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.

Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 31, 2024

Chicago Cubs Lineup (8/31/24): Busch Moved Down, Assad Starting on Herzday

This will be somewhat repetitive for anyone who read the recap, but I’ve been driving on E for a while…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 31, 2024

Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (8/30/24): Cubs 7, Nationals 6 – One Big Inning Is Enough…Barely

I’ll be honest folks, I totally forgot to get this out last night. Sean usually does the recaps and I’m…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 30, 2024

Chicago Cubs Lineup (8/30/24): Imanaga Starting

The Cubs head into this one winners of three straight and looking like an entirely different team capable of scoring…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 30, 2024

Guess Who’s 6th in WAR Over Last Month?

Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr. have pretty much lapped the pack to the point that they should just award…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 30, 2024

Jordan Wicks Scratched from Friday’s AAA Start, Could Rejoin Cubs Soon

According to Tommy Birch of the Des Moines Register, Jordan Wicks has been scratched from his Friday start for the…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanAugust 30, 2024

Quantifying Hope: Hot Streak Has Cubs Almost to 4% Postseason Odds

The Cubs have won three in a row and seven of their last 10, but their playoff odds have pretty…
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Evan AltmanAugust 29, 2024

Looks Like Drew Smyly’s Staying with Cubs After All, Adding Another Lefty Could Make Sense

Drew Smyly was placed on irrevocable waivers two days ago, which confused a lot of folks who were prematurely celebrating…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 29, 2024

Even Wild Comeback Can’t Cover Blemish of Kyle Hendricks’ Awful Start

All’s well that ends well, but even coming back from down 10-3 on Wednesday by scoring 11 runs in the…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 28, 2024

Chicago Cubs Lineup (8/28/24): Counsell Takes His Time, Hendricks Facing Skenes

You used to be able to count on lineups being posted right around 4 hours prior to gametime, even with…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 28, 2024

Motor Preference Could Be Next Big Thing in Sports Performance, Injury Prevention

No, this isn’t a matter of wanting a 2.7 liter V6 EcoBoost V6 instead of a 5.8 liter V8 Hemi.…
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