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.

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Evan AltmanNovember 6, 2025

Cubs Extend Qualifying Offer to Kyle Tucker

The Cubs have extended right fielder Kyle Tucker a qualifying offer, which is worth $22.025 million for 2026, and he…
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Evan AltmanNovember 6, 2025

Justin Turner Predictably Becomes Free Agent After Mutual Option Declined

Per an announcement from the MLB Players Association, Justin Turner was among a group of six players who became free…
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Evan AltmanNovember 6, 2025

Cubs, Colin Rea Agree to Restructured One-Year Deal

CI had heard a while back that Colin Rea’s return was likely, and we got confirmation of that this morning…
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Evan AltmanNovember 5, 2025

Cubs Expected to Maintain Budget Bullpen Strategy

I’m going to keep this one quick because it’s pretty self-explanatory. The Cubs have generally lacked the willingness to commit…
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Evan AltmanNovember 5, 2025

Shōta Imanaga’s Camp Pushing Notion That Hamstring Hampered Second Half

Shōta Imanaga‘s sweeper was his best pitch this past season, so it makes sense that his camp is putting some…
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Evan AltmanNovember 5, 2025

Nico Hoerner Should Only Get Better as He Enters Final Year of Extension

Nico Hoerner nearly won the NL batting title while posting a career-high 109 wRC+ and capturing his second Gold Glove…
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Evan AltmanNovember 4, 2025

Shōta Imanaga Becomes Free Agent After He, Cubs Decline Options

The relationship between Shōta Imanaga and the Cubs started off better than expected, but ended far more abruptly than anticipated.…
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Evan AltmanNovember 1, 2025

Cubs Lose Minor League Hitting Coach Rachel Folden to Mets

Maybe this is the Cubs’ penalty for stealing Pete Crow-Armstrong from the Mets four years ago. In a move no…
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Evan AltmanNovember 1, 2025

Disheartened Kris Bryant Not Considering Retirement Despite Persistent Back Pain

Kris Bryant was the best Cubs prospect since Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, and he more than made good on…
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Evan AltmanOctober 31, 2025

Trey Yesavage Could Change How Cubs, Other Orgs View Pitching Development

Rookie righty Trey Yesavage, the 20th overall pick in 2024 out of East Carolina, began this season in Low-A and…
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