{"id":403743,"date":"2026-01-12T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403743\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:52:08","slug":"addison-russell-scheduled-to-appear-at-cubs-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403743\/","title":{"rendered":"Addison Russell scheduled to appear at Cubs Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One controversial name elicited blowback when the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cubs\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cubs<\/a> listed the 2016 alumni set to attend this weekend\u2019s Cubs Convention, which will include a reunion of the 2016 World Series champions: Addison Russell.<\/p>\n<p>The former Cubs middle infielder served a 40-game suspension in 2018 for violating MLB\u2019s domestic abuse policy, when he was placed on administrative leave after  an investigation into physical and emotional abuse allegations detailed by his ex-wife, Melisa Reidy-Russell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery player who made a significant contribution to the 2016 team was invited to participate in Opening Ceremony at Cubs Convention,\u201d the team said in a statement to the Sun-Times. \u201cThe organization commented publicly in 2019 on Addison taking accountability, serving his suspension and completing his extensive rehabilitation process before coming back to play for the Cubs later that season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his suspension, Russell went through league-mandated treatment and voluntary counseling. The Cubs allowed him to rejoin the team in May of 2019, after he\u2019d served the MLB-issued discipline. They cut ties with him the following December, declining to tender him a contract for 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Acquired by the Cubs as a minor-leaguer in 2014, Russell spent his entire major-league career with the Cubs, from 2015-2019 and was named an All-Star in 2016. He continued his baseball career in South Korea and Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One controversial name elicited blowback when the Cubs listed the 2016 alumni set to attend this weekend\u2019s Cubs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-403743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}