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Former Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell has signed a contract to play in the KBO League. The troubled player wasn’t having any luck finding a spot on an MLB roster. It will be a one-year, $530,000 deal with the Kiwoom Heroes. Surprisingly, he will be making more money than many of the games rising stars. […] READ MORE
Top Available MLB Free Agent Position Players With Spring Training ready to start there are still some interesting MLB free agents looking for work. Unlike last year where two impact players did not sign until three months into the season this year all of the biggest fishes have already signed their contracts. Last year this […] READ MORE
Cubs Will Not Tender Contract to Russell Addison Russell‘s time with the Chicago Cubs appears to be coming to an end. The team decided not to tender a contract to the infielder before the arbitration deadline at 7 PM on Monday. According to Spotrac.com Russell made $3,4000,000 in 2019 and was enering another year of […] READ MORE
Chicago Cubs All-Decade Team With the 2019 season wrapped up for the Chicago Cubs, it’s also the end of a decade. Allowing us to take a look back at the best performances for the “North-Siders” in the past ten years. Chicago fans saw it all this decade, the team began with five losing seasons, before […] READ MORE
Chicago Cubs Call up Top Prospect Nico Hoerner Nico Hoerner, the Stanford standout the Chicago Cubs took with the 24th overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft, has been called up to the Show. With Javier Baez and Addison Russell on the injured list, and David Bote or Ben Zobrist not being good options at shortstop, the Cubs […] READ MORE
The Chicago Cubs have optioned infielder Addison Russell to their Triple-A affiliate, the Iowa Cubs. Russell was batting .242 with six home runs and 16 RBI in 55 games played. The 25-year-old has played his entire five-year major league career with the Cubs. The #Cubs today activated catcher Willson Contreras from the 10-day IL. INF […] READ MORE
When the Chicago White Sox and shortstop Tim Anderson came to terms on a six-year, $25 million contract extension late in spring training, eyebrows were raised, heads were scratched and even a few jaws dropped as the contract signified a gamble on both sides. READ MORE
Top Five Shortstops Under 25: The next wave of superstar shortstops has arrived in MLB. Look for these guys to dominate in the coming seasons. READ MORE
The 2016 World Series will go the distance. After being on the brink of elimination just a few days ago, the Chicago Cubs have evened things at three games a piece, and seem to have all the momentum. Tuesday evening, the Cubbies put a 9-3 beatdown on the Cleveland Indians, forcing the Series to its […] READ MORE
Josh has been with Last Word On Sports since 2014, and served as a writer and editor before being promoted to Baseball Department Head in August of 2015. In August of 2017, he stepped back down to editor. He previously wrote for the Daily Nexus and the Athletics Communications Department at UCSB, where received a degree in History. Josh got his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2015. He's also a huge Red Sox fan.