Tucker Barnhart rumors, news

Tucker Barnhart news, rumors

  • Nate Eaton, Austin Cox head list of Royals minor league free agents
    • Nate Eaton, Austin Cox head list of Royals minor league free agents
    Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Nate Eaton and Austin Cox headline a list of thirteen Royals minor leaguers who became free agents this week. Minor league free agency is available to any player with six years in the minors who is not on the 40-man roster. Eaton played 72 games for the Royals from 2022-23 as a utility player with good speed and a great arm, but he hit just .201/.266/.283 in...2024
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  • • 2024-25 MLB Free Agents
    The following players are currently eligible for free agency.  Each player’s 2025 age is in parentheses.  Generally, our cutoff for this list is 50 plate appearances or 20 innings pitched in the Majors in 2024. Updated 11-6-24 Catchers Tucker Barnhart (34) Curt Casali (36) Travis d’Arnaud (36) Elias Diaz (34) Yan Gomes (37) Yasmani Grandal…...2024
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  • Assessing Rays 2025 Catcher Targets
    • Assessing Rays 2025 Catcher Targets
    Catcher Danny Jansen, Boston Red Sox | Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images How will the Rays address this hole? The 2024 MLB season has reached its conclusion and the Rays have flipped their mindset into offseason mode. One of the top items on their wish list, it seems, is too improve upon the poor output they received from the catching position. Rays catchers posted a .562 OPS this seas...2024
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  • A few thoughts about Jed Hoyer, Craig Counsell and Cubs management
    • A few thoughts about Jed Hoyer, Craig Counsell and Cubs management
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs fell short of the postsason. How can they fix that? More than two years ago, I posted an article here headlined “The Cubs should fire Jed Hoyer.” Last June, I posted this followup on the topic. That’s just so you know I am no fan of the Cubs President of Baseball Operations. While he has done some good things in that position, overall I believe...2024
    Read about Jed Hoyer news
  • • 2024-25 MLB Free Agents
    The following players currently project to be eligible for free agency after the World Series ends.  Each player’s 2025 age is in parentheses. * denotes ineligible for a qualifying offer Updated 10-1-24 Catchers Austin Barnes (35) – $3.5MM club option Tucker Barnhart (34) Curt Casali (36) Travis d’Arnaud (36) – $8MM club option (no buyout)…...2024
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  • Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard drives in 3 as the I-Cubs beat Louisville, 6-4
    • Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard drives in 3 as the I-Cubs beat Louisville, 6-4
    Ed Howard | Dylan Heuer Ed Howard leads Iowa past Louisville. The Smokies fall to Birmingham. Outfielder Brennen Davis finally got called up to the major leagues, but only so the Cubs could put him on the 60-day injured list. The Cubs claimed right-hander Jimmy Herget off of waivers from the Braves and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs scorched the Louisville Bats (Re...2024

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Tucker Barnhart injury and suspension

