Mike McGraw
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Will any current players be part of Hoyer's "Next Great Cubs team?"Jul 20, 2022 2:00 pm - First of three parts This has been a strange season for the Cubs. They began a significant rebuild at last year's trade deadline, but most of their hope for the future i...
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Durant's unhappiness still looms large over NBA offseasonJul 19, 2022 6:00 pm - The NBA draft is done, summer league is over and free-agency has pretty much run its course. But the league managed to leave a couple of dangling cliffhangers for the re...
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Cubs finish draft with pitchers of all backgroundsJul 19, 2022 1:00 pm - The Cubs' heavy emphasis on pitching continued through the third and final day of the MLB Draft. The final position count was 16 pitchers (14 right-handers and two lefti...
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Cubs continue pitching focus on Day 2 of draftJul 18, 2022 4:00 pm - The Cubs continued a heavy emphasis on pitching during Day 2 of the MLB Draft, which included Rounds 3-10. The Cubs picked seven straight right-handed pitchers Monday, a...
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McGraw: Time for Cubs to pick a pace for rebuildJul 18, 2022 1:00 am - Jed Hoyer was busy with the draft, but it would be interesting to know the thoughts of any member of the Ricketts family last weekend, when the Cubs' losing streak ended...
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Cubs surprise everyone by drafting pitcher Horton at No. 7Jul 17, 2022 1:00 pm - The MLB Draft was full of surprises for the Cubs. With the No. 7 pick, they chose Oklahoma right-handed pitcher Cade Horton, a player no one expected to be selected that...
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Cubs' Stroman thinks MLB pitchers are suffering from short springJul 16, 2022 3:00 pm - After a second solid start coming back from the injured list, Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman talked about staying in the present. That meant he claimed not to care about fa...
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Cubs ready to take swing at hitter-heavy MLB DraftJul 16, 2022 1:00 pm - David Ross thought back to his days as a Cubs special assistant, when he was involved in draft discussions. He enjoyed the process of dissecting prospects, but the idea ...
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Terry injured as Bulls close out summer league with winJul 16, 2022 11:00 am - Marko Simonovic scored 26 points and Malcolm Hill added 23 as the Bulls closed out the Las Vegas summer league with a 119-104 victory over Philadelphia on Saturday. Rook...
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Cubs scouting director settled in for important draftJul 15, 2022 1:00 pm - The Cubs hired Dan Kantrovitz as scouting director in November 2019. The first draft he led was shortened to five rounds due to the pandemic. Two years later, the scouti...