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New York Times
30-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Ask anyone what Ryne Sandberg meant to the Cubs and Chicago
CHICAGO — 'What did Ryno mean to you?' Late Tuesday afternoon, 670 The Score host Laurence Holmes began his show's interview of Cubs legend Andre Dawson with that simple question about the late, great Ryne Sandberg. Dawson went quiet. He said he needed a minute to collect himself, and his silence spoke volumes. It was raw, uncomfortable radio. Advertisement 'Ryno was everything to me,' Dawson said. 'You're talking about, right there at the top, one of my all-time favorite teammates. You know, he was like a brother.' 'What did Ryno mean to you?' It was the same question I asked a 66-year-old Cubs fan named Jim Rodgers, who was standing by Sandberg's statue outside of Wrigley Field earlier in the day. 'He meant everything,' said Rodgers, who drove down from suburban Round Lake because he hadn't seen the statue in person since it was unveiled last summer. 'MVP in '84, how many gold gloves he had, he was one of the best.' Dawson knew Sandberg intimately. Rodgers watched him on TV. Sandberg, who passed away from prostate cancer on Monday, was different things to different people. To Cubs fans, he was a legend. That's why they took pictures of the statue on Tuesday. That's why they dropped off flowers and hats and jerseys. That's why they've named their dogs and kids Ryne or Ryno over the last 40 years. To those who really knew Sandberg, he was a husband, a father, a teammate, a friend, a mentor, and yes, he was a hero to them too. But to those who knew him and to those who just worshipped him, it seems like Sandberg meant about the same. That is to say, everything. For Ned Colletti, who would go on to a storybook career in baseball, Sandberg was his first up-close look at a baseball legend. A few years after they both started working for the Cubs — Colletti in the media relations department and Sandberg in the middle infield — Colletti was sitting in the TV booth with NBC's Bob Costas and Tony Kubek. It was June 23, 1984, and you know what happened next. 'From that moment on, I mean, it was like an explosion of interest in him,' Colletti said in a phone conversation from London, where he's teaching a class for Pepperdine University. 'I'm working in PR, so you know, you've got a lot of things to figure out, and he was a reluctant hero. He did whatever we asked him to do, but it wasn't like he was seeking it out. 'Hit me a thousand ground balls, I'd rather do that and stand in front of a microphone.' But he made it to the All-Star Game. And from then on … he was terrific.' Advertisement To Colletti, a child of Chicago who grew up in the Wrigley Field bleachers, the impact Sandberg had on the team was immeasurable and he traces it all back to that moment in 1984 when Sandberg burst onto the national scene with two game-tying homers off Cardinals closer Bruce Sutter. 'I mean no exaggeration by this,' Colletti said. 'I don't know if one game has ever changed a career as much as that game did. But he just kept at it.' Colletti said he and Sandberg hit it off early and their friendship stayed strong even in the later years, when he changed jobs in the Cubs front office as he charted a path to being a general manager. In the spring of 1992, Sandberg and the Cubs were working on a contract extension and Colletti was in the middle of some complicated negotiations between Sandberg and the Tribune Company. They wound up getting a deal done that made Sandberg the highest-paid player in baseball. Colletti was fired by GM Larry Himes a few days after Christmas in 1993. The next year, Sandberg retired in mid-June. Colletti's career then took off in San Francisco, and he eventually became the GM of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sandberg, of course, returned to play baseball for two years before retiring for good. The two remained friends. One night during the pandemic when everyone was home watching TV, Colletti flipped to MLB Network and found 'The Sandberg Game.' He called up Sandberg and told him to turn it on. 'So we watched the rest of the game, going pitch by pitch. I mean, it was so much fun,' Colletti said. 'He comes up against Sutter and I say, 'I think this guy's going to get him right here.' And he goes, 'I don't know. He's kind of a weak-hitting second baseman. What could he do against Bruce Sutter with that splitter?'' For Darwin Barney, Sandberg was the mentor he needed in the minor leagues. Sandberg was Barney's first manager in Class-A Peoria in 2007. Sandberg managed him again in Double-A Tennessee in 2009 and once more in Triple-A Iowa in 2010. (He also was a hitting coach for Barney in the Arizona Fall League.) Advertisement Sandberg was new to coaching, let alone managing in 2007. And Barney could see the seams a little bit with how the Hall of Famer was adjusting to the role. Communication didn't always come naturally, but passion did. 