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• Cubs' Hoerner still hampered by hamstring issue

Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner is out of the starting lineup for the fourth consecutive day, increasing the possibility that he could need a stint on the injured list....2024
• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 5/17, 1:20 CT

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs look to even up their series against the Bucs. Today's roster move: Here Friday notes... A MILESTONE GAME: Today’s game will be the Cubs’ 8,500th at Wrigley Field, their home since 1916. They have a winning percentage in those games of .534, having won 4,521 games, lost 3,947 and tied 21. During the same span on the road, their percentage is .451, wi...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images An unsuccessful homecoming as the Cubs lose to the Pirates 5-4. These last few days for the Cubs have been a great example of the old baseball adage that is “momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” That really ends up an awkward way of saying that a strong starting pitcher performance gives you a chance to win every day, regardless of the foe. Of co...2024
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• 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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• 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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• 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
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• Cub Tracks salvages one
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• 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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• Pirates 10, Cubs 9: What on Earth was THAT?

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images That was one of the weirdest baseball games you’ll ever see. One thing is for sure. Paul Skenes will NEVER forget the day he made his MLB debut. His team eventually beat the Cubs 10-9, but not until after a lot of stuff happened. Skenes was as advertised, throwing 100+ miles per hour 17 times. But he also got touched up for a Cubs home run, and after he le...2024
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• 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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• Cubs roster move: Seiya Suzuki activated from injured list, Dansby Swanson to IL

Seiya Suzuki takes BP earlier this week at Wrigley Field | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs have their right fielder back. Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki was off to a fantastic start this year, batting .305/.368/.525 (18-for-59) with three home runs in 15 games, when he suffered an oblique injury running the bases in the Cubs’ win over the Mariners April 14 in Seattle. It was...2024
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• 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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• Cubs 5, Brewers 0: A great start from Javier Assad AND some good relief!

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs finally got some good pen work to back up an excellent start. Remember after Saturday’s game, when I opened the complaint department door wide open? It’s slammed shut and locked today after an outstanding 5-0 Cubs win over the Brewers which took the series and put the Cubs in a virtual tie for first place in the NL Central, just a few percentage ...2024
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• 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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• Brewers 3, Cubs 1: What to do with Adbert Alzolay?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs’ former closer blew another lead Friday. At this point, I don’t think the Cubs have any choice but to place Adbert Alzolay on the injured list, don’t really care what sort of injury he has — heck, is a “mental break” enough? Because the team cannot continue to throw Alzolay out there in close games. He can’t locate his slider and his mechanics ...2024
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• Brewers take series opener in first matchup with Craig Counsell’s Cubs, 3-1

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Crew scores three, gets comeback win against Cubs bullpen in eighth inning Box Score In the Brewers’ first game against the Craig Counsell-managed Cubs, Milwaukee came out on top with a 3-1 victory thanks to an eighth-inning rally anchored by four stolen bases. The first five frames were a pitchers’ duel, as both Joe Ross and Hayden Wesneski kept the oppo...2024
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• Cubs 7, Blue Jays 5: At last, a win in Canada
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Cubs ended a 14-year losing streak north of the border. TORONTO — It required six relievers (seven, if you count Luke Farrell on what was a bullpen day) and some timely hitting, but Wednesday night the Cubs ended a losing streak in Canada that had lasted more than 14 years. Sure, it was only a five-game Canadian losing streak (three in 2014, the first ...2022
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"Nico Hoerner told Cubs."

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"Mike Tauchman led off with a walk and Nico Hoerner was hit by a pitch."

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"Nico Hoerner, finally healthy, is having the best year of his brief MLB career."

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"Additionally, Chicago placed infielder Nico Hoerner on the 10-day IL due to right oblique tightness and recalled righty Cory Abbott to start…"

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"The Chicago organization was also tied to Scooter Gennet recently, and Bastian notes that they’re considering left-handed options at second base to pair with right-handed-hitting options like Nico Hoerner and David Bote."

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"The Cubs selected versatile Nico Hoerner of Stanford 24th overall in the MLB Draft on Monday."

• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45
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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 38
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• 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
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• 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
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• Mountcastle Surging - May 3, 2024
Ryan Mountcastle, 1B (BAL) Mountcastle continued his strong start to the season, hitting his fifth home run and driving in a pair as the Orioles jumped all over Carlos Rodon en route to a 7-2 win at Camden Yards. Mountcastle was hitless in his previous three games, but the strong performance on Thursday lifted his slash line to .290/.345/.495. Mountcastle has shown steady improvement in a number o...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images A crazy finish in the Cubs’ 1-0 victory. It isn’t often that you can describe a 1-0 game as a wild one. I was out while most of this game was going on, but I did catch the final three innings and it was a crazy ride. As usual, head over to Al’s game recap to discuss the blow by blow. There is so much to dissect in this one. I’ll offer two quick thoughts o...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 29

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs rally for a late win in New York. A little over a week ago, I wrote about the balance of games the Cubs lost where it appeared they had the game won and the opposite. One commenter zeroed in on the unique animal that is four blown ninth-inning leads. To be sure, even some bad teams don’t cough up for such games over the course of a year. Usually ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40
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• 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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• Padres 3, Cubs 0: Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the other guy

What are you gonna do? | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Dylan Cease dominated the Cubs Wednesday afternoon. It’s not often that I put a photo of the other team’s pitcher on a game recap here, but really, what else could I have done? Dylan Cease is the story of this game, as he and two Padres relievers combined to one-hit the Cubs and defeat them 3-0. Cubs highlights? Well.. there are...2024
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• 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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• Cubs 3, Padres 2: Michael Busch walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports A game that started like many recent others had a stunning ending. New Cubs first baseman Michael Busch can be described in part as just getting his job done. You don’t hear many quotes from him; he just plays pretty good defense and has been hitting reasonably well in his first full MLB season. That all changed with one swing of the bat, as Busch hit the...2024
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• Padres 6, Cubs 3: After Justin Steele was brilliant, the bullpen melted down again

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Justin Steele’s fine comeback start got ruined. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Or, maybe don’t stop me, because this has to be addressed, and soon. The Cubs got yet another excellent start from a rotation that’s looking like one of the better such groups in the entire league. And then Cubs relievers couldn’t... well, there wasn’t a lead to hold,...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 35

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs shut down the Brewers 5-0 to take the weekend series. I talk not infrequently about glass half full or half empty. Right now, on the morning of May 6, 2024, my Cubs cup is as full as I can remember it in quite a while. Chicks may dig the long ball, but this dude digs starting pitching. The Cubs are in the midst of one of the longest runs of stron...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45
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• Cub Tracks salvages one
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40
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• 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

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
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 29
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• Cubs 3, Astros 1: PCA saves the day

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Pete Crow-Armstrong won the game with his first MLB hit. The first thing I thought when I saw Pete Crow-Armstrong’s sixth-inning blast head toward the right-field bleachers was, “You have got to be kidding me!” PCA had struggled so mightily in his first exposure to MLB pitching last September, and Justin Verlander had just made him look silly in his fir...2024
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• Cubs 3, Brewers 2: The comeback Cubs do it again

Mike Tauchman scores the eventual winning run in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports This game had just about everything, and the best part: A Cubs win! Wednesday’s game at Wrigley Field reminded me why I love baseball so much. Gorgeous weather. Meaningful baseball between two rivals for a playoff spot. Back-and-forth, great pitching, lousy pitching, good f...2023
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• Cubs 6, Tigers 4: The never-quit Cubs pull one out

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports After a devastating grand slam tied things up, the Cubs got to work and came out on top. All’s well that ends well, and the Cubs ended this series well with a 6-4 win over the Tigers, but I’ll ask you the question, and you can vote in the poll. After Jameson Taillon loaded the bases in the sixth inning, then retired the next two hitters, would you have taken...2023
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• Cubs 9, Rangers 6: Seven in a row!
Edwin Rios | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League. Adrian Sampson and the Cubs did not start this game well, trailing 6-2 after just three innings. But a few of the sub Cubs had nice days at the plate and that resulted in a 9-6 Cubs win over the Rangers, the team’s seventh straight victory. Wins and losses, obviously, mean nothing in Sp...2023
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• Cubs News: Cubs sign Cody Bellinger

