Jared Wyllys
Forbes
Wheaton, IL, United States
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20 MLB Teams Will Keep Employees Paid Through At Least May 31
Two-thirds of Major League Baseball teams have agreed to keep paying baseball operations employees through at least May 31. → Read More
White Sox Sign Aaron Bummer, Leury Garcia To Contract Extensions
Aaron Bummer and Leury Garcia both signed contract extensions to remain with the Chicago White Sox long term Saturday. → Read More
Cubs Hoping Off The Field Moves Cover For Quiet Winter
In an MLB offseason where almost $2 billion has been spent in free agency, the Chicago Cubs are one of just two teams who have not yet handed out a major league contract. → Read More
Kris Bryant Reaches Arbitration Agreement With Cubs, Service Time Question Remains
Bryant earned $12.9 million in arbitration a year ago, and as things currently stand, 2021 will be the last year he is under contract with the Cubs before becoming an unrestricted free agent for the 2022 season, when he will be 30. → Read More
After Over 70 Years, The Cubs On WGN Is Coming To An End
It has been the longest TV partnership in baseball, but the number of Cubs games left to be broadcast on WGN TV is down to less than a half dozen. → Read More
The Reds are the most interesting last-place team in baseball
Don’t be fooled by the record. The Reds are a solid baseball team, and they’re well-equipped to make the already contentious NL Central even more hazardous through the summer months. → Read More
The Cubs Are A Mess, And Tom Ricketts Isn't Helping
The Cubs are dealing with a host of problems, and so far the organization's top spokesman hasn't done well with making things better. → Read More
Why the Reds Should Be Everyone's Favorite Baseball Team Right Now
Baseball has a problem when so many teams are unwilling to at least try to win. Here's to the Reds, who are actually going for it. → Read More
How The Ricketts Family Needs To Win Over The Cubs Fanbase
The Cubs fanbase is unhappy with the direction of the team, and ownership needs to get back to what won them over in the first place: transparency. → Read More
Are The White Sox Serious About Manny Machado?
The White Sox don't have a strong history of signing high-profile free agents like Manny Machado, but their other activity this winter suggests that times are changing. → Read More
Why Joe Maddon's Cubs have been a strong second-half team
Joe Maddon's rotating lineups can sometimes cause fans and even analysts to chirp in protest, but there’s a method to this madness. → Read More
Why the Phillies could make a surprising playoff run in 2018
The Phillies finished 31 games behind the Nationals in 2017 and 21 games from a wild-card spot, but thanks to an infusion of young talent on offense and a dramatically weakened division in the NL East, there’s a path for Philadelphia to claim a wild-card spot this October. → Read More
Predicting surprise: Young players who could shine for Giants, Tigers in 2018
Each week this offseason, we’ll look into the crystal ball and examine two players who could be next season’s surprise standouts. → Read More
Dodgers see matured Yasiel Puig, quirks and all: 'As focused as I've ever seen him'
Beneath the swagger, quirks and bat flips, Yasiel Puig is not the same player he was just a year ago. → Read More
MLB playoffs: Jake Arrieta keeps Cubs alive as his future remains in doubt
If Wednesday night was Jake Arrieta’s final start for the Chicago Cubs, it was a banger. → Read More
MLB playoffs: Cubs find themselves outmatched, fatigued and on the brink
Deep playoff runs for three consecutive seasons have sapped the Cubs, and they’re showing that against the Dodgers. → Read More
MLB playoffs: Stephen Strasburg plays hero to keep Nationals alive in NLDS
Stephen Strasburg gave the Nationals a clutch outing in Game 4 of the NLDS, and he gave the Cubs fits. → Read More
Mike Freeman's story of talent, grit, luck and eight teams in two years
Baseball is full of quirky journeys, and Mike Freeman may have journeyed more than anyone. → Read More
Cubs embrace defensive flexibility with postseason success in mind
An emphasis on defensive flexibility is creeping into MLB, and Cubs manager Joe Maddon, an early purveyor of the strategy, knows its value, as well as the importance of keeping his players ready to be flexible. → Read More
Dodgers' Chase Utley takes long view on success as career winds down
The simplicity of Chase Utley's assessment of the National League’s best team subtly reflects both the plain strengths of the Dodgers and the perspective on his vocation that 15 years in the league has given him. → Read More