'As a manager, you could always see how baseball lit him up,' Barney said in a phone conversation Tuesday. And that's why Barney never got tired of moving up the ladder with Sandberg. 'I remember going into a season with him as my manager and I had weird feelings of wanting to go to battle for him,' Barney said. 'Like excitement for the season to get to play for him. I would say it's more of a college-type feeling of wanting to go to war with this guy. … So obviously, we had that relationship and I just always felt like he was in my corner.' Never more so than in 2010, when the Cubs called up Starlin Castro from Double A to play shortstop. Barney, who was putting together a sterling season in Iowa, was obviously disappointed. And that's when Sandberg took charge. 'Ryno came up to me and said we're going to work at second base every day,' Barney said. Barney still started at shortstop, but before every game, Sandberg drilled him at second until he got the hang of it. In mid-August, Barney made his big-league debut at second base. People wondered why Sandberg went into managing. Was he bored? Was it ego? Maybe, but Barney thinks Sandberg just wanted to give something back to the game. And so he did. In 2012, Barney won a Gold Glove at second base with the Cubs, just like Ryno. 'I felt like he was proud of what I accomplished, because he was a big part of that as well,' he said. 'It's hard to say I would have gotten where I got in my career without Ryne Sandberg.' For Shawon Dunston, Sandberg was his polar opposite, and that was just what he needed. 'If I had a second baseman that played like me, we wouldn't have gotten nothing done,' the former Cubs shortstop said in a phone conversation Tuesday. Dunston was a mile-a-minute talker and an electric, sometimes erratic shortstop. Meanwhile, Sandberg was Sandberg. Advertisement 'I had a Hall of Famer next to me and he didn't talk much,' Dunston said. 'He just told me certain things, what to do, what not to do. And he just delivered.' When Dunston got the majors in 1985, he was already well-versed in what kind of player Sandberg was. After all, he got WGN-TV in Midland, Texas, and Des Moines, Iowa, the year before. In person, he quickly realized Sandberg was the real deal. 'When you have a superstar in Ryno that's never bragging and acting like one of us, that's very nice,' Dunston said. 'It's very comfortable to be around a guy like that.' The two formed an exciting double-play combination and even made the All-Star Game together in 1990 at Wrigley Field. When Sandberg upstaged the big boppers in the Home Run Derby, it was Dunston who was doing the bragging because it was his teammate. (Sandberg hit a whopping three home runs in a wind-ruined contest to beat Jose Canseco.) They wound up hitting 57 homers that season, a record for a Cubs double-play combination. Sandberg hit 40 of them. 'They used to tease me, 'Shawon, come on now, you've got to swing it a little bit more,' Dunston said. 'I said, I'm trying, but you know what, man, it's OK, Ryne will take over.' Dawson got to the Cubs in 1987, and Dunston found himself in the locker between two of the quietest stars in the game. The three became close friends, the kind that transcends clubhouses. Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston surprise Ryno at spring training 💙 — Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) February 15, 2025 A little less than two weeks ago, they found themselves on a three-way phone call. Sandberg wanted to talk to them. They knew he was suffering from prostate cancer, but he didn't want to talk about it. He was asking them how they were doing. He wanted to know when the Cubs would induct Sammy Sosa and Derrek Lee into the team's Hall of Fame. Dunston told him it would probably be in September. Advertisement 'So he said, 'Let's get together then,' and we spoke and spoke,' Dunston said. 'And then he said, 'The Cubs are on right now, so I'm gonna go watch the Cub game. Before I go, you guys take care. I love you like my brothers and I really appreciate you.'' As they processed that, Sandberg's daughter got on the phone and informed the two that her dad wasn't going to make it to Wrigley again. He was going into hospice. This call was to say goodbye. They were devastated then. They are devastated still. Dunston said he talked more to Sandberg in the last three years than he did for the decade-plus they played together. Everyone noticed how Sandberg opened up as he got older and they all got a kick out of it. But when Sandberg told Dunston and Dawson how much he cared about them, it surprised them, even if shouldn't have. 'Most of us men don't know how to express ourselves to each other and say, 'I love you,'' Dunston said. 'It doesn't sound right. But, you know, as the years go on, it sounds really good. I really appreciate he told me he loved me. I think that was more important he told me that than he loved being my teammate or double-play partner. That meant a lot to me.' You could say it meant everything.
