Cub Tracks’ shadow play

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WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. No artificial intelligences were deployed, employed, entranced, or embalmed in the commission of this missive (apparently I might be training some though). Cub Tracks eagerly awaits the advent of robotic umpires and has already amended the three laws. The going is weird. Cub Tracks turned pro a long time ago.

Cub Tracks. Where the great ones run away.

Travis d’Arnaud would seem unlikely to become a Cub. They’ll have to look elsewhere. Danny Jansen? Who knows, besides maybe Lamont Cranston. Muhuhu and hahaha. Maybe the keys to the 2025 season are in his girasol. Maybe we’re just chasing shadows.

In any event, we’re in the dark, awaiting developments.

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• Jeff Passan (ESPN+* {$}): Jeff Passan’s 2024-25 MLB offseason preview, intel, updates. “The top-heavy hitting class could dictate how the rest of the market operates.” Michael Cerami reacts. And reacts. North Side Baseball reacts as well. Evan Altman follows suit.
• Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): Where the Chicago Cubs fit in the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes. “Even if Sasaki hasn’t yet revealed his true preferences, the Cubs have to be considered as a serious option.”
• Jared Wyllys (Forbes* {$}): Chicago Cubs targeting pitching, but offense has to improve. “The problem is, unless they make a trade, the Cubs’ offense is pretty much set.”
• Andy Martinez (Marquee Sports Network*): State of the Cubs: Miguel Amaya and the Cubs catching situation in 2025. “… we analyze the Cubs depth chart at each position and how Jed Hoyer and the Cubs front office might address the team’s needs.”
• Alexander Patt (Cubbies Crib*): The next Chicago Cubs’ superstar may already be on their roster. “… it seems fair to say Suzuki is just floating on the outside looking into the arbitrary “star” threshold.”

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