All of the Stuff

The Washington Wizards gave up on Jaden Hardy too soon, sending him to the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade for Deandre Ayton despite his untapped potential. [...]

Landing Deandre Ayton proves the Wizards' front office is a breath of fresh air compared to the previous regime. [...]

The Cubs are expected to select the contract of veteran reliever Drew Pomeranz, according to multiple reports, including from Bruce Levine of 670 The Score. The team optioned left-hander Jordan Wicks to the minors yesterday. Chicago has an opening on the 40-man roster, so no additional move will be needed. Pomeranz [...]

This move would make absolutely no sense for the Wizards. [...]

The Wizards have one main roster hole to address, and these 3 free agents could be ideal targets. [...]

The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts. This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined [...]

The Cubs sent relievers Christian Roa and Eduarniel Nuñez through outright waivers on Wednesday, according to the MLB.com transaction tracker. Both pitchers were designated for assignment a week ago. Roa, who has been outrighted multiple times in his career, declined the minor league assignment in favor of free agency. This is the first [...]

A baseball season has natural ebbs and flows, and the 2026 Cubs can be defined in some ways by how extreme the swings between good and bad have been. As they close out June and enter the month of July, the Cubs are riding a stretch of wins. The primary driver [...]

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So I think MLB/owners have made a few proposals since MLBPA made their initial offer, with the last one being super ludicrous. MLBPA to their credit have been like “whatever, bro” and I think they’ll wait a few to make their counteroffer as there haven’t been actual negotiations yet as [...]

Veteran righty Vince Velasquez elected free agency after being outrighted by the Cubs, according to the MLB.com transaction tracker. Chicago designated him for assignment on Sunday and quickly ran him through waivers. Velasquez has had a couple brief stints on the big league roster. He has made one long relief appearance in [...]

The Cubs quietly brought Drew Pomeranz back to the organization on a minor league deal late last week. The team never formally announced the signing, but Pomeranz suited up for the Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate in Iowa last night and tossed a scoreless inning with a walk and two strikeouts. Pomeranz had [...]

I don’t actually think the players have set up a counteroffer since the last time, feel free to correct me as it’s been a while and I don’t pay attention, but MLB has released their next proposal: Increase in minimum salary but it’s tiered by service time, at least it’s a [...]

The Cubs simply couldn’t afford to wait any longer. After adding both Edward Cabrera (hamstring/adductor) and Ben Brown (neck) to the 15-day injured list on Wednesday, the Cubs struck a late-night deal, bringing in left-handed pitcher David Peterson from the New York Mets. In return, Chicago sent infield prospect Cole [...]

Needed a new thread at some point anyway, but winning the first game of the doubleheader with a minimum of bullpen used helped a lot, and so did Dansby Swanson going nuts with the bat. Enjoy. [...]

Since May 23, Pete Crow-Armstrong has been the leadoff hitter in Craig Counsell’s lineup all but four times. In that same timeframe, Crow-Armstrong’s OPS has gone up by over 200 points, from .682 to .884. Through the first five games of this week’s homestand, Crow-Armstrong has homered four times. There’s [...]

When the Cubs were rolling in the first month of the season, they got plenty of runners on base and drove most of them in. When things hit the skids in May, they were still getting runners on, but the Cubs were stranding them in scoring position at a league-leading [...]

OK so we have seen MLBPA throw out a proposal and MLB submitting a counteroffer (that I would say is not ideal by any means if I’m being nice), now we have a new wrinkle that doesn’t actually have to do with the salary cap: No more eligibility for high school [...]

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Craig Counsell’s Cubs entered the season as favorites to win the National League Central, and after a month and a half, they had only confirmed those preseason expectations. A pair of ten-game winning streaks before the first week of May will do that. Blame what you will for what’s happened [...]