  • • Nate Eaton, Austin Cox head list of Royals minor league free agents
    2024
    Read about Nate Eaton injuries
  • • Assessing Rays 2025 Catcher Targets
    2024
    Read about Red Sox injuries
  • • A few thoughts about Jed Hoyer, Craig Counsell and Cubs management
    2024
    Read about Jed Hoyer injuries
  • Minor League Wrap: Iowa beats Louisville, 5-3
    • Minor League Wrap: Iowa beats Louisville, 5-3
    Matt Shaw | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The I-Cubs win a matinee. The Smokies see their win streak end. So the crappy news is that Iowa outfielder Brennen Davis has a broken leg. It’s quite sad how many injuries the former Cubs’ top prospect has suffered throughout his career. So Davis goes on the injured list and infielder Reivaj Garcia joins Iowa from the Development Li...2024
  • Let’s talk about Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer...
    • Let’s talk about Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer...
    Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports ... and whether his time with the team should be up, or not. One year ago tomorrow, I posted an article provocatively headlined “The Cubs should fire Jed Hoyer.” Admittedly, some or maybe even most of that article was knee-jerk, based on things that were happening with the team at the time, a team that most of us hoped would contend, but entering play on ...2024
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  • • Diamondbacks Place Gabriel Moreno On 10-Day Injured List
    The Diamondbacks announced that catcher Gabriel Moreno has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a sprained left thumb.  Jose Herrera has been called up from Triple-A, and Herrera with team with Tucker Barnhart as Arizona’s catching combo until Moreno has recovered. Moreno’s injury took place in last night’s game, as the backstop’s…...2024
  • The Cubs’ defense is struggling
    • The Cubs’ defense is struggling
    Dansby Swanson fields a ground ball against Houston | Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images This is not how the front office built this team. The Cubs have a unique build that served them well last season and allowed them to overperform most projection systems considerably. The formula goes something like this: fewer starting pitchers with a lot of dominant swing and miss stuff, but excellent ...2024
  • Reflections on the cusp of the Cubs’ 2024 season
    • Reflections on the cusp of the Cubs’ 2024 season
    Photo by @WillByington / www.willbyington.com This year, I believe the Cubs will be playing October playoff baseball. Remember this? That was Joe Maddon in November 2014, at the freewheeling presser held to introduce him as Cubs manager. The Cubs had just come off three of the worst seasons in recent franchise memory, as Theo Epstein rebuilt the ballclub. They had lost 101, 96 and 89...2024
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  • 2023 Cubs final season grades
    • 2023 Cubs final season grades
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Some of these are pretty good. Others, not so much. In re-reading my midseason grades article, I noted this passage: Last year’s team went 39-31 after the break, a .557 winning percentage. If this year’s team can play to that percentage in the 73 remaining games, they’ll go 41-32. That would result in an 83-79 final record. I don’t claim to be prescient...2023
  • • Red Sox 8, Cubs 3: What is wrong with Kyle Hendricks?
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Baseballs were flying out of the yard Friday night at Wrigley Field. Over his first 53⅓ innings this year, after returning from a shoulder injury, Kyle Hendricks allowed just two home runs. Since then, in a total of 4⅔ innings — all of Friday’s game plus the last two hitters he faced at Yankee Stadium last Sunday — he’s served up six long balls. Now you...2023
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  • • Cubs 4, Pirates 0: Marcus Stroman keeps on rolling
    Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports And so do the Chicago Cubs, who have won nine of 11. LONDON — I have a confession to make. This game started at five minutes after midnight London time. I had an extremely busy day, between arrival, clearing Customs and spending part of the afternoon at Westminster Abbey — a must-see if you are ever in London. Thus I was beyond exhausted before this game e...2023
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  • • An unconventional Cubs Convention: Fans, friendship and love for a baseball team
    Danny Rockett A summary of happenings at the first Cubs Con in three years. I am a part of the greatest community in the world: I am a Cubs fan. Cubs fans can be from anywhere and can be anyone. You can be a part of any religion, race, or gender and the bond that ties us all together is a love of the Chicago Cubs. Whether you’re an autograph hound, a fantasy league stats nerd, gear head, o...2023
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "Tucker Barnhart doubled (where was that last year?"

  • 2023
    "Madrigal advanced to second on the throw to the plate, and that set up Miguel Amaya, batting for Tucker Barnhart, for his first MLB hit [VIDEO]."

  • 2022
    "News item: Sources: Cubs closing in on a deal with veteran catcher Tucker Barnhart."

  • 2021
    "The Tigers are nearing agreement to acquire catcher Tucker Barnhart from the Reds, reports Jon Heyman of the MLB Network (Twitter link)."

  • 2020
    "Alford suffered the injury during the third inning after crashing into the wall in pursuit of a Tucker Barnhart home run ball."

  • 2019
    "The Reds, too, have Tucker Barnhart as a catcher with MLB experience, though he’s signed through 2021 (plus a 2022 option) as part of a $16M extension."

  • 2018
    "Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart is a prime example of a good defensive player getting his due thanks to improved defensive metrics."

  • 2017
    "Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart has completed his evolution from reliable backup to injury replacement to elite backstop and Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner."

  • 2016
    "Tucker Barnhart delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Reds a wild 6-5 win over the Rockies on Wednesday and two of three games in the series."

