Locked On Cubs - Daily Podcast On The Chicago Cubs

Jared comes on the show to talk about the labor battle ensuing between the MLB Owner's and the Player's Union as both sides refuse to meet the other's demands. Later, we dive into this 2020 Cubs team as Jared shares his thoughts on David Ross the manager, whether Yu Darvish can continue to dominate, and if Ian Happ can take the next steps in his development.

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The Player’s Union has rejected the MLB Owner’s recent proposal of a 76-game schedule in which the players would receive 75 percent of their prorated salaries for the regular season if the playoffs are completed and 50 percent if the postseason is canceled. And then baseball twitter started to math each to death, we’ll go over the similarities between the MLB’s three proposals in the 1st segment. And then in the second segment we have a clip from the LO MLB draft preview on who the Cubs 16th pick could be in Wednesday’s MLB Draft.

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The Players and Owners are still bickering as the League has rejected the player’s 114 game proposal, Tom Ricketts tells ESPN that losses across the league are biblical, and the city of Chicago and our nation are hurting from this past week’s reaction to the death of George Floyd and the resulting protests. It’s been a rough week, but a necessary one.

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We were lucky enough to talk with Len Kasper, the Cubs TV broadcaster, as we chat with Len about what the 2020 season may look like for him in the broadcast booth, how the current labor discussions could a preview to the 2021 CBA negotiations, and how a shortened season could actually benefit the Cubs.

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The MLB has presented a financial proposal for the 2020 season, and not surprisingly, the players already hate it. We’ll go over how the MLB’s new proposal in the 1st segment and then talk about the Athletic’s article on David Ross and his leadership being essential to the Cubs this season. 

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We are joined by Nick Shepkowski, he’s the executive producer of the McNeil and Parkins show on 670 The Score, Host Notre Dame pregame @radiodotcom. Managing editor for Fighting Irish Wire part of the USA Today CFB Wire Network and of course, a die-hard Cubs fan. We talk about becoming a Dad, what his biggest issue with the MLB 2020 season proposal is, and where he was when Michael Barrett sucker-punched AJ Pierzynski in the face.

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The MLB and Players Union have yet to come to an agreement, but there is plenty to discuss as the MLB has proposed a 67-page document on the medical and safety procedures protocols. We bring on Ryan Davis to help breakdown how difficult of a task bringing baseball back is becoming. 

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Tony Andracki of Marquee Sports joins the podcast to talk about what a potential 2020 season could look like, what impact this season may have for extension talks for Javier Baez, and he talks about a few of the upcoming Marquee Network mystery games of the week.

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The MLB has sent it’s proposal for the 2020 season, which includes a June 10th start date, the DH, and a realignment of the division and playoffs. We’ll take a look at the proposal and point out some potential sticking points for the MLBPA in the 1st segment and then touch on a few Cubs centric news bullets to wrap up the show in the 2nd segment.

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Cubs 2019 Minor League Player of the Year, outfielder Brennen Davis, joins the show to talk about his breakout 2019 season, what his works and life in general have been since the outbreak of COVID-19 shutdown the MLB season, and how's managing to prepare himself for the 2020 season - should baseball return this season.

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