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• MLB reporter names 2 low-budget free agents New York Yankees may pursue at first base

MLB rumors: Find out which first baseman in MBL free agency coud replace Anthony Rizzo in the latest New York Yankees rumors....2024
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Dodgers and Ohtani, part 2

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images A legendary season concludes. I’ve been writing Heroes and Goats since 2017. In that time, I’ve covered eight seasons of the Cubs and done additional deep dives on the 1969, 1984, 1989 and 2003 Cubs. I’ve also looked at the 2018 Brewers, the 2004 Giants and the 1985 Mets. Now I’ve added the 2024 Dodgers. Unsurprisingly, I’ve looked into some pretty special season...2024
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Special Dodgers/Ohtani edition

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Part 1 of my look at the World Series champs and their iconic star. My tank hits empty by the time game number 162 rolls around. And so over these last few seasons, I’ve vanished after that last game and not reappeared, almost like a literal hibernating bear. One of the most gratifying things that has happened along the way is that there are a number of yo...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 4, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Welcome back Wacha! Anne Rogers has more on the Michael Wacha contract specifics. Instead, the 33-year-old gets a multiyear extension that can be worth up to $72 million over the course of four years, sources told MLB.com. The deal includes a guaranteed three years at $51 million with a $14 million club option in 2028. Wacha will make $18 million in 2025 a...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Hot stove is warming! Welcome to the official offseason friends. The World Series is over, the Dodgers have had their celebratory parade (featuring none other than Decoy Ohtani), they might have begun a dynasty era, and the Yankees have started to make major changes ahead of next year. Speaking of the Yankees, Gerrit Cole has opted out of his contrac...2024
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• Ian Happ wins 3rd Gold Glove

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs left fielder wins for the third-straight season The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were announced this evening and for the third-straight season, the Cubs’ Ian Happ was given the award for the top defender in left field in the National League. Happ is the first Cubs’ outfielder to win a Gold Glove three years in a row. He was tied for th...2024
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Dodgers and Ohtani, part 2
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• Cub Tracks saddles up

Dizzy Dean and other players pose as cowboys | Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Player movement, GM Meetings — the 2024-25 offseason is on the air. 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, overh...2024
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• The Royals’ offseason motto: Don’t reject, but don’t rely

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals looks on prior to Game 4 of the Division Series | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Improving the team doesn’t necessarily mean moving on from players Last year, around this time, I wrote about how the Royals fans had a skewed perspectives problem about the team’s roster. I argued that players like Michael Massey and Kyle Isbel we...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ wide world of ports

Belmont Harbor at sunset | Photo by Richard Cummins/Corbis via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Buoy oh buoy do we harbor doubts. 2025 starts in about a week. 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 base...2024
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• The World Series has big names... but could be decided by players who aren’t stars

Photo by Nicole Vasquez/MLB Photos via Getty Images Some of those players already have had a big influence on this year’s postseason. You all know the names of the big stars on the Yankees and Dodgers who will take the field tonight at Dodger Stadium for Game 1 of the World Series: Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, among others. Many postsea...2024
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers

The Fall Classic will return to Yankee Stadium for the first time in 15 years, but Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers have every intention of spoiling the party. Yankees vs. Dodgers has probably been one of the most common World Series predictions of the past decade. They’re both consistent powerhouse teams with loads of star power, and both have made the playoffs in every season since 2017 (save for the Yan...2024
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• Ranking this off-season’s free agents

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals spend on any? The World Series begins tomorrow, and immediately after they crown a champion, eligible players become free agents. The Royals were one of the most active teams last off-season, and GM J.J. Picollo has said he expects the same kind of financial flexibility from ownership this season. Which free agents could th...2024
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• A few thoughts about the first Dodgers/Yankees World Series in 43 years

Shohei Ohtani scores against the Yankees in June | Brad Penner-Imagn Images ... and what this might mean for the sport going forward, and for the Cubs. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers did what their owners, management, players and fans expected them to do: Finish with the best regular-season records in their respective leagues, then win the postseason series they had to win to...2024
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• Cub Tracks rides it out

Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Things are picking up a little in Cubland, and the AFL is still going strong. 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’ tears...2024
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• Anthony Rizzo injury: Yankees first baseman makes ALCS roster after breaking fingers at end of regular season

Rizzo was out for the ALDS...2024

• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 148

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images The Cubs falter late, losing 6-5 to the Rockies. This feeling this morning, it’s different than it has been in a while. The beauty of an in-season vacation is that I was out of contact during the Cleveland series. Because of that, I’m having trouble remembering the last time that things were so frustrating that I’m looking for where the ride ends so th...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 117

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs win 8-2 to take the series from the Twins. I mean no disrespect to the Twins, but when I was looking into them ahead of this series, I saw a team that has feasted on bad teams with an unusual fervor. On the one hand, all you can do is beat the team in the other dugout. This isn’t college football and you aren’t lining up cupcakes to boost your...2024
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• The All-Star game is coming. Are you ready to vote?