  • 2015
    "The top of the ninth inning went without a Pirate getting hit, but Pittsburgh's Mark Melancon was thrown out of the game for drilling Cincinnati catcher Tucker Barnhart in the bottom of the ninth."

  • 2014
    "There are several other prospects who could figure into the Reds' plans for Opening Day, those being Tucker Barnhart, David Holmberg and Chad Rogers."

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Tucker Barnhart trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Nate Eaton, Austin Cox head list of Royals minor league free agents
    2024
  • • Assessing Rays 2025 Catcher Targets
    2024
  • • A few thoughts about Jed Hoyer, Craig Counsell and Cubs management
    2024
  • • 2024-25 MLB Free Agents
    2024
  • • Reds sign Tucker Barnhart to a minor league deal
    The Cincinnati Reds have signed catcher Tucker Barnhart to a minor league contract as they look to add to their depth at the position. The post Reds sign Tucker Barnhart to a minor league deal appeared first on Redleg Nation....2024
  • • Diamondbacks Release Tucker Barnhart
    The D-backs have released veteran catcher Tucker Barnhart following last week’s DFA, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. He’s now a free agent. Barnhart, 33, signed a minor league deal with the Snakes back in January. He’s technically in the second season of a two-year, $6.5MM contract signed with the Cubs in the 2022-23…...2024
  • • Let’s talk about Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer...
    2024
  • Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
    • Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves hit three homers, Chris Sale was good, and the bullpen gave no quarter once again After two bonkers comeback wins to take the series on Friday and Saturday, the Braves, perhaps unexpectedly, engaged in a perfectly normal baseball contest in which they also emerged victorious by a 5-2 score. They did normal things like hitting some homers, playi...2024
  • An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax
    • 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
  • • Diamondbacks Designate Peter Strzelecki For Assignment, Select Tucker Barnhart
    The Diamondbacks announced that they have selected the contract of catcher Tucker Barnhart, with right-hander Peter Strzelecki designated for assignment in a corresponding move. The Snakes came into spring with just two catchers on their 40-man roster in Gabriel Moreno and José Herrera. The latter was optioned over the weekend, pointing to Barnhart getting to…...2024

