Jordan Montgomery!” argument again. It’s clear that ownership has, at least for the time being, established a payroll level for the Cubs that will not go over the first level of luxury tax, which this year is $237...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: June 21, 2023
On a mission: Drake Logan went 2-for-3, with a walk and a double during the loss to the Pelicans. | Tiffany Wintz/South Side Sox At least there was an explosive first inning in the Arizona Complex League The weather in Charlotte did not cooperate, so the Knights were unable to play on Wednesday afternoon. This game will be made up on Friday. Wednesday’s game between Louisville & Charlot...2023
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• The Cubs roster for the Spring Breakout game features Matt Shaw and Owen Caissie

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images MLB released the rosters for this upcoming game. You have seen Owen Caissie and Matt Shaw in some Cubs Spring Training games, and both have impressed with their hitting. Caissie, in fact, is demolishing spring pitching — granted, in a small sample size. He’s tied for second among all MLB players in hits with 10 and overall is batting .500/.565/.800 with thre...2024
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• Pete Crow-Armstrong, Matt Shaw among 12 Cubs roster cuts

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The team reduced the spring roster. Friday, the Cubs announced the following roster cuts: Optioned to Triple-A: Ben Brown, Luis Vázquez, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brennen Davis. Optioned to Double-A: Michael Arias, Porter Hodge and Kevin Alcántara. Non-roster invitees reassigned to minor-league camp: Ethan Roberts, Riley Thompson, Pablo Aliendo, Matt Shaw a...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
Max Bain | Max Thoma/South Bend Cubs Myrtle Beach wins in a walkoff. South Bend just wins. The Cubs released right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick today. Outfielder Cristian More was promoted back to Myrtle Beach. He started this season with the Birds but was demoted to the complex league at the end of May. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were raided and boarded by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), ...2023
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• 2023 Cubs prospect profiles: Michael Arias

Michael Arias | Myrtle Beach Pelicans Michael Arias is going to be in the Pitch Lab for a bit. We have no idea what the finished product will be, but it will likely be electric. This series of Cubs prospect profiles is based on Fangraphs’ top 52 prospects list, minus the players who have already been profiled. Generally, these will be of Triple-A and Double-A players that might see the 40-...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Brennen Davis homers, but Iowa falls to Toledo 5-4

Brennen Davis | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Everyone loses today, but there were a few impressive performances anyway. Everyone lost again. The minor leagues are limping towards the finish line. Tomorrow is traditionally the final day of the minor league system, but instead it’s going to be a typical Monday with no games. Iowa has three weeks of games left, Tennessee ...2023
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• Yankees Acquire Michael Arias
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• Juan Soto, an update on where the Cubs stand, and Winter Meetings open thread
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies season ends with a 6-3 loss to Barons

Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Smokies season ends with a playoff loss. Iowa loses late in Rochester. It’s odd that we don’t have rosters for the Arizona Fall League yet, but we do now at least know which five teams will make up the roster of the Mesa Solar Sox. In addition to the Cubs and Athletics—both of whom are always a part of the Solar Sox—t...2024
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• Giants 5, Cubs 4: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m still serious.
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies rally to beat M-Braves, 5-4; keep playoff hopes alive

Haydn McGeary | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK The Smokies playoff hopes stay alive with a win. Iowa and Myrtle Beach win as well. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs topped Indianapolis (Pirates), 3-2. Riley Thompson started and got the win after pitching five innings and surrendering two runs, both unearned, on four hits. Thompson walked two and struck out three. Jorge López pit...2024
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