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2025 Cubs MLB First-Year Player Draft Ticker Tracker
12/1 UPDATE: The Cubs signed NDFA RHP Sam Mettert (St. John's University) to a minor league contract. 7/25 UPDATE : The Cubs signed NDFA RHP Braylon Myers (U. of Alabama) and INF Jose Silva (International Baseball Academy - Fajardo, PR / MLB Draft League) to minor league contracts. (Silva will be assigned to the Cubs Catcher Conversion Program in Mesa). Silva played for Frederick in the MLB Draft League prior to signing with C...
8 days ago
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Post-2025 MLB Off-Season Will Begin on Sunday 11/2
11/25 UPDATE: The Cubs signed free-agent RHRP Phil Maton to a two year $14.5M contract ($7.25M AAV) plus a third year $7.25M club option or a $250K buy-out. $250K in annual performance bonuses are also included in the deal. The Cubs now have 31 players on their MLB Reserve List (40-man roster), so nine slots are open. As is the case with all Article XX-B MLB free-agents who sign after 23:59 on the 5th day after the final game o...
15 days ago
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Oh Yes, It's the Great Pre-Tender!
11/21 UPDATE : All unsigned players on the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) except RHP Eli Morgan and C Reese McGuire were tendered 2026 MLB contracts. So Morgan and McGuire are now free-agents, free to sign an MLB or minor league contract with any club (including the Cubs). 11/19 ORIGINAL POST : The Friday prior to Thanksgiving is MLB Contract Tender Day (November 21st in 2025). NOTE : Prior to 2022, the MLB contract tender date wa...
18 days ago
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2025 MLB Rule 5 Draft Primer / Preview
11/18 UPDATE : The Cubs selected the contacts of LHP Riley Martin, INF Pedro Ramirez, and INF James Triantos Jr to the MLB Reserve List (40-man roster). All three will have Draft-Excluded status until 20 days prior to 2026 MLB Opening Day. Also, the Cubs signed free-agent INF-OF Scott Kingery (ex-LAA post-2025 Article XX-D FA) and free-agent RHP Jace Beck (ex-NYM post-2025 minor league 6YFA) to 2026 minor league contracts, and they will be ...
21 days ago
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Cubs 2025 International Free-Agent Class
IFA SIGNED BY CUBS IN 2025 ISP : last updated 11-10-2025 * bats or throws left # bats both SIGNED 11/10 : * Juan de Jesus , OF (age 17 - 6'3 175) - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC # Dylan Guzman , SS (age 17 - 5'11 159) - VENEZUELA Luis Palencia , 2B (age 17 - 5'8 150) - VENEZUELA # Sergio Patino , C (age 17 - 5'10 168) - VENEZUELA SIGNED 10/31 : Jose Gonzalez , P (age 17 - 5'11 172) - MEXICO SIGNED 8/25 : * Lazaro...
29 days ago
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Cubs 2025 Rule 5 Draft & Minor League Free-Agent Watch List
11/6 UPDATE : 26 Cubs MLB Rule 9 minor league 6YFA have been declared free-agents (pitchers Yency Almonte, Tom Cosgrove, Brad Deppermann, Austin Gomber, Chris Kachmar, Caleb Kilian, Zach Pop, A. J. Puckett, Tommy Romero, Joe Ross, Antonio Santos, and Mitchell Tyranski, catchers Pablo Aliendo, Ethan Hearn, Caleb Knight, Miguel Pabon, and Carlos Perez, infielders Reivaj Garcia, Corey Joyce, Nicky Lopez, Dixon Machado, Rafael Mo...
about 1 month ago
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National League Division Series: Game Five Thread
The Cubs put together a solid game four win, shutting out the Brewers to knot the series up at 2-2. They travel North to Milwaukee to finish things up, with this NLDS going to a full five games. Both teams are opting to use an opener. The Cubs are tapping lefty Drew Pomeranz and the Brewers are going with righty Trevor Megill. The Cubs should have both Shota Imanage and Colin Rea available on regular rest. The Brewers will have Misiorowski, ...
about 2 months ago
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National League Division Series: Game 4 Thread
The Cubs held onto an early lead to take game three and stave of elimination. The bullpen provided five innings and allowed one earned run in that win, with basically all the high leverage relievers seeing work. The Cubs are expected to send Matthew Boyd to the mound for game 4, which begins at 8:08 pm central time at Wrigley. Freddy Peralta could start on regular rest for the Brewers, which would set up a rematch of game one of the series. &nb...
2 months ago
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National League Division Series: Game 3 Thread
Down two games to none, the Cubs face a possible elimination game at Wrigley. The game is scheduled for 4:08 central with Jameson Taillon starting for the Cubs and Quinn Priester starting for the Brewers. Join us in the comments below.
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Wed, 10/08/2025 - 09:28 am
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2 months ago
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National League Division Series: Game 2 Thread
Well, game one is over and Matthew Boyd did not throw very many pitches. Moving along, game two of the NLDS begins at 8:08 pm central time on Monday, October 6. The Brewers will send Aaron Ashby to the mound to open things up. The lefty pitched an inning and a third in game one of the series and held the Cubs hitless while striking out one. Shota Imanaga will be the first Cub to take the mound in game two. He pitched in the loss to...
2 months ago
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National League Division Series: Game 1 Thread
The Cubs avoided a ninth inning disaster to hold onto their lead in game three of the Wild Card Series. They'll advance to an NLDS against the Brewers. The best-of-five series begins in Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon. Matthew Boyd gets the first start for the Cubs. He kicked things off in the Wild Card Series with 4.1 innings pitched, allowing one earned run on four hits and a walk. He'll be going on short rest but only threw 58 pitches...
2 months ago
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NL Wild Card Series: Game 3 Thread
The Cubs fell behind the Padres 3-0 in Game 2 and could not overcome the dominant Padres bullpen, which put up 5.1 innings of one-hit pitching. That evened the series at 1-1 and forces a deciding game three. The Cubs will send Jameson Taillon out to start things on the mound. Taillon had a solid 2025 with a stronger first half and some uneveness in the second half. He pitched 6.0 against St. Louis in his last start, striking out eight, walking two, ...
2 months ago
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2025 Arizona Fall League Preview / Primer
10/1 UPDATE : C Logan Poteet has been added to the Mesa Solar Sox Taxi Squad. 9/10 UPDATE : RHP Koen Moreno has been added to the Mesa Solar Sox roster as the Cubs 5th pitcher, and RHP Thomas Mangus has replaced LHP Christopher Gordon on the MSS roster. Also, Nick Lovullo (South Bend manager) has been assigned to the Solar Sox as the team's bench coach. ORIGINAL POST 9/4 : ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE (AFL) : The Arizona Fall Le...
2 months ago
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2025 NL Wild Card Series: Game 2 Thread
With the Cubs down 1-0 in the top of the fifth, Craig Counsell pulled Matthew Boyd from game one of the NL Wild Card Series. Boyd had only thrown 58 pitches and allowed a single run, but the Cubs had escaped situations with runners on third with some good fortune and good defense. A pair of defensive saves by Dansby Swanson kept the Cubs trailing by just one run. The top of the Padres lineup came around and Counsell called in Daniel Palencia. He allow...
2 months ago
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Projected Post-2025 MLB "Super Two" Players
An unsigned player on an MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) who has accrued at least three but less than six years of MLB Service Time is automatically eligible for salary arbitration. Also, any unsigned player on an MLB 40-man roster who has accrued at least two years but less than three years of MLB Service Time and who accrued at least 86 days of MLB Service Time during the previous season can qualify for salary arbitration as a so-called "Super ...
2 months ago
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