Javier Assad rumors, news

Javier Assad news, rumors

  • Cubs 7, Braves 1: Javier Assad does it again AND the offense wakes up!
    • Cubs 7, Braves 1: Javier Assad does it again AND the offense wakes up!
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Cubs righthander has been a revelation this year. And some home runs were hit! The Cubs needed two things in the series finale in Atlanta to avoid being swept: Another good starting pitcher outing, and Some runs They got both, as Javier Assad threw six more shutout innings and the offense generated 13 hits, including home runs from Mike Tauchman and...2024
  • Cub Tracks salvages one
    • Cub Tracks salvages one
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs came through with a victory to stave off the sweep. Javier Assad was excellent, as has been his custom. Tauchman touched ‘em all, and Seiya finally cleared that wall. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat write...2024
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  • • Reverse Superman Javier Assad Building Solid Second-Place Cy Young Candidacy
    With six more scoreless innings to earn the win Wednesday night in Atlanta, Javier Assad pushed his record to 4-0 and lowered his ERA to 1.49 on the season. He also became the first Cubs pitcher since 1968 to begin the year with two earned runs or less in each of his first nine starts. … The post Reverse Superman Javier Assad Building Solid Second-Place Cy Young Candidacy appeared first on C...2024
  • BCB After Dark: Is Pete here to stay?
    • BCB After Dark: Is Pete here to stay?
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Pete Crow-Armstrong is in Chicago for the long haul. It’s another Wednesday at BCB After Dark: the swinging spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad that you stopped by this evening. We’re all in a better mood today than we were the past two nights. There’s no cove...2024
  • Braves fall in early hole, lose to Cubs 7-1
    • Braves fall in early hole, lose to Cubs 7-1
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta fell behind early and was unable to complete the comeback in a 7-1 loss to the Cubs. The Atlanta Braves dug themselves a hole early and were unable to mount much of a comeback in a 7-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs. The Braves found themselves in an early hole as Mike Tauchman took Charlie Morton deep on the first pitch of the game to give the Cubs t...2024
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  • Cubs vs. Braves game thread
    • Cubs vs. Braves game thread
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta looks for a third straight win Wednesday night against the Cubs. The Atlanta Braves will try to complete a sweep Wednesday night when they wrap up a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs. Charlie Morton will get the start for Atlanta while Chicago will go with right-hander Javier Assad. First pitch is scheduled for 7:20 p.m...2024

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Javier Assad injury and suspension

  • • Cubs 7, Braves 1: Javier Assad does it again AND the offense wakes up!
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  • • Cub Tracks salvages one
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Shut out again in Atlanta, the Cubs lose 7-0. Pete Crow-Armstrong wasn’t the only one hitting a wall in Atlanta. Well, I guess for the rest of the team, they ran into that wall on Monday. One of my least favorite times in every season occurs when the Cubs simultaneously run into a good team, some really strong pitching and a lot of g...2024
  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
    Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs escape from Pittsburgh with a series win. Who doesn’t love a little travel escapade? After seeing my youngest graduate from Bradley University on Saturday, my Mother’s Day experience started in Illinois, spent a not insignificant time in Charlotte and found it’s way home to bed here in Tampa around 3 a.m. Love it. I was able to get our flight shi...2024
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40
    Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs reach the quarter mark with a weird loss. Before we get into the recap and discussion of yesterday’s game and world of Cub, let’s take a minute to be thankful for the mom’s of the world. We would have nothing without the sacrifices and the contributions the women in our lives make. Take some time today to honor those wonderful women in and around our...2024
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  • The Cubs starting rotation has been outstanding. What happens when Kyle Hendricks comes back?
    • The Cubs starting rotation has been outstanding. What happens when Kyle Hendricks comes back?
    Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images This is, of course, a good problem to have. The five men currently in the Cubs starting rotation — Shōta Imanaga, Jameson Taillon, Javier Assad, Justin Steele and Hayden Wesneski — have combined for 23 starts so far this year. That’s 60.5 percent of the 38 games the Cubs have played in 2024 to date. In those 23 starts, those five have combined for 129⅓ i...2024
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 38
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 38
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs were shut out by their former prospect, 3-0. I had to check if my memory was correct. Yes, that is Adbert Alzolay on the cover photo for the first time this year. Once or twice per year, I point out that the cover photo is a living, breathing spoiler alert for the WPA Play of the Game. In a game where there wasn’t a lot of good, hat tip to Adb...2024
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 36
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 36
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images One bad inning spoils the whole darn bunch in a 6-3 Cubs loss. I’m pleased to add this fellow Steele to my spreadsheet. He had been one of the few Cubs to appear in a game but not yet on my spreadsheet. It was easy to imagine that he’d return, there would be a little bit of rust, and the scoreless streak of Cubs starters would come to an end. Only that’s...2024
  • Cub Tracks’ Yu know how it is
    • Cub Tracks’ Yu know how it is
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Steele threw well enough but the Cubs will have to win the next two games to earn the meatloaf. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steepe...2024
  • BCB After Dark: Musical chairs
    • BCB After Dark: Musical chairs
    Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which starting pitcher should move to the bullpen. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in and sit with us. We’ve got a few good tables still available. There’s no cover charge tonight. Bring your own beverage...2024
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Javier Assad lifestyle

