Ryan Thomure

Ryan is an occupational therapist who lives less than a mile from Wrigley Field with his husband and their pets. He began writing about the Cubs in 2018 and joined Cubs Insider in early 2019. Ryan has been a Cubs fan since he was in middle school and has had his day-to-day emotions tied up in the team in a way that’s not quite healthy ever since.

Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Ryan ThomureOctober 10, 2020

Which Version of Javier Báez Should We Expect Following Disastrous 2020?

The lack of Cubs baseball has given me a lot of time to reflect on the season and I’ve come…
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Ryan ThomureSeptember 22, 2020

Tuesday Trends: Resurgent Jon Lester, Surging Kyle Hendricks, Division Crown in Reach

Time sure flies, huh? It’s been an interesting year for a column focused exclusively on individual performances. While the club…
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Ryan ThomureSeptember 15, 2020

Tuesday Trends: Everything’s Coming Up Mills, Bullpen Booming, Happ Slumping

A good week can go a long way toward turning a narrative on its head. This is true in any…
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Ryan ThomureSeptember 8, 2020

Tuesday Trends: Rotation in Sudden Disarray, Contreras Surging

You know the drill by now, so we’ll dispense with the preliminaries and get right into it… Trending up Willson…
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Ryan ThomureSeptember 8, 2020

Consistent Hard Contact Offers Optimism for Willson Contreras Rebound

The Cubs have not gotten the kind of production they expected from Javier Báez, Kris Bryant, and others anchoring the…
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Ryan ThomureSeptember 1, 2020

Tuesday Trends: Surging Outfielders, Slumping Stars Highlight Another Middling Week

It’s hard not to feel a little down on the Cubs these days, right? While they’re still in first place,…
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Ryan ThomureAugust 25, 2020

Tuesday Trends: Eating Fried Chicken Until Death, Contact Woes, Puzzling IL Usage

One of the interesting things about this pandemic-shortened season which has necessitated the Cubs playing only the National League and…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Ryan ThomureAugust 18, 2020

Tuesday Trends: Shades of Normalcy for Craig Kimbrel, Struggling Sluggers, Taste of Adversity

Well, that escalated quickly. The Cubs tried as hard as they could in the last four days to erase the…
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Ryan ThomureAugust 10, 2020

Tyler Chatwood’s Disastrous Outing in KC No Cause for Concern

Tyler Chatwood wasn’t very good in the Cubs’ series finale in Kansas City last Thursday, which feels like it was…
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Ryan ThomureAugust 4, 2020

Tuesday Trends: Superb Starting Pitching, Powerful Offense Define Opening Portion of Cubs’ Season

Can you believe the Cubs are one-sixth of the way through this season already? The first 10 games are hardly…
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