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 AltmanNovember 29, 2022

Everyone Who Believes in Needle-Movers Only Can Exhale, Jeimer Candelario Has Signed with Nats

Maybe it’s the slow offseason, the Cubs’ recent mediocrity, or some combination of the two, but there’s been a strangely…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanNovember 28, 2022

José Abreu Reportedly Joining Astros on 3-Year Deal

One of the Cubs’ top targets, and one of the best hitters on the market outside of Aaron Judge, has…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanNovember 28, 2022

Strong Cubs Flavor on Contemporary Baseball Era HOF Committee Voting on Bonds, Clemens, Others

The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced its voting panel for the Contemporary Baseball Era ballot and there’s a very…
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Evan AltmanNovember 28, 2022

Higher Risk Tolerance on Pitching Side Could (Should?) Lead Cubs to Andrew Heaney

If your first response is to make some quip about how this is a perfect match because the Cubs love…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanNovember 26, 2022

New 40-Man Addition Ryan Jensen Has Shortened Arm Stroke Even Further After Big Mid-Season Change

You wouldn’t know it from the headlines these days, but the Cubs do actually have players in their organization already…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanNovember 25, 2022

Offense-Hungry Cubs Considering Former Met Michael Conforto

The Cubs didn’t score enough runs and didn’t have enough power in 2022, and that’s when they still had Willson…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanNovember 25, 2022

Cubs Connected to Jameson Taillon, Andrew Heaney in Recent Report

The only good thing about last year’s lockout was that it split and compressed negotiating windows, funneling a whole lot…
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Evan AltmanNovember 24, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving from Your CI Family

Baseball is pretty quiet every year at this time, which is great because it forces me to hit pause on…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanNovember 22, 2022

Cubs ‘Really Looking’ at Shortstops, Price for Carlos Correa Reportedly ‘Enormous’

This tends to be a really slow period for baseball news, what with Thanksgiving around the corner and all. Conversations…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanNovember 21, 2022

Cubs ‘Expected to Seriously Engage’ Nico Hoerner, Ian Happ in Extension Talks Soon

The Cubs haven’t established a great track record of extending their core players, leading them to rebuild the team primarily…
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