Tucker Barnhart stats and results

  • • The Cubs’ defense is struggling
    2024
  • • Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
    2024
    Read about Chris Sale stats
  • • 2023 Cubs final season grades
    2023
  • Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off
    • Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off
    Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports ... and, my friends, this was the game of the year. So far, anyway. As baseball fans, each and every one of us lives for moments like we had at Wrigley Field Wednesday evening, a game in which our team seems headed for an inevitable, crushing defeat and then in a matter of just a few seconds, we are all sent into indescribable joy. Or, as a friend of mine...2023
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  • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    Mike Tauchman rounds the bases after a home run against the Mets | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images A cautionary tale of handedness obsessions If you are reading Bleed Cubbie Blue you likely obsess about the Chicago Cubs. You are probably watching all of the games, reading Al’s game recaps, joining in on the game threads here and there, and, if you’re anything like me, waiting obsessiv...2023
    Read about Mike Tauchman stats
  • • Cubs 10, White Sox 7: What a comeback!
    Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs went into this series needing to win a pair to keep in contention and avoid being sellers, and they did it after being down five runs. The Cubs went down two runs in the first inning Wednesday night on the South Side, came back, then were down five going into the fifth inning. Things seemed bleak for the North Siders. But as ...2023
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  • • 2023 Cubs midseason grades
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Some things were good for the Cubs before the All-Star break. And some... were not. (If that sounds familiar, I wrote the same words in last year’s midseason grades article.) The Cubs stand seven games out of first place in the N.L. Central at the All-Star break. This still shapes up as a weak division that could be taken with fewer than 90 wins. One th...2023
  • • 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 53
    David Banks-USA TODAY Sports A win! An impressive one at that! Well, here in the Heroes and Goats department of Bleed Cubbie Blue, this was hands down the performance of the year. Long time followers of this series know that at the end of the year, I bring you a list of top 10 and a bottom 10 games by WPA. I track scores +/- .400. To date, there had been no scores over .400. I certainly w...2023
    Read about David Banks stats
  • • Mets 10, Cubs 1: Kyle Hendricks is a work in progress
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs still meatloafed their series against the Mets. The Cubs lost to the Mets 10-1 Thursday on another chilly evening at Wrigley Field, and I’m sure you’d rather hear less about that and more about how I viewed Kyle Hendricks’ first MLB start in nearly 11 months. Obviously the results weren’t what Kyle, or the Cubs, or you or me, would have wanted. N...2023
  • • Twins 11, Cubs 1: Next!
    Jordan Johnson-USA TODAY Sports Sometimes, you just have to move on from a bad loss. The reason I used a photo of Cubs batting helmets sitting upside-down in the dugout for the featured image of this recap is that those helmets might as well have just stayed there, for all the offense the Cubs had in their 11-1 loss to the Twins Saturday afternoon. It was the worst loss of the year for the...2023
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  • • A few thoughts about Jed Hoyer, Craig Counsell and Cubs management
    2024
    Read about Jed Hoyer
  • • Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
    2024
    Read about Chris Sale
  • • An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax
    2024
    Read about Jordan Montgomery
  • • Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off
    2023
    Read about White Sox
  • • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    2023
    Read about Mike Tauchman
  • • 2023 Cubs midseason grades
    2023
    Read about Michael Reaves
  • • Cubs 4, Marlins 2: Nick Madrigal saves the day
    David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The infielder’s key two-run single gave the Cubs an eighth-inning lead. As most of you know, I have been critical of Nick Madrigal on this site in the past. So today I will give him major props for his game-winning single in the Cubs’ eighth-inning rally. Madrigal’s two-run single with one out in the eighth gave the Cubs the lead and Miguel Amaya followed with ...2023
    Read about Nick Madrigal
  • • 2023 Cubs player profiles: Tucker Barnhart
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The eighth in a series of capsule biographies. Barnhart was brought in to help foster strong defense and good pitching, and he seems to have helped with both. He’s signed through 2024. Tucker Barnhart was signed as a Free Agent to help out with the catching, with the emphasis on defense. He’s theoretically a switch-hitter (though he’s gone back to lefty...2023
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  • • Cubs 3, Mariners 2: Nico Hoerner walks it off
    Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs blew a ninth-inning lead, but won in extras. In their first foray into extra innings in 2023, the Cubs got themselves in trouble in the top of the 10th, got out of it, then won quickly in the bottom of the inning on a line-drive single by Nico Hoerner, defeating the visiting Mariners 3-2. It was the team’s first walkoff win since August 20, 2022. ...2023
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  • • Cubs 8, White Sox 5: Soon, it’ll be for real
    Luis Vazquez plays in the Arizona Fall League in 2021 | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images A team of mostly Cubs minor leaguers defeated a team of mostly White Sox minor leaguers. You’ve probably heard a lot about ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence site that can write many different things. Since today’s game wasn’t too meaningful and was largely played by minor lea...2023
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Top Tucker Barnhart news

  • • Benches Clear in Pirates-Reds Game After Tempers Flare in Beanball War
    2015
  • • Reds' Barnhart wins first career Gold Glove
    2017
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  • • Barnhart's walk-off hit lifts Reds over Rockies
    2016
  • • Reds Manager Bryan Price Goes on Expletive-Filled Tirade Against Media
    2015
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  • • Barnhart leads Reds' late burst past Mets
    Hoping to salvage something from a four-game series at Citi Field, which Reds manager Bryan Price called a "house of horrors" for his team over the years, catcher Tucker Barnhart keyed Cincinnati's come-from-behind, 10-5 win over the Mets with a career-high five RBIs in the game's final two innings....2017
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  • • Cubs 4, Marlins 2: Nick Madrigal saves the day
    2023
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  • • Cubs 7, Yankees 4: A big-time comeback win
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs scored six unanswered runs to end the first half on a high note. Here is one way to show how much the Chicago Cubs have improved over the last year or so. In June 2022, the Cubs visited Yankee Stadium and got swept. They were outscored 28-5 and were embarrassed to the point where Frank Schwindel threw a 35 mile per hour pitch hit for a home run, t...2023
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  • • Wild game features Cubs pitchers in outfield
    Tuesday's game between the Cubs and Reds at Great American Ball Park got weird. By the 13th inning, both teams had used up their entire benches, with catchers Miguel Montero and Tucker Barnhart getting pinch-hit appearances. From there, the game featured three pitchers playing left field, a line-drive double play with the winning run in scoring position and the first grand slam in the 15th inning ...2016

