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 AltmanAugust 2, 2024

Chicago Cubs Lineup (8/2/24): Happ Leads Off, Bellinger DH, Assad Starting

The Cubs debuted their new Motorola sleeve patches yesterday, but not every player is sporting them in the same place.…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 2, 2024

Quantifying Hope: Cubs Improve to Nearly 6% Playoff Odds Following Improbable Win

The Cubs still face very long odds when it comes to reaching the postseason, but they’ve overcome longer in the…
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Chicago Cubs News

Evan AltmanAugust 1, 2024

Adbert Alzolay to Undergo Undisclosed Arm Surgery

As first reported by Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic, reliever Adbert Alzolay will be having surgery on his right arm…
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Evan AltmanAugust 1, 2024

Chicago Cubs Lineup (8/1/24): Happ Leads Off, Paredes Makes Cubs Home Debut, Imanaga Starting

The Cubs open the month of August with a new look, and I don’t mean Isaac Paredes. This will be…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Evan AltmanAugust 1, 2024

Caleb Kilian Activated from IL, Tomás Nido Down Several Weeks After Knee Surgery

The Cubs announced Wednesday that Caleb Kilian has been activated from the 60-day IL and optioned to Triple-A Iowa, where…
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Evan AltmanAugust 1, 2024

Cubs Announce Multiyear Jersey Patch Deal with Motorola

We’ve known this was coming for quite some time, but it’s still a little shocking to see it come to…
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Evan AltmanJuly 30, 2024

Cubs Recall Ethan Roberts, Add Isaac Paredes, Option Miles Mastrobuoni

Wow, what a disappointing trade deadline. Rather than lament all the Cubs didn’t do, I’ll just turn it over to…
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Evan AltmanJuly 30, 2024

Chicago Cubs Lineup (7/30/24): Happ Leads Off, Bellinger DH, Parades at 3B, Steele Starting Deadline Day

Craig Counsell actually got his lineup out prior to the trade deadline, which is honestly a little surprising to me.…
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Evan AltmanJuly 30, 2024

Cubs Trade Mark Leiter Jr to Yankees for Two Prospects

As expected, the Cubs have parted ways with righty reliever Mark Leiter Jr. As first reported by Rob Zamparelli and…
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Evan AltmanJuly 30, 2024

Cubs’ Dark Comedic Timing Remains Spectacularly Good

Despite success from a few individuals or groups, namely starting pitchers, the Cubs haven’t managed to find prolonged competence as…
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