USA Today
25-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
4 Standouts from Day 3 of Bears training camp 2025
Chicago Bears training camp is in full swing ahead of the 2025 regular season. Under new head coach Ben Johnson, the Bears are preparing a return to relevancy with important practices and meetings at Halas Hall. The starters, such as quarterback Caleb Williams, wide receivers Rome Odunze and DJ Moore, and defensive linemen Grady Jarrett and Montez Sweat, will hone their skills as they adjust to a new system. Rookies such as tight end Colston Loveland, receiver Luther Burden III, tackle Ozzy Trapilo, and defensive tackle Shemar Turner will look to hit the ground running ahead of their first season. And depth players like offensive lineman Doug Kramer, defensive end Dominique Robinson, and safety Jonathan Owens will try and hang on to a roster spot with competition nipping at their heels. Following every Bears' training camp practice, we at Bears Wire will highlight a select number of players who stood out during the day. Here are the players who made plays on Day 3, the first practice in front of fans: 1. WR Rome Odunze Through three days of camp, the first-team offense is still working on building chemistry out on the practice fields. But big plays are happening from time to time with some of the star players, including catches made by Rome Odunze. The second-year wide receiver was busy during team drills, hauling in passes by Caleb Williams. The best one came halfway through the practice when Odunze hauled in a catch down the right sideline, according to Bear Report's Zack Pearson. Odunze also caught another score towards the end of practice during red zone work, as Pearson notes. The offense will need to start coming together sooner rather than later, but at least Williams can count on Odunze to make the big plays when needed. 2. QB Tyson Bagent The battle for QB2 rages on between Tyson Bagent and Case Keenum, and while the former was working with the third team on Friday, he showed he belongs with the backups at the very least. Bagent had a solid day overall, both in 7-on-7s and full team drills. According to CHGO's Greg Braggs Jr., Bagent was surgical. He tossed a couple of easy touchdowns to running back Roschon Johnson and wide receiver Samori Toure and finished with a nice strike to running back Ian Wheeler. Bagent also connected with JP Richardson a couple of times, per Bear Report, showing that their chemistry has been building as of late. While some fans will be disappointed that Bagent isn't threatening for the starting job, the Bears should feel good they have a young backup who continues to impress. 3. DE Montez Sweat Montez Sweat can make a quarterback's life difficult. Just ask Williams, who has to go against him in practice every single day. Sweat was terrorizing the offense on Friday, though some of it was by design. The former Pro Bowl edge rusher blew up a couple of plays, which resulted in throwaways and rollouts. According to 670 The Score's Chris Emma, Sweat broke through on the first play of full-team drills to force a throwaway. He did it again on the second play, according to Bear Report's Zack Pearson. While offensive coordinator Declan Doyle told the media some of that was intentional to get Williams used to pocket breakdowns, there's no question Sweat stood out while chasing down the quarterback. 4. S Jaquan Brisker The defense swarmed the offense for much of the day, which included a pair of interceptions by a couple of veterans. The first one came thanks to safety Jaquan Brisker, who took a tipped pass and made sure to come down with it during 7-on-7s. Brisker has had a couple of standout plays to start camp, but this was the most notable. According to CHGO's Greg Braggs Jr., Brisker maintained a scoring mentality and took the ball the other way once he secured the pick. Seeing Brisker back healthy following his scary concussion last year is good enough, but having him make plays early is a promising sign for his impact for the upcoming season.
New York Times
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Who won the 2025 ‘Dollars and sense' Chicago sports media survey?
