Bleed Cubbie Blue Nov 20, 2023
Cubs trade target: Corbin Burnes
Photo by Stacy Revere/ Could the Milwaukee righthander come to Chicago? This is not an article I likely would have written before Craig Counsell was named manager of the Cubs. Beyond getting perhaps the best manager in baseball, Counsell leaving Milwaukee could, potentially, have the Brewers thinking about re-tooling, especially with Brandon Woodruff likely out for the 2024 season. Milwaukee’s biggest strength in 2023 was their pitching, and without Woodruff and Counsell, perhaps they’d be willing to trade off Corbin Burnes and reset and try to contend a couple of...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Nov 18, 2023
Cub Tracks’ inaction in action
Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Random Cubs game shot; nothing in the FA or trade market yet. 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 A.I. today. No need for tinfoil haberdashery. Just plain folks talking about baseball. I don’t believe for a second that Corbin Burnes will be a Cub....
