Locked On Cubs - Daily Podcast On The Chicago Cubs

The Locked On NL Central hosts trio of Lucas Smith (Locked On Cardinals), Jeff Carr (Locked On Reds), and Sean Sears got together to discuss the 2020 season, preview what each NL Central teams offseason may look like, and dive into a NL Cy-Young conversation between Trevor Bauer and Yu Darvish in part one of this two-part podcast.

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Lucas Smith - @Ljfastball, @LO_cardinals 

Jeff Carr - @Jeffcarr @LockedOnReds 

Ethan Smith - @mvp_EtHaN, @lockedonpirates

Ben Larson - @cheeseheadtalks, @lockedonbrewers

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Ryan and Sean take a look at the Cubs free agent options this offseason, talk through who could be possible trade targets for the Cubs, and which players the Cubs could attempt to move with 2021 expected to finally bring change to the Cubs roster.

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Theo Epstein had his end of the season press conference recapping the 2020 Cubs season, we’ll go through some of the key points in the 1st segment and then try to figure out the Cubs projected offseason plans in the 2nd segment. Plus, Jon Lester could still return despite his buyout and Tom Ricketts expects Epstein to stick around through 2021.

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Ryan Davis joins Sean as the two go through the 2020 season no more time, plus David Kaplan of NBC Sports Chicago reported this weekend that Theo Epstein could look to leave the Cubs a year earlier than expected. We get Ryan's thoughts on the Epstein news plus we get his thoughts on what the Cubs options may be heading into an offseason full of questions.

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The Cubs are swept by the Marlins, losing Friday’s game 2-0 despite Yu Darvish’s excellent outing, the Cubs failed to score a single run in game 2 and their season is over. So what comes next? We’ll recap the tough season-ending loss in the 1st segment and then preview what’s to come for the Cubs as they enter into the offseason - should we expect change finally with this roster?

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The Cubs lose Game 1 of the Wild Card Series as the Marlins score 5 runs in the 7th to take a 5-1 win from Kyle Hendricks and the Cubs Wednesday afternoon. We’ll recap the Game 1 loss in the 1st segment and then preview Thursday’s Game 2 matchup featuring Yu Darvish and Sixto Sanchez on the mound.

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Plenty to talk about on today's episode as Ryan and Sean preview the Cubs Wild Card 1st round match-up against the Miami Marlins. Ryan shares his players to keep an eye on in this series for the Marlins, we work through the Cubs potential Game 1 and 2 starters, touch on the Brailyn Marquez debut, and of course we talk about Kris Bryant's quotes after Saturday night's game with the White Sox.

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We are joined by Ryan Davis who helps work through David Ross' decision to bench Kyle Schwarber, as the results on Monday from Schwarber were promising. We also discuss Jon Lester's strong outing and if Ryan would trust him to be the Cubs Game 3 starter in a postseason series, plus we talk about the Kris Bryant injury and whether David Bote is really a downgrade from Bryant this season.

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The Cubs drop two of three against the Twins after the offense fails to score more than three runs in the three-game set. We’ll recap the rough weekend series in the 1st segment and then preview the Pirates series starting Monday in the 2nd segment, plus more on David Ross’ decision to bench Kyle Schwarber in the 3rd inning of Sunday’s game and a few injury updates for the bullpen.

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The Cubs kick-off their weekend series with the Twins this Friday, so we bring on Ryan Davis to preview what should be good litmus test for the Cubs against a potential playoff team in the Twins. Plus, we take a look at the Cubs rotation alignment for the postseason and who they could be facing in the 1st round of this year’s Fall Classic.

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