'Dollars and sense' is a column about Chicago sports media and business. It had been three years since we did a Chicago sports media survey and the voters were ready. More than double the number of respondents turned up at the polls than in 2022 (5,191 in total, though most questions received around 4,500 votes). Advertisement I asked a lot of questions so let's go straight to the results. (You can click here for the full list.) No surprise here. 670 The Score won again, beating ESPN 1000, 68.4 percent to 31.6 (4,371 votes). That's down a little from 2022, when 670 The Score won 71.3-28.7. I got some complaints about too many Score questions, but the station makes a lot of changes, so I'm interested in what the audience thinks. 'Yes, regularly' is the winner here with 41.3 percent. After that comes 'Yes, sometimes' (34.7), 'No, but I used to' at 20.9 percent, and 'No, I hate everything about it' at 3.1 percent. So, 76 percent of respondents listen to sports radio, which makes all these questions newsworthy, I suppose. The winner is ESPN 1000's mainstay 'Waddle & Silvy' at 28.1 percent. Marc Silverman is probably renting a villa in Tuscany right now, so he won't see this, but he and Tom Waddle have been doing this show together since 2007 and it remains fun and interesting. Second place is the new pairing of longtime Score hosts Laurence Holmes and Matt Spiegel at 26.6 percent, followed by the Score's long-running morning show of Mike Mulligan and David Haugh (who replaced Brian Hanley in 2018) at 21.7 percent. Last time I did this in 2022, the new show 'Bernstein & Holmes' beat out 'Waddle & Silvy.' No surprise here, it's two in a row for Laurence Holmes, who also won this vote in 2022. Holmes had 20.8 percent of the vote, beating out ESPN's 1000 morning show host David Kaplan (16 percent), who also has a separate YouTube channel for his REKAP Network. Kaplan, of course, has built an audience over the decades hosting on WGN radio and NBC Sports Chicago. Advertisement Third place goes to Holmes' partner Matt Spiegel (13 percent), followed by Waddle (12) and Mulligan (8.4). Did I need to do two Bernstein questions? Probably not. But I was curious what people thought now that the smoke has cleared from his firing, which stemmed from a Twitter meltdown about fishing ethics. You might not like him, but he was on the air for 30 consecutive years for a reason. When I first did this survey in 2019, Bernstein won best host, and in 2022, he finished second by 0.7 percent to his then-partner Holmes. But this time around, 56.9 percent said they don't miss him on the air, while 31.4 percent said they did and 11.6 percent said they did 'when something big happens.' As for a future podcast, one possible avenue for him, 64.8 percent said they wouldn't listen, 32 percent said they would and 3.1 percent said they'd 'hate-listen.' I think Bernstein and The Score benefited each other, and I'm not sure how powerful his voice would be elsewhere. The station certainly misses his opinions and his encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago sports. I almost added a second question asking if anyone was watching his FS1 show 'Breakfast Ball.' And boy, would that be newsy right now. NEWS: Joy Taylor out at Fox Sports as FS1 cancels three shows, including her's, Craig Carton's & Emmanuel Acho's, The Athletic has — Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 14, 2025 On Monday, The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reported that 'Breakfast Ball' was one of three FS1 shows that were canceled before football season starts. Parkins left Chicago last summer to move to New York City for a starring role on the sports talk show. The show didn't last a year, but from what I'm hearing, Parkins should get on another show there as he has a multi-year deal with Fox Sports. Advertisement This was a close vote, as 48.5 percent voted that they didn't miss Parkins at The Score, while 45.8 percent said they did and another 5.7 said they did 'when something big happens.' This is where I say, 'Who ya crapping?' to some voters. Because 53.8 percent say it's worse and 56.5 percent say they're less likely to listen. How many of you said you don't miss Bernstein or Parkins, but The Score is worse without them? I think famed fictional TV executive Rogers Meyers Jr. said it best: More than a third of you think The Score is the same as it was a year ago (35.3 percent) and that your listening hasn't changed (34.3). Only 10.9 percent said it's better than it was a year ago, and 9.1 percent said you're more likely to listen. 'Spiegel & Holmes' eked out a win over 'Mully & Haugh,' 43.9 percent to 43 percent, a difference of just 38 votes. 'Rahimi & Harris' put up a respectable 13.1 percent as the new show in town. 