  • Cub Tracks gets into the end zone
    • Cub Tracks gets into the end zone
    Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs put up a seven spot with late runs and looked good in the first game of a weekend series at PNC Park. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, over...2024
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "Javier Assad is listed as the starter for Tuesday against Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland."

  • 2023
    "Javier Assad will start for the Cubs and Chris Flexen gets the start for Colorado."

  • 2022
    "The Pirates scored first, in the bottom of the first, and as has been the case for Javier Assad too many times in his brief MLB career to date, a walk started things off."

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Javier Assad trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Cub Tracks salvages one
    2024
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  • • BCB After Dark: Is Pete here to stay?
    2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
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  • Braves 7, Cubs 0: Can’t win if you can’t score runs
    • Braves 7, Cubs 0: Can’t win if you can’t score runs
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s just that simple. The Cubs lost to the Braves 7-0 Tuesday night in Atlanta, and honestly I could end this recap right here because there’s not much to say about a Cubs team that had only three hits, just one for extra bases, and got just two runners past first base. It was the first time the Cubs had been shut out two consecutive...2024
  • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview
    • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview
    Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images It’s the first 2024 meeting of these divisional rivals. You’re going to be very familiar with the Pirates 10 days from now, as seven of the Cubs’ next 10 games will be against their divisional rivals from Pittsburgh, three this weekend at PNC Park, four next weekend at Wrigley Field. The big deal this weekend is the highly-anticipated MLB debut of last...2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 38
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  • • BCB After Dark: Musical chairs
    2024
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  • Brewers fall just short in second straight comeback bid
    • Brewers fall just short in second straight comeback bid
    Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Cubs take game two of the series 6-5 Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers weren’t quite able to make it two straight comeback wins against the Chicago Cubs as they came up just short this afternoon. Tobias Myers, Milwaukee’s starter, struggled through three innings, while his counterpart, Jameson Taillon, cut through the Brewers lineup like a hot knife through butte...2024
  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Brewers run wild on Cubs in the eighth and take the opener. That eighth inning yesterday has been one of the more frustrating innings for me of this Cubs season. I mean, there was the inning that just wouldn’t end in Boston last weekend, but that game was already out of reach. There were the four blown ninth-inning leads, but those had some suddenn...2024
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
    Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs inability to close out a game pops up again in a 7-6 loss. In probably the biggest upset of the young 2024 season to date, I made it through the first 31 games without writing a glass half full/glass half empty piece. It’s probably my biggest go to as a writer, but the cup has run over so much in the early going, I just haven’t r...2024

