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The Cubs Convention is ON, and BCB’s own Sara Sanchez will be providing on-the-spot analysis. Some of you have the live feed from Marquee.
I’ll relay anything of note here. Enjoy.
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- Michael Cerami (Bleacher Nation*): More confirmation on the Cubs’ Free Agent plans the rest of the way. “Today, Jesse Rogers jumped on ESPN 1000 to add a little color to that news…”
- Josh Goldberg (The Score*): Cubs’ Hoyer expects more moves: ‘We’re not done’. “Yeah, there’s definitely more additions on the way before we get there,” Hoyer said.
- Evan Altman (Cubs Insider*): Cubs sign pair of Top-15 International Free Agents in 2025 class. “It should come as no surprise that both are listed as shortstops.” MLB.com has more.
- Evan Altman (Cubs Insider*): Nico Hoerner remains highly underrated. “… because he isn’t super flashy, he flies under the radar and gives rise to the belief that the Cubs could simply replace his production with a rookie.”
- Tony Andracki (Marquee Sports Network*): Cubs announce Sammy Sosa, Derrek Lee as 2025 Hall of Fame class. “… Tom Ricketts announced Friday…”
- Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): Jed Hoyer confirms that the Cubs regretted non-tendering Kyle Schwarber. “Maybe the budget forced their hand, but it was a mistake.”
- CBS News*: Fans flock to annual Cubs Convention as Sammy Sosa set to return. [VIDEO].
- Andy Dahn (Audacy*):A very important person in my life’: Voice of the Cubs remembers ‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker. “Hughes said he’ll always remember Uecker’s gift of humor, something he feels the game of baseball will forever miss.”
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