With a journalism degree from Eastern Illinois University and a decade of Cubs reporting, my work has appeared on 670 The Score, ESPN 1000, and the Pinwheels and Ivy Podcast. I cover Cubs news and analysis for Sports Mockery, including roster moves, game breakdowns, and prospect development.
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Tune into the Pinwheels And Ivy Podcast for the latest on the Cubs and White Sox. Live on YouTube, Wednesday night at 8 p.m. CST. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0HmNoDpNMI It is February, meaning spring training is right around the corner, which also means it is time to look back at the offseason...
No one can argue that the Chicago Cubs have the same star-studded minor league system that they had back in 2015, but for those who closely follow the farm there's not much debate when it comes to the quality depth the organization has now heading into the 2023 season. Specifically, for the first...
The Chicago Cubs were one of the busiest teams this offseason, signing eight players to MLB deals, while adding several pitchers on minor league deals. The Cubs are going to have five new players as regulars in their starting lineup if they remain healthy by Opening Day and the bullpen is going to...
Generally speaking, as fans we are going to bias talking about different rankings when it comes to players on our teams and again this may seem a little bias, but why the hell wasn't Nico Hoerner ranked in MLB Network's top-10 second basemen? Or how about right-handed starting pitcher Hayden...
Leading up to their top-100 prospects list, MLB writers have been ranking the top prospects at each position heading into the 2023 season and it is officially time to jump on the Pete Crow-Armstrong hype train. Some background first, in baseball, players' skills are rated on a 20-80 grade scale....
I pay much closer attention to the Cubs than the rest of MLB, but it does seem like they've signed more pitchers than most teams this offseason. They kind of needed to this winter because although the team has good depth in the minors, those guys aren't quite ready for the majors just yet. The...
We were recording the last Pinwheels And Ivy Podcast of 2022 Wednesday night and I can't remember exactly how this came up, probably me being a dick, and asking about White Sox play-by-play man Jason Benetti and his contract status with the team heading into 2023. Then, I remembered that his...
There is plenty to talk about on this week's Pinwheels And Ivy Podcast. We'll be going live at 8 p.m. CST on YouTube. You can also listen on your favorite podcast platform. We certainly don't like talking about awful things, but we can't ignore MLB's investigation of White Sox pitcher Mike...
This took the baseball world by surprise earlier this week, when the Boston Red Sox decided to DFA right-handed reliever Matt Barnes. The 32-year-old was an All-Star in 2021, but after some injuries and decline in performance since his first All-Star honor, Barnes is now available for the other 29...
The Chicago Cubs have had a busy offseason, which speaks to how many needs Jed Hoyer had to address to improve from 2022 and also how the team's deep farm system is still a year or two away from really becoming a factor at the big league level. Nonetheless, it's been a solid group of free agents,...
It's Jed's league, ladies and gentlemen! No, but seriously, it's always good to have a lot of pitching depth and even if things do not eventually work out, it is nice to get as many opportunities to try and get the most out of a player in your system with hopes that they can contribute in some...
This move isn't going to move the needle and honestly it isn't all that exciting for fans, but I do think it could potentially be a solid pick up to add a quality catcher as depth in case of emergency. The Cubs said goodbye to P.J. Higgins this offseason and signed Dom Nuñez back in December and...
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