Javier Assad stats and results

  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
    2024
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 42
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 42
    John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs offense was missing in action in a 2-0 loss in Atlanta. That was a disappointing loss. The Braves have a deep and talented team and Shōta Imanaga shut them out for five innings. Hayden Wesneski followed and had just one hiccup but that was enough for the Braves to put together two wins and pull out the win. The numbers suggested going into the g...2024
  • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Braves series preview
    • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Braves series preview
    Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Cubs visit Atlanta for the first time since last September’s disaster. The last time the Cubs faced the Braves, it was the final week of September 2023 and the Cubs desperately needed wins to stay in postseason contention. Instead, they got swept, blowing leads in the sixth inning or later in the first two games. Hopefully, this series will be better. Sc...2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
    2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 39
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 39
    Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The Cubs start the road trip with a 7-2 win. I wanted to start with a quick apology and explanation. Apparently I managed to cross a couple of different wires while writing up Wednesday’s game. I participated in job interviews for a promotion at work this week and am now in Peoria, Illinois for the weekend where my youngest will graduate college. It is b...2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 38
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 37
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 37
    Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs walk it off for the first time in 2024. Hey Chicago!?! Anything interesting happen there Tuesday night? Rarely can I tell the story of a game so succinctly with just three names. Shōta, Cody, Busch, game! Shōta Imanaga started for the Cubs on Tuesday night. If you’ve been following, you know that the Cubs had a pretty historic run going. Their...2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 36
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  • • Cub Tracks’ Yu know how it is
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Javier Assad parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Cub Tracks salvages one
    2024
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  • • BCB After Dark: Is Pete here to stay?
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    See more articles Crow Armstrong
  • • Braves fall in early hole, lose to Cubs 7-1
    2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
    2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40
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    Continue with Paul Skenes
  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 39
    2024
    Check it out Dylan Cease
  • • BCB After Dark: Musical chairs
    2024
    See also Justin Steele
  • Brewers offense sputters as Cubs win 5-0
    • Brewers offense sputters as Cubs win 5-0
    David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Bad day with runners in scoring position costs Milwaukee Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers failed to get anything going offensively as they fell 5-0 to the Chicago Cubs today at Wrigley Field. Their ace, Freddy Peralta, labored through five stressful innings and kept Milwaukee in the game, but ultimately the Brewers’ inability to get hits in big moments cost them...2024
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Cubs hang on for 6-5 win over Brewers. Florida man eschews sleeves. News at 11. Jameson Taillon was on the hill and for the fourth straight time, looked excellent. Taillon, Mark Leiter Jr. and so many other guys through the years. These are names of people who Cub fandom wanted to jettison, likely way too early. Sure there are Eric Hosmers and other n...2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
    2024
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Top Javier Assad news

