This is Not a Rebuild

Back with a Vengeance

This podcast will never die. We return triumphantly, with a long and loving preview of the 2026 Chicago Cubs season. Enjoy!

The Chicago Cubs Have More Exciting Offseasons Than You Think

So, the Cubs didn't sign Dylan Cease. And it sure looks like they won't re-sign Kyle Tucker. Still, as the guys reconvene for the first time since the end of September, it's only fair to note: Jed Hoyer actually does something pretty interesting every winter. We talk about that, and about who's on the top of our wishlists, as the Winter Meetings get set to begin.

2025 Cubs-Padres Wild Card Series Preview

We still exist! The pod went on a season-long hiatus, but on the eve of the Cubs' first meaningful playoff games since 2017, we're back with a vengeance, baby. Salacious Cade Horton gossip, tons and tons of thoughts on the season just past, and the heat of the hatred between Craig Counsell and Oli Marmol color the discussion—but we also provide a substantial, in-depth preview of the 2025 NL Wild Card round between the Cubs and Padres. Join the fun!

Going Dutch

The gang discusses the tenuous Chicago Cubs offseason, the hopes and fears that fit within it, and the passing of Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker. Then things get weird.

The End of the Miles Mastrobuoni Era

Three-legged, the gang does their best to talk Cubs during a lull in the offseason. With the team awash in options for upgrading the pitching staff, we discuss the discomfort of knowing they'll do something fairly big, but not being able to evaluate their smaller moves without the context of the bigger one still in the offing. Then, we throw it way back for the Random Cub of the Week, start to wind down the show—and then get deep into questions of Cubs history and the price paid to win the 2016 World Series, in real and intangible terms.