Maikel Garcia #11 and Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals are splashed by MJ Melendez #1 after the Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-3 to win the game at Kauffman Stadium on May 21, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images How many Royals will be headed to Arlington instead of on a vacation? Believe it or not, the All-Star Game is coming up fast. Voti...2024
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• Blog Bat-Around: 5 best pack-pulled hits (plus a few others)

All right, time to inject a little spirit of community into the blog world again. Everyone's gone off into their own directions, even if they didn't ditch their blog 10 years ago. What we need is another Blog Bat-Around.This version was started by Matt of Diamond Jesters. Inspired by his recent pull of a Tony Gwynn bat relic in 2024 Topps, he listed his top five pack-pulled hits.I'm taking u...2024
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"2012 - The Padres trade first base prospect Anthony Rizzo and minor league pitcher Zach Cates to the Cubs for pitcher Andrew Cashner and outfielder Kyung-Min Na."

2023
"Then there was 2016 and his “Grandpa Rossy” persona, bestowed on him by Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant during Spring Training."

2022
"Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo and DJ LeMahieu chug beers at Rangers game"

2021
"The Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

2020
"Cubs' Anthony Rizzo pokes fun at Astros' cheating scheme during spring training at-bat"

2019
"The Cubs have decided against pursuing an extension with first baseman Anthony Rizzo this offseason, agent Marc Pollack tells Jesse Rogers of ESPNChicago."

2018
"Standing on the same stage in the park where he has hosted a charity walk-a-thon, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo tearfully addressed a prayer vigil in his hometown of Parkland, Fla."

2017
"Anthony Rizzo never forgot how difficult it was for his parents to deal with the news that their son had cancer, and that sparked the Cubs first baseman's efforts to help other families cope with the horrible disease."

2016
"Slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo homered in a 10-2 blowout win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium to deadlock the best-of-seven National League Championship Series at two games apiece."

2015
"Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo."

2014
"With Lester wearing a Cubs uniform, Maddon’s message to a clubhouse full of young phenoms like Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro, Javy Baez, Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant should ring far truer than he ever could have imagined when he took this job last month."

• MLB reporter names 2 low-budget free agents New York Yankees may pursue at first base
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Special Dodgers/Ohtani edition
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 4, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!
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• Cub Tracks saddles up
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• Yankees decline club option on veteran first baseman

The Yankees announced that they had declined their 2025 club option on Anthony Rizzo, and the veteran first baseman is now a free agent....2024
• The Royals’ offseason motto: Don’t reject, but don’t rely
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• Yankees Decline Club Option On Anthony Rizzo
The Yankees announced that they have declined their 2025 club option on Anthony Rizzo, and the veteran first baseman is now a free agent. It was an $11MM decision for the team, as Rizzo will receive a $6MM buyout instead of the $17MM salary he would’ve received if the option had been exercised. The move…...2024
• BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs make a mistake trading Zyhir Hope?

Zyhir Hope rounds third against the Solar Sox at Sloan Park | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Your late night coffee shop spot peers into our crystal ball Greetings late night Cubs fans, whatever brought you to our end of the week pop-up coffee shop, we’re glad you’re here. You’ll find drinks to keep you up, drinks to chill you out, intriguing questions and robust arguments....2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Final results

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Shota Imanaga nabs the Rizzo Award for his rookie season. As the 2024 season is on a collision course with its conclusion, it is time to start looking back and closing the books on the season. Unfortunately, the Cubs season came to a close several weeks ago. The playoffs are the goal for every team, but certainly for a large market team with a rabid fan b...2024
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Dodgers and Ohtani, part 2
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Special Dodgers/Ohtani edition
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• The Royals’ offseason motto: Don’t reject, but don’t rely
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Final results
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• Cub Tracks’ wide world of ports
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• All That Jazz
Jazz Chisholm Jr.of the Yankees bats with one out in the top of the tenth inning. He singles and steals second, inducing a walk to Anthony Rizzo. Chisholm then steals third, and scores on an Anthony Volpe grounder with the infield in. Tommy Edman smothered the ball, but could not get the ball out of […]...2024
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers
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• A few thoughts about the first Dodgers/Yankees World Series in 43 years
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• This day in Braves history: Braves win wild NLCS Game 2 against Dodgers

Photo by Cooper Neill/MLB Photos via Getty Images This was a fun series, until it wasn’t! Braves Franchise History 1914: The Boston Braves complete a remarkable sweep of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first in World Series history. Dick Rudolph pitches a complete game, 3-1 victory for the Braves, who were 15 games out of first place in early July. 1959: The Milwaukee Braves release long-...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 9

Happy birthday, Joe Pepitone! | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Joe Pepitone and a great day in 2017, plus much more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various...2024
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• The Royals’ offseason motto: Don’t reject, but don’t rely
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• BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs make a mistake trading Zyhir Hope?
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• All That Jazz
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• The World Series has big names... but could be decided by players who aren’t stars
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers
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• A few thoughts about the first Dodgers/Yankees World Series in 43 years
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the American League Championship Series