  • Cubs 5, Rockies 4: The cardiac Cubs come back
    • Cubs 5, Rockies 4: The cardiac Cubs come back
    Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images A ninth-inning rally put this one in the win column. You asked for meaningful baseball in September and by gum, you have got it. Now let’s hope we all survive it. The Cubs fashioned an early lead, got good starting pitching, then the bullpen blew that lead. But then the team put together a stirring ninth-inning rally and held on — barely — for a 5-4 wi...2023
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  • Cubs 10, Pirates 1: Takin’ care of business
    • Cubs 10, Pirates 1: Takin’ care of business
    Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Cubs got another strong team effort and won the series in Pittsburgh. When the Cubs departed for the just-completed seven-game road trip to Detroit and Pittsbugh, my feeling was that they needed to go 5-2 to keep pace with, or improve their position on, other postseason contenders. With Sunday’s well-played 10-1 win over the Pirates, the Cubs did just ...2023
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  • Cubs 8, Braves 6: Swingin’ in the rain
    • Cubs 8, Braves 6: Swingin’ in the rain
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs bats came alive on a really bad weather day at the ol’ ballpark. It rained all morning and afternoon in Chicago, and at Wrigley Field, and I’ll have a bit more to say about that later. Keeping with the spirit of the day, the Cubs rained down hits and home runs and evened up the series against the Braves with an 8-6 victory. The Cubs did not was...2023
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  • Cubs 6, Rockies 3: Javier Assad and the comeback Cubs do it again
    • Cubs 6, Rockies 3: Javier Assad and the comeback Cubs do it again
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The team came from behind with some timely hitting, and got some excellent relief work. This afternoon started out weirdly when Marcus Stroman barely got through three innings and the Cubs went behind and looked pretty weak sauce against Chris Flexen, a guy who came into the game with an ERA north of 7. But the persistent Cubs scored single runs in the fi...2023
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  • Cubs 8, Giants 2: Sweep!
    • Cubs 8, Giants 2: Sweep!
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs swept the Giants behind solid pitching from Jordan Wicks and a varied offense. Before I begin this recap of the Cubs’ impressive 8-2 victory over the Giants that gave them a series sweep and four straight wins, a mea culpa. I thought it was not wise to bring a rookie like Jordan Wicks into the pressure of a playoff race. Man, was I wrong. Wicks...2023
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  • • Cubs 7, Cardinals 2: Hey, Jed! Don’t trade Cody Bellinger!
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs center fielder homered again and drove in three runs. The Cubs did what they had to do this weekend, take three of four from the Cardinals, in order to stay close to playoff contention. And they did so Sunday in their third straight win over St. Louis, 7-2, largely on the back of center fielder Cody Bellinger. Bellinger smacked a two-run homer an...2023
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  • Cubs 5, Rockies 0: Shōta Imanaga shines in the rain
    • Cubs 5, Rockies 0: Shōta Imanaga shines in the rain
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got the game in and got a great pitching performance. Let me get this out of the way first. Last Friday I wrote this article saying the Cubs should postpone Opening Day — right then. The forecasts were dire. But they got the game in, though it rained pretty hard from about the seventh inning on. So, mea culpa, they played, got Opening Day in — ...2024
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  • Cubs 4, Royals 3: More drama than we needed
    • Cubs 4, Royals 3: More drama than we needed
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images This looked like a fairly easy win for a while, but the Royals made it close in the ninth. Thank you, Miguel Amaya, for hitting a home run in the eighth inning. This is why they call runs like that “insurance runs,” because that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead that seemed fairly safe. Unfortunately, Adbert Alzolay wasn’t on his best game Sunday and allowed the ...2023
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Javier Assad fantasy rankings and news

  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs sweep the Astros to close a successful homestand. Every season is an entity onto its own. You watch enough seasons and they start to feel like one long homogenous mass. But when you sort them out, or more specifically when one is going on, you can really feel that individuality. And so, as we sit in front of this currently unfolding season, th...2024
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  • Cub Tracks earns the split
    • Cub Tracks earns the split
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Cubs could have had both games, take one, and head for a series win Sunday. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tear...2024
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  • • Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 7, 2024
    Cub 3B Battle Christopher Morel Morel's light-tower power (and propensity for shedding clothing) is well-known. His sudden Spring Training slide to 3B was endorsed by Northside Counsell himself, who said the Cubs 3B situation is "not going to be solved in spring training" but he's been "pleased with Morel's defensive work." Here's what we know: his 26 HRs in only 429 plate appearances in '23 means...2024
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Javier Assad schedule, game

