This is where we are in today’s world of Twitter-stoked hot stove hysteria during a winter of pandemic-suppressed activity — a world in which reality mingles with fantasy more than it ever has, and where alternative facts drive whole rumor cycles. As Cubs catcher Willson Contreras tweeted Tuesday, “Here we go again.”

5 absolutely wild Chicago Cubs trade possibilities from Jim Bowden. Man, Jim Bowden ponders trade deadline possibilities and hot stove wheeling and dealing the same way I run a franchise on MLB ...

The 2021 MLB Hot Stove is strife with rumors that could see Kris Bryant and Kyle Hendricks heading to Toronto. With a busy off-season heavily touted in Chicago prior to it, they followed through by trading Yu Darvish, Theo Epstein left, and now there are rumors of Hendricks and Bryant following suit. Yes.

Stuff which used to be called Hot Stove League talk. Now it is 12 months in a year. More than one fan of the Chicago White Sox has offered a desire to take Kris Bryant off of the hands of the Chicago Cubs.

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Javier Baez somehow thinks he’s worth $200 million. Via a new report from Jon Heyman, Javier Baez is reportedly seeking a new deal in the $200 million range if he were to re-sign before reaching free agency at year’s end. In the article, it is not discussed how many years the Chicago Cubs shortstop is looking for and, to me, that makes all […]

Chicago Cubs trade and free agent rumors from MLBTradeRumors.com. ... Cubs Rumors. Draft Signings: 7/22/21. ... at the hot corner over the course of the year, ...

About 95% of the rumors that are tossed around the internet during the Hot Stove Leagues never come to fruition. The rumors are very often based on some sort of fact, or actual conversation that was had, but completing a trade is a tough business.

July 7, 2021 - Michael Cerami - Chicago Cubs Lukewarm Stove: Bryant’s Market, Kieboom Available, Pederson and the White Sox, Cardinals Plans, More Almost any contender could be interested in Bryant, the Cubs’ connection to the A’s, and much more. July 7, 2021 - Brett Taylor - Chicago Cubs

The only thing warm about the Cubs hot stove is the anger felt by fans who have watched a winter of inaction pass by like a midnight L train. Hope, much like that train, is empty as the Cubs seem...