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  • • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    2023
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  • • An unconventional Cubs Convention: Fans, friendship and love for a baseball team
    2023
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Tucker Barnhart schedule, game

  • • Nate Eaton, Austin Cox head list of Royals minor league free agents
    2024
    Read about Nate Eaton
  • • Assessing Rays 2025 Catcher Targets
    2024
    Read about Red Sox
  • • A few thoughts about Jed Hoyer, Craig Counsell and Cubs management
    2024
    Read about Jed Hoyer
  • • Minor League Wrap: Iowa beats Louisville, 5-3
    2024
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  • Cardinals 4, Cubs 3: Just not quite enough... again
    • Cardinals 4, Cubs 3: Just not quite enough... again
    Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images Didn’t we see this game on Saturday? In answer to the question posed above, no, this wasn’t quite the same game as Saturday’s — in that one, the Cubs blew two leads before a furious ninth-inning rally fell short. This time, two Paul Goldschmidt two-run homers off Javier Assad were enough to stave off another ninth-inning rally and the Cardinals took the seco...2024
    Read about Paul Goldschmidt
  • • The Cubs’ defense is struggling
    2024
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  • • Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
    2024
    Read about Chris Sale
  • Trompical Storm to make its first 2024 landfall in Atlanta in finale against Diamondbacks
    • Trompical Storm to make its first 2024 landfall in Atlanta in finale against Diamondbacks
    Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Other than that, it’s the same lineup Does anyone ever think in Sisyphean terms about us doing lineup posts for a team that really abhors changing its lineup? No? Just me? Anyway, Chadwick Tromp is starting at catcher today. Given that the other two times he’s started both came against lefties, this is the first time the Braves are...2024
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  • Chicago Cubs vs. Texas Rangers preview, Sunday 3/31, 1:35 CT
    • Chicago Cubs vs. Texas Rangers preview, Sunday 3/31, 1:35 CT
    Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Still going for win number one of 2024. Sunday notes... REASON FOR HOPE: The Cubs are 20-12 in the third games of previous seasons that followed an 0-2 start. They are 39-26 in all third games after a Game 2 loss. In all third games, they are 85-62-1, compared to 70-78-1 in second games, including last night’s loss. BEEN A WHILE: This is the 43rd seaso...2024
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  • • An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax
    2024
    Read about Jordan Montgomery

Tucker Barnhart rumors, scandals

  • • Red Sox 11, Cubs 5: Because baseball
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images That wasn’t how we envisioned the series finale. This one was going to go the Cubs’ way, right? With All-Star Justin Steele on the mound and an opposing pitcher who had been hit really hard (5.17 ERA, four home runs) in his last three starts, this game was... Well, nope, because baseball. Steele didn’t have it and got hit hard, and Kutter Crawford threw...2023
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  • • MLB’s pitch clock has shortened Cubs spring games by about half an hour
    Trey Mancini and the pitch clock | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The clock’s doing its job and I couldn’t be happier. If you’ve been watching Cubs games and they seem faster, you’re not imagining it. The first 10 Cubs games this spring have averaged two hours, 33 minutes, and that’s nearly 30 minutes faster than the average of the first 10 Cubs spring games over the previous five seas...2023
    Read about Trey Mancini rumors
  • • Cub Tracks stands in the hourglass
    Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Such are the days of our lives — we await developments. Welcome to today’s edition 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, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor...2022
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  • • Report: Reds interested in J.T. Realmuto
    Yet another suitor has emerged for J.T. Realmuto, as SiriusXM’s Craig Mish (Twitter link) reports that the Reds “have jumped into” talks for the Marlins catcher. It isn’t a new interest, however, as the Miami Herald’s Clark Spencer hears that Cincinnati has been interested in Realmuto “for a while.” Current Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart and outfield prospect Taylor Trammell have been mentioned as p...2018
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