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This is another of those where it’s just much easier to share the media release. Information on the managers for each affiliate is immediately below, with a copy of the organization’s PDF release showing the full staffs following at the end. One quick note I’ll add is that CI had Rachel Folden ascending to the role of Triple-A Iowa hitting coach back in January. The Chicago … [Read more...] about Cubs Announce 2025 Minor League Coaching Staffs

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Many of you wanted this. And now, you have it. There had been rumors flying for a couple of weeks that the Cubs were interested in signing free agent infielder Justin Turner. Now, per Patrick Mooney of The Athletic, they are about to do so: The Chicago Cubs are close to an agreement with Justin Turner, a source briefed on the … [Read more...] about The Cubs are signing Justin Turner

The Tokyo Dome in 2019 | Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports Here’s when and how you can watch the games from Japan. You’ll have to get up quite early in the morning, but you can watch the Tokyo Series between the Cubs and Dodgers, March 18 and 19, live from Japan. Fox Sports announced their coverage plans Tuesday morning: See you in Tokyo @FOXSports will air the 2025 … [Read more...] about The Tokyo Series between the Cubs and Dodgers will be televised by Fox Sports

Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Plus, a bonus question! Here are the demographic surveys I promised you in yesterday’s survey article but... well, I had intended to do that, but never finished up. Thus, you get a full separate article! The last one of these on this site was a bit more than a year ago, and I’m posing basically the same … [Read more...] about Demographic surveys: Who and where are BCB readers?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images PCA is the subject of today’s profile. He can mean everything to the team, if he’s going in the right direction. Pete Crow-Armstrong will turn 23 on March 25. He’ll be starting his second year in the bigs, where he most assuredly belongs. He came to the Cubs in the Javier Baez trade, and I bet you dollars to donuts that … [Read more...] about 2025 Cubs player profiles: Pete Crow-Armstrong