Locked On Cubs - Daily Podcast On The Chicago Cubs

The Cubs are close to filling out their staff while Theo Epstein is telling everyone to take the rumors with a massive serving of salt, we’ll go over all the latest news to come out of the GM meetings and more in today’s show.

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With the GM Meetings happening this week, the hot stove rumors have started to pick up steam with Willson Contreras and Kris Bryant both being included in trade talks this past weekend. We’ll go over the latest rumors in the 1st segment and then touch on the new additions to David Ross’ coaching staff and a few Cubs bullets in the 2nd segment.

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Sean sits down with Tony Andracki to get his thoughts on the David Ross, the Cubs off-season direction, Theo Epstein's comments on ESPN 1000 last week, the Luxury Tax, and some players Tony believes the Cubs should target this winter.

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With Yu Darvish and Jose Quintana officially becoming Cubs for 2020, we’ll breakdown the starting group from last season and the outlook for the group next season. And in the 2nd segment, we’ve got some Cubs news bullets and comments from Theo Epstein after spending 30 minutes with Dave Kaplan on ESPN 1000 last week.

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With the Cubs picking David Ross as their next skipper, what comes next? Tom Ricketts spoke today on 670 the score and ESPN 1000 Tuesday morning, so Sean goes through his comments and decode what we think the Cubs’ plan is for improvement in 2020. In the second segment, Sean will highlight the important dates to circle on your calendar and what the first decisions will be for the Cubs with the league year ending Wednesday night.

Bleacher Nation article for 2019/2020 offseason dates

Cubs Insider breakdown of Ricketts' comments from earlier (including link to interview with 670 The Score)

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The Cubs officially announced David Ross as their 55th manager in team history, agreeing to a three-year deal last week. Sean Sears goes through the press conference with Ross, Theo Epstein, and Jed Hoyer meeting the media for 30 minutes on Monday. In the second half, we’ll talk about what lies ahead for the Cubs now that they have their manager for the 2020 season.

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Cubs have started the interview process for a new manager, we’ll go over the latest candidates and who I think has the edge in and hit on a few Cubs bullets in the 1st segment. And then in the 2nd segment, we’ll talk about the Cubs bullpen as the first of our position breakdowns that will start today! 

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Cubs are still identifying manager candidates, but there has been more talk about players who could be moved - including Kris Bryant. We’ll talk about the latest rumors involving the Cubs and a few other bullets on this Thursday episode of Locked on Cubs.

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Theo Epstein spoke to the media for 81 minutes Monday outlining what should be an active off-season for the Cubs. We’ll go through Theo’s main talking points in the 1st segment and touch on some news and Cubs bullets in the 2nd segment. 

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The Cubs 2019 season officially came to an end on Sunday, and with it so did Joe Maddon’s time in Chicago as he and Theo Epstein announced prior to Sunday’s game that both sides had agreed to go their separate ways. We’ll touch on the weekend and Cubs moving on from Maddon in the 1st segment, then talk potential manager candidates and a few bullets in the 2nd segment.

Cubs Managerial Candidates: https://fansided.com/2019/09/28/five-potential-candidates-to-replace-joe-maddon/2/

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