Jason Kipnis

After one season with the Chicago Cubs, Jason Kipnis is heading elsewhere, as the second baseman has agreed to a deal with the Atlanta Braves. Kipnis, who appeared in 44 games for the Cubs last season, made the announcement on Twitter Monday afternoon: Born in suburban Northbrook, Kipnis spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Cleveland Indians,…

After MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told an ESPN reporter that he isn’t “100 percent certain” that there will be a baseball season in 2020, several Chicago Cubs players blasted the commissioner amid an ongoing dispute over player salaries in a coronavirus-shortened season. Manfred, in an interview with ESPN’s Mike Greenberg, walked back comments he had made during the MLB Draft,…

With Opening Day looming just 24 days away, the Chicago Cubs are beginning to ramp up their preparations for the 2020 regular season. The Cubs, currently 4-5 in Cactus League play so far this spring, may have a good number of their 26-man roster positions set for the coming year, but battles at second base and in the bullpen are…

Jason Kipnis joined the Chicago Cubs this spring for a shot at the second base job

While young baseball players in warm weather states have a built-in advantage to offseason training, kids in Illinois have to scramble to find spaces to play, but MLB player Jason Kipnis is trying to help. NBC 5’s Mike Berman has the story.