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.

Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanMay 18, 2025

Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/18/25): PCA Leads Off, Bruján at 3B, Rea Trying to Banish Sunday Scaries

It’s Sunday and the Cubs have won the first two games of the series, which means they’re now facing a…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanMay 17, 2025

Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/17/25): PCA Leads Off, Bruján 3B, Boyd Bump Day

The Cubs hung a baker’s dozen on the pope’s beloved White Sox yesterday afternoon, hitting just one homer in spite…
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Evan AltmanMay 16, 2025

Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/16/25): PCA Leads Off, Ballesteros DH, Horton Making First Start

The Cubs open their first series against the White Sox on Friday afternoon at Wrigley, and they’ll do so with…
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Evan AltmanMay 16, 2025

Cubs Have Signed RHP Kenta Maeda to Minors Deal

As first reported by MLB.com’s Yuki Yamada, the Cubs have signed 37-year-old righty Kenta Maeda to a minor league deal…
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Evan AltmanMay 16, 2025

Quantifying Hope: Cubs Enter White Sox Series with 67% Postseason Odds

The Cubs haven’t been playing their best baseball over the last week and a half or so, dropping two of…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanMay 16, 2025

Matt Shaw’s Power Stroke Returning, Seiya Suzuki Much Better with RISP

Neither of these topics stood out as being particularly worthy of stand-alone posts, so I figured I’d put them together…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanMay 15, 2025

Impossible to Pinpoint Cause for Cubs’ Poor Results in Series Finales

I’ll go ahead and say right out of the gate that this will be both brief and inconclusive because I…
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Evan AltmanMay 14, 2025

Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/14/25): Swanson Leads Off, Turner 1B, Taillon Tossing

How much better does it feel heading into the final game of the series up 2-0 rather than tied 1-1,…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanMay 14, 2025

Stray Baseball Thoughts: HOF Bans Lifted, Turner Making Progress, Javy Catching Fire

I had a few different topics knocking around in what’s left of my brain, so I decided to conglomerate them…
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Game Day

Evan AltmanMay 13, 2025

Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/13/25): PCA Leads Off, Ballesteros DH, Lopez at 3B, Brown Starting

The Cubs cruised to an easy win last night against the Marlins, using a big inning to provide all their…
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