Anthony Rizzo during Game 3 | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images ... as the series heads into the weekend Every now and again baseball has this way of reminding you that what can appear for hours, or even multiple games, as a slow sport with a predictable cadence, is really a veneer for some of the most exciting and dramatic moments in sports. Last night in Cleveland it look...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 161

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images A magical sendoff for a Cubs legend in a 3-0 win. What a day. We all have so many memories of Kyle Hendricks. Obviously, he started some of the most significant games in modern Cubs history, a statement that can be made without even an ounce of hyperbole. He started the deciding games of both the NLCS and the World Series in 2016, dominating the Dodgers ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 157

Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The Cubs were overpowered in the opener in Philly and lose 6-2. The Cubs were roadkill in Philadelphia Monday night. This isn’t a giant surprise. With 53 wins, the Phillies have more wins at home than any other team. This is their final home series of the season and they’ve now clinched the National League East title. They are half a game behind the Dodgers for t...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 148
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• Rizzo humbled by Clemente Award honor
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• Dodgers slowed by Cubs' fast start in G4 loss
With Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill out of the way temporarily, the Cubs went back to being the Cubs on Wednesday night. Slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo homered in a 10-2 blowout win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium to deadlock the best-of-seven National League Championship Series at two games apiece....2016
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• Braves fall short in slugfest vs. Cubs
The Cubs' second-half offensive surge continued on Saturday at Wrigley Field as Rene Rivera smacked his first career grand slam, Anthony Rizzo reached 100 RBIs with a bases-clearing triple and Javier Baez added a solo home run and RBI double to post a 14-12 victory over the Braves for Chicago's sixth straight win....2017
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• Lester, Rizzo lead Cubs in 5-HR, 16-run rout
Jon Lester hit his first Major League home run, notched his 2,000th career strikeout and got homers from Anthony Rizzo, Ian Happ and Javier Baez, to post a 16-4 victory over the D-backs on Tuesday night and continue the Cubs' hot second-half run....2017
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• Cards' Central lead cut as Cubs gain ground
Having watched his club be swept and outscored, 15-4, during a June visit to St. Louis, Cubs manager Joe Maddon hoped they would make a September statement upon returning to Busch Stadium for a series budding with playoff implications. Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Star...2015
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• Cards rally, but Central lead down to 4 1/2
Having watched his club be swept and outscored, 15-4, during a June visit to St. Louis, Cubs manager Joe Maddon hoped they would make a September statement upon returning to Busch Stadium for a series budding with playoff implications. Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Star...2015
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• Rizzo knocks in 6, but Cubs lose Schwarber
Anthony Rizzo tied his career-high with six RBIs as the Cubs had 14 runs on 14 hits, but they lost left fielder Kyle Schwarber to a left ankle sprain in the second inning....2016
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• Lester, 5 HRs spur Cubs to 7th straight
Dexter Fowler, Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo each homered in the fifth inning, and Schwarber added another two-run shot in the seventh plus an RBI single in the eighth, backing Jon Lester and powering the Cubs to a 9-2 victory Thursday over the Brewers at Wrigley Field for their 13th win in the past 14 games....2015
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• BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs make a mistake trading Zyhir Hope?
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• AL Week 25 Strategy-September 7, 2024
In The Field OF Max Kepler was placed on the 10-day IL with left knee tendonitis on Thursday. He had missed the previous four games with the injury. OF Matt Wallner is expected to fill in for Kepler while he is out. Wallner is hitting .262 with 11 HR, 23 R, 29 RBI, and 3 SB. OF Kyle Tucker was activated on Friday. He has been out since early June with a right shin fracture. He was hitting .266 w...2024
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• AL Week 23 Strategy-August 24, 2024
In The Field 1B Ryan Mountcastle left Thursday's game early with a sore wrist. The injury occurred on a slide into second base in the second inning. He was not in the lineup on Friday or Saturday. OF Mickey Moniak left Thursday's game early due to left elbow irritation. He is considered day-to-day. OF Jazz Chisholm Jr. (elbow) was activated off the 10-day IL on Friday and returned to the lineup ...2024
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
In The Field OF Giancarlo Stanton is not expected back this weekend according to manager Aaron Boone. He continues to work out but isn't ready to return. The Yankees and Stanton hope that he returns on Monday. 1B Triston Casas (oblique) has been able to take full batting practice and is expected to start a rehab assignment soon. OF MJ Melendez (ankle) started a rehab assignment on Thursday and i...2024
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• Youth Movement - June 19, 2024
Corbin Carroll, OF (ARI) Carroll stuffed the stat sheet on Tuesday, reaching base four times including a triple, two walks and his 13th stolen base of the season. Carroll looked just fine after leaving Sunday's game with side discomfort. Both of his base hits were slugged at greater than 100 miles per hour. In fact, his 9th-inning single off Tanner Rainey was ripped at 109.4 miles per hour. The st...2024
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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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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!

Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli tries his best to sound sane during a press conference where he reveals the team’s good-luck charm is a wrapped summer sausage. The latest on news around baseball includes Seattle’s latest surge, top pitching performances, and ... a White Sox sