This is Not a Rebuild

Matt Trueblood
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Four long-suffering Cubs fans representing two generations and four cities throughout the Upper Midwest talk about whatever comes up—but what comes up most often is the Cubs.

  1. MAR 26

    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!

    2h 13m

  2. 12/07/2025

    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.

    1h 2m

  3. 09/30/2025

    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!

    1h 22m

  4. 01/17/2025

    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.

    1h 17m

  5. 01/10/2025

    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.

    1h 27m

  6. 12/22/2024

    How Cubs Will Get Better After Cody Bellinger Trade; Sammy Sosa Can Come Home Again

    The gang convenes for a pre-holiday podcast to discuss the Cody Bellinger trade, the ways the Cubs might spend the money they saved by sending him to the Yankees, and what this roster still needs most. They also gab about the big news of the week, whereby Sammy Sosa has been re-enfolded into the community of Cubdom—if only a little half-heartedly, and under some external pressures.

    1h 11m

  7. 12/16/2024

    Cubs Trade for Kyle Tucker and Wi—WAIT DID YOU SAY TATER?!

    The gang convenes for a semi-emergency pod, to talk about the very exciting Kyle Tucker trade; why the partner deal sending out Cody Bellinger is necessary and forthcoming, but why it has not already happened; the next big move the team might make this week; and then OMG YOU HAVE TO HEAR THE END WHERE WE TALK ABOUT GAGE WORKMAN!

    49 min

  8. 12/10/2024

    An Orthogonal Extravaganza

    The gang convenes to discuss the MLB Winter Meetings, and all the huge doings and comings and goings and movings and shakings and LOL you know the real state of things. Discussed closely herein, though, are the Juan Soto deal with the Mets; the Cubs' involvement in trade negotiations for Garrett Crochet and Kyle Tucker; and the complicated path the team has chosen over the simple but expensive option of spending big in free agency. Then, we close with the Random Cub of the Week.

    1h 20m
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Four long-suffering Cubs fans representing two generations and four cities throughout the Upper Midwest talk about whatever comes up—but what comes up most often is the Cubs.

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  • Creator
    Matt Trueblood
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    84
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Matt Trueblood
  • Show Website
    This is Not a Rebuild