'Waddle & Silvy' was the easy winner here at 63.8 percent, followed by 'Kap & J. Hood' at 24.3 percent and 'Carmen & Jurko' at 11.9. A few hours before writing this section, I tuned into one show while in the car and promptly heard a caller ask two ESPN 1000 hosts to estimate how many wins Matt Eberflus cost the Bears last season. Very pressing news in mid-July. But 42.1 percent of you say the stations don't talk too much Bears, while 37.3 percent say they do, and 20.6 percent responded: 'Bearsssss.' The Cubs' radio broadcast, led by the Hall of Famer Pat Hughes, deservedly won the vote this year with 37.9 percent, followed by the Bears radio team (19.4) and the Bulls' TV crew (14.5). Advertisement When I did this survey in 2022, the easy winner was the White Sox TV team of Jason Benetti and Steve Stone at 39.8 percent. A lot has changed since then. The current Sox TV team of John Schriffen and Stone came in next-to-last of TV and radio shows for the 'big five' teams at 1.5 percent. I had a nice conversation with Schriffen this season and he was aware of his struggles last season. In the games I've watched, he's been much better. But I'm not sure how well he and Stone are meshing. It turns out you do, as 38.9 percent of the respondents said they listen regularly and 34.7 percent said they do sometimes. Another 6.8 percent said they only listen to national sports podcasts and 19.7 percent aren't listening at all to podcasts. Of course, the overwhelming favorite is 'Hoge & Jahns' with 47.3 percent. The Adams Hoge and Jahns will now be doing the show under the CHGO umbrella after Jahns left Ye Olde Athletic. Second goes to Audacy's 'Take The North' podcast hosted by Dan Wiederer and Mark Grote (15.9), and third is CHGO's Bears podcast (10.7). I'll be honest, I don't listen to a lot of sports podcasts in general, and I definitely don't listen to ones about Chicago sports. I get enough Chicago sports chit-chat in my job. So I threw in a bunch that I knew and offered a write-in category for the rest. One plucky podcast took the initiative to get its name out there. The Athletic is doing a Chicago sports media survey. We are not on the favorite non-Bears podcast list so you will need to check *Other* and then type in 'Locked On Cubs.' More details on our episode tonight. Thank you for voting! Survey link: — Matt Cozzi (@matt_cozzi) July 10, 2025 And it worked. With a bunch of write-in variations, 'Locked On Cubs,' hosted by Matt Cozzi and Sam Olbur (Locked On is a chain of podcasts with local hosts), won with 23.2 percent of the vote. Second was 'North Side Territory,' which is the Cubs podcast from The Athletic's duo of Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma (11.5 percent). After that came the CHGO brand of podcasts (10.6). I feel for my friends in the TV side because the business ain't what it used to be. I will say this: Every time I'm on a show, I or my family get feedback from friends. People still watch in Chicago. But 56 percent of our respondents say they don't watch a nightly sportscast, while only 25.6 percent say they sometimes do. We still have 9.4 percent who do regularly and 9.1 percent who say their parents or grandparents watch. Advertisement With that in mind… I think the CHSN Factor/YouTube TV is at play here because 32.1 percent said they don't watch any of them. That option wasn't included in 2022. But for those who do watch, the White Sox postgame show of Chuck Garfien and Ozzie Guillen won with 23.2 percent, beating the Marquee Sports Network show hosted by Cole Wright (18.1 percent). It's clear the audience hasn't fully adapted to the new RSN reality in Chicago. For the first question, 39.4 percent said they don't get the channels, while 30.4 percent said they get both. (YouTube TV customers have to buy a la carte subscriptions to Marquee and/or CHSN.) A whopping 84.9 percent said they are Comcast customers (the honor system is at play here) who didn't upgrade their package for CHSN, with just 5.3 percent saying they'll do it for the Bulls/Blackhawks season. That's the struggle for an RSN made up of three losing teams. I'm curious about this one because there's such a push to YouTube (or Twitch), but the numbers never seem that impressive to me. More than half of the respondents (52.7 percent) said they never watch, but I suppose the 47.3 percent who do watch regularly or occasionally give credence to the strategy. Your answers are pretty evenly split between cable subscription + streaming apps (34.7 percent), YouTube TV + streaming apps (32.9 percent) and only streaming (28.9 percent). In the 2022 survey, 48 percent said they still had a cable subscription. Hey, good news for us as 84.2 percent said they are subscribers. That's up from 81.8 percent in 2022. Advertisement Now onto the fill-in questions… In 2022, the winner was The Athletic's James Fegan, who has since moved on to the Sox Machine collective. This time around, it's The Athletic's OG baseball writer, Sahadev Sharma, who had 10.2 percent of the vote, just beating out Chicago Tribune football writer Brad Biggs (9.2 percent) and Jahns (8.8 percent). Less than 40 votes made the difference between first and third here. After that come The Athletic Bears writer Kevin Fishbain (8.2 percent) and, because I administered the survey, me (7.8 percent). As I counted and fact-checked the results, I assumed Dan 'Big Cat' Katz would win with his 1.7 million followers, but I doubted the passion of the Locked On Cubs superfans. Sam Olbur, the co-host of the podcast, might only have 6,932 followers, but he easily won this category with 9.2 percent of the vote, more than double Katz's 4.4 percent. I'm guessing Katz makes slightly more money podcasting than Olbur, so this is a win for the little guy. I finished in third at 3.8 percent. Again, I did the survey, so I suppose this is a social payment. (Photo screenshot of Tom Waddle and Marc Silverman: Courtesy of ESPN 1000)
USA Today
24-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
NFL analyst says Rams' Super Bowl window is ‘open but closing'
The Los Angeles Rams are making a push for Super Bowl contention after an offseason in which the team kept main contributors and moved on from aging veterans for flashy ones. Matthew Stafford, Alaric Jackson, Tutu Atwell and some defensive players are back, while Davante Adams joined in free agency. The team also added rookie tight end Terrance Ferguson, running back Jarquez Hunter and edge rusher Josaiah Stewart in the draft to beef up some areas of need. But is that enough for a Super Bowl push? The Score's Daniel Valente and Matthew Washington put each NFL team into tiers that describe their Super Bowl window, ranging from "wide open" to "there's no window." While the Rams were one score away from making the NFC title game in 2024, The Score put Rams in the "open but closing" tier. "Matthew Stafford has two years left on his deal," Valente and Washington wrote. "That's about the championship window for this Rams squad. Davante Adams inking a two-year contract is another sign that L.A. wants to maximize its chances before its franchise quarterback hangs it up." This makes sense on its surface, but only if you believe Sean McVay and Les Snead don't have a plan for the future. Stafford and Adams aren't going to be on the team forever, but all it takes is hitting on another quarterback for this team to go back to its contention roots. The next two years are where the Rams are looking right now, though, but there is likely still a plan for the future to keep this team's Super Bowl hopes alive for longer.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cubs Could Trade for Starting Pitching Way Before MLB Trade Deadline Hits
Cubs Could Trade for Starting Pitching Way Before MLB Trade Deadline Hits originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Chicago Cubs will be aggressive at this year's trade deadline, but they might not wait until then to make a big move. Advertisement Particularly with Justin Steele out for the season, the Cubs need another starting pitcher (or two) to solidify their very real chances of making a deep, October run. Shota Imanaga has been sidelined since early May with a hamstring injury, but he is expected to return to the team sometime next week. Still, it feels like a matter of when, not if, Chicago trades for another starting pitcher. Here is what Bruce Levine of 670 The Score had to say: When asked if Miami Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcántara was a potential option, Levine replied, 'No. More likely a guy that we can't all identify, but that's a good, young veteran pitcher.' Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell (11) walks to the mound to make a pitching change during the fifth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Hartline-Imagn Images One possible non-Alcántara arm is his Marlins teammate, Edward Cabrera. At 27 years old, Cabrera fits Levine's 'young, veteran' label with 353 MLB innings under his belt. He has been solid this season, with a 3.81 ERA, a 3.90 FIP, and 63 strikeouts to 26 walks over 59 innings. Advertisement Cabrera will not be an unrestricted free agent until after the 2028 season and would provide the Cubs not only with another starting pitcher for this summer, but beyond. There is no telling how Steele will return from elbow surgery, and Jameson Taillon (33), Matthew Boyd (34), and Colin Rea (34) are not getting any younger. Since Cabrera represents more than a rental, Chicago would probably have to sacrifice a top-10 pitching prospect such as Brandon Birdsell (No. 7) or Jaxon Wiggins (No. 9). The Cubs also have young, righties in Cade Horton and Ben Brown, either of whom could move into a long relief role. Regardless of whether Cabrera is Chicago's target or not, it appears that a trade is coming sooner rather than later. Related: Cubs Reportedly Inquired With Red Sox About Rafael Devers Trade Related: Cubs 'Quietly Preparing' for Major Wrigley Field Announcement This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