  • • Cubs 7, Braves 1: Javier Assad does it again AND the offense wakes up!
    2024
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  • • Cubs vs. Braves game thread
    2024
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  • Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves preview, Wednesday 5/15, 6:20 CT
    • Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves preview, Wednesday 5/15, 6:20 CT
    Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs try to avoid getting swept. Today’s roster move: Here Wednesday notes: THE BRAVES SHUTTING OUT THE CUBS: Last night’s game was the Cubs’ 1,968th vs. the Braves since 1901, first season of the Modern Era. It was the 141st in which the Cubs were shut out, about 1 of every 14. But Monday and yesterday were just the 12th time they have failed to score ag...2024
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  • Ronald Acuña Jr, Austin Riley out of Braves’ lineup Wednesday
    • Ronald Acuña Jr, Austin Riley out of Braves’ lineup Wednesday
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves will be without two of their regulars for Wednesday’s series finale against the Cubs. The Atlanta Braves will be without two of their regulars for Wednesday’s series finale against the Chicago Cubs. Atlanta will be looking for a sweep behind Charlie Morton. Right-hander Javier Assad will get the start for Chicago. Ronald Acuñ...2024
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  • Charlie Morton, Braves look to complete sweep of Cubs
    • Charlie Morton, Braves look to complete sweep of Cubs
    Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images The Braves have outscored the Cubs 9-0 in the series and will go for a sweep Wednesday with Charlie Morton on the mound. Charlie Morton and the Atlanta Braves will try to complete the sweep Wednesday evening when they wrap up a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs. The Braves have pitched two straight shutouts to begin the series and have outsco...2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
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  • • Braves 7, Cubs 0: Can’t win if you can’t score runs
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  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 42
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  • Braves 2, Cubs 0: Wasting another good Shōta Imanaga start
    • Braves 2, Cubs 0: Wasting another good Shōta Imanaga start
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Cubs starter threw well again, but the Cubs could not generate any offense. Shōta Imanaga continued his run of great starts for the Cubs Monday in Atlanta. Unfortunately, he walked a few more than usual and ran up a high pitch count and could throw only five innings. Hayden Wesneski, who’s also thrown well, entered in the sixth and the Braves scored a...2024
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  • • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Braves series preview
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Javier Assad rumors, scandals

  • • Here comes the Man(zardo) - May 6th, 2024
    Kyle Manzardo (1B/DH - CLE) - Manzardo is expected to get the call to Cleveland on Monday with Stevan Kwan likely headed to the IL with a strained hamstring, and he'll jump right into a 7-game week, facing 6 RHP. He should be expected to split time with Josh Naylor at 1B/DH while Kwan is out, which makes him an immediate priority add in all formats. The 23 year old has bounced back well from a rel...2024
  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30
    Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The Cubs’ mini-slump continues in a 4-2 loss. When a team gets shutdown on a given day, it can be as much about the pitcher for the other team as much as it is about the team. When an offense goes more or less silent for four days, it’s unlikely that the answer is that you ran into four guys who were locked in all at the same time. Certainly not impossibl...2024
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  • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Mets series preview
    • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Mets series preview
    Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs continue their Eastern swing with a stop at Citi Field. The Mets and Cubs used to be huge rivals when they shared a division, the NL East. But since the teams were moved to different divisions 30 years ago, they meet only twice a year, once in each ballpark. After this week the teams will play a three-game set at Wrigley Field in June, th...2024
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  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 26
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 26
    Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Cubs rookies carry the load in 7-1 win for their fourth straight. I’m ready to combine my repetitive thoughts from last year and this year into one thought. Last year, I implored the Cubs to “get greedy.” Any they climbed into contention by doing just that. This year, I’ve applauded them for being relentless on several occasions. Right now,...2024
  • Cubs 4, Astros 3: Getting the job done
    • Cubs 4, Astros 3: Getting the job done
    Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Dansby Swanson’s three-run homer highlighted a four-run first inning that the Cubs made hold up for another win. It wasn’t the best of games. Cubs hitters struck out 12 times. Some sketchy defense helped lead to a Houston run. The Cubs had only one hit after the fourth inning. And yet, the Cubs put a large crooked number on the board in the first inning f...2024
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  • BCB After Dark: Which way with Javier Assad swing?
    • BCB After Dark: Which way with Javier Assad swing?
    Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks whether Javier Assad will pitch more as a starter or a reliever this year. It’s another Wednesday at BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Welcome everyone. New friends and old ones are all welcome. There’s no cover charge. The dress c...2024
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  • Cub Tracks’ the next step
    • Cub Tracks’ the next step
    Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Under two weeks remain until Opening Day and the Cubs are still jenga-ing. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseb...2024
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  • • 2022 Cubs Heroes and Goats; Game 135
    Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Cubs pound Reds 9-3 in their return home to Wrigley Field. We say “baseball happened” when some lousy team beats one of the better teams. That scenario plays itself out basically every day somewhere across baseball. The reality that it is hard to sweep a series leads to these outcomes. It’s essentially a baseball meme to hold up what is essentially an exc...2022
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