• What’s going on in the Cubs’ front office?
    Nov 6 2024

    With the GM meetings underway in San Antonio, Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney discuss their big story for The Athletic on the behind-the-scenes changes happening at Wrigley Field.

    Cubs executives Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins have drastically reduced their pro scouting department and leaned heavily into analytics, relying on a model system to construct the roster. Why are the Cubs going in this direction? How does this compare to the rest of the industry? What does it mean for trades and free agents this winter?

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    32 mins
  • With the offseason about to pick up, who stays and who goes?
    Nov 1 2024

    Craig Counsell is adding a coach from his old Milwaukee staff as the Cubs try to get better on the margins.

    Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic explain why the Cubs are hiring Quintin Berry away from the Brewers. With mixed signals on Cody Bellinger’s opt-out decision, the Cubs’ offseason plans will immediately take shape at the upcoming GM meetings.

    Plus a rundown on the club’s arbitration/non-tender decisions and where Chicago fits in the Juan Soto sweepstakes.

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    33 mins
  • Looking ahead to the GM meetings
    Oct 31 2024

    Chicago Tribune reporter Meghan Montemurro joins Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic to preview the event that is a starting point for baseball’s offseason.

    Montemurro explains what Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts is thinking and why President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer has to deliver a playoff team next year.

    The group also looks back on the stunning Craig Counsell hire during last year’s GM meetings and wonders where the team’s next star is coming from.

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    25 mins
  • All the Cubs angles to an epic World Series
    Oct 25 2024

    The Yankees and Dodgers are taking over the baseball universe, showing that money matters, and reminding Cubs fans it wasn’t that long ago that their big-market team once had a similar moment in the spotlight.

    Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic are back to discuss Anthony Rizzo’s legacy, where the Cubs organization has fallen short, and why no one wants to hear about how the Diamondbacks won 84 games and made last year’s World Series.

    Plus more thoughts on Juan Soto, realistic targets in free agency and building a bullpen for the playoffs.

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    41 mins
  • Cubs news items: Nico Hoerner’s timeline, Craig Counsell’s staff and more
    Oct 24 2024

    It’s quiet at Wrigley Field, but the Cubs don’t stop in the offseason. Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic discuss some of the newsy items coming out of the North Side this week, including what surgery means for a Gold Glove second baseman (and his trade market), and how the manager is evaluating coaches and reshaping the group. Plus why Cubs fans must have noticed what the Mets did this October. The National League isn’t getting any easier.Support NST! Please leave this podcast page a rating and review.

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    37 mins
  • Cubs mailbag, Part 2: More trade scenarios, fixing the bullpen and should’ve just called it a rebuild
    Oct 17 2024

    Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic are back to answer more of your offseason questions.

    Garrett Crochet of the White Sox and a few notable catchers are among the popular names for some trade ideas.

    There’s the usual angst about the bullpen and how Jed Hoyer’s front office is going to attack that area of the roster.

    Plus more on Craig Counsell’s influence and what the Cubs doing behind the scenes.

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    37 mins
  • Cubs mailbag, Part 1: Would a Justin Steele extension make sense? Plus trade ideas, payroll expectations and more
    Oct 16 2024

    Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic open it up to the audience for an offseason mailbag. There were enough good questions to break it up into two parts.

    Fans want to know if the front office will try to lock up the Opening Day starter and attempt to build a different offense after Wrigley Field’s conditions frustrated hitters. There’s also much more on trade ideas and how ownership will respond to another disappointing season.

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    40 mins
  • Big changes coming to the St. Louis front office and the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry
    Oct 10 2024

    The Cardinal Way has gotten a little stale.

    Chaim Bloom now represents the succession plan as Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak intends to step down after the 2025 season.

    How did the Cardinals lose their edge? And what will this mean for their long-running rivalry with the Cubs?

    Derrick Goold, an expert beat writer with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, answers those questions and more in a wide-ranging conversation with Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic. Everyone agrees that the expectations in Chicago and St. Louis should be much higher than trying to win baseball’s mid-major division

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    1 hr and 2 mins