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The long-awaited deal has happened as Cody Bellinger returns on a three-year deal with opt-outs The Chicago Cubs and Cody Bellinger have agreed to a three-year, $80 million deal for the outfielder/first baseman to return to Chicago, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. BREAKING: Centerfielder Cody Bellinger and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a three-...2024
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• The Cubs should sign Nico Hoerner to a long-term deal
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports This could save the team lots of money in the long run. Nico Hoerner, finally healthy, is having the best year of his brief MLB career. In 101 games and 387 plate appearances, he is batting .304/.351/.429 with 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 12 stolen bases. He’s also solidified a claim as the Cubs’ starting shortstop, playing solid defense at th...2022
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• 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

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 4, Rockies 3: Sweep!

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs just need to keep winning, and good things will follow. Another day, another comeback win for the Chicago Cubs, and they continue to control their own destiny for the postseason. Patrick Wisdom’s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Cubs the lead, and they held on for a 4-3 win over the Rockies, sweeping the three-game series. The one-run win moved the ...2023
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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• Mountcastle Surging - May 3, 2024
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• 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

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 - February 24, 2024
RPs w/ Rosterable Ratios (+ Two NL Hitters) Relief pitching is a combustible commodity (they're the RBs of fantasy baseball) but using late picks on the proper RPs can help to fortify your pitching. RPs with high SwStr%* and K/9 can add helpful 2x a week dominance. A Rosterable Ratio RP may not provide many saves, but they can add surprisingly high strikeout totals and sneaky wins here and there t...2024
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• I’ll Buy Your Mirror, Nico
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) Little Nico Hoerner said he could play middle or corner or any of the field's orifices, After a meeting in David Ross's office. He stuck out his thumb, Indicating hitchhiking or he could play with aplomb, And said, "Eric Sogard sucks, so here I am.'" Not sure that's how the poem...2021
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• Cubs' Hoerner still hampered by hamstring issue
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 5/17, 1:20 CT
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• Ronald Acuña Jr, Austin Riley out of Braves’ lineup Wednesday
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• Braves 7, Cubs 0: Can’t win if you can’t score runs
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• 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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• Cub Tracks comes up with nothing

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Cubs/Braves, the Al Yellon experience, and more. Nico Hoerner turns 27. Former Cub farmhand and The Compound podcaster Zack Short is a hero for a day in his first MLB start. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers...2024
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• Braves pitching dominant in 2-0 win over Cubs

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Reynaldo Lopez and the bullpen held the Cubs in check as the Braves beat the Cubs 2-0. Reynaldo Lopez was sharp again and A.J. Minter held on at the end to help the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. The Braves had a chance to get on the board early against Shota Imanaga in the first. Ronald Acuña Jr. worked a leadof...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
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• Cubs 5, Pirates 4: Words of Wisdom

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Patrick Wisdom had three hits, including a home run, to help the Cubs take a game in extra innings. Well. This one wasn’t quite as crazy as Saturday’s, but then, most games aren’t. The Cubs got good pitching and bad pitching, timely hitting and times you wanted to rip your hair out because they didn’t, and in the end held on for a 5-4, 10-inning win over t...2024
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• Cubs 3, Padres 2: Michael Busch walks it off
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• 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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• 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
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• 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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• 2024 NL Central Preview: A division where it is truly anyone’s game

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports From Chicago to even Pittsburgh, the NL Central is truly up for grabs in this upcoming season. Let's not beat around the bush, here: The National League representative for this season's World Series very likely won't come out of the Central Division. While it's certainly true that we do live in a baseball world where anything is possible as long as you make t...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 24, 2024
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• Cub Tracks’ spring in, fallout

Al Yellon Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Pitchers and catchers reporting day Wednesday. Most position players are in camp as well. 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 ba...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospect countdown: 6 to 10

James Triantos | Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images There are some high ceilings on the players in the bottom half of the top 10. Now we are getting into the really special prospects today. All five of these prospects would be in the Cubs’ top five in other years. I really went back and forth on whether to rank Owen Caissie or Kevin Alcántara higher. Honestly, I am still n...2024
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• Cub Tracks ‘ how tweet it is

Shota Imanaga — lots to like so far. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. The Cubs’ new pitcher is already popular. The Cubs Convention is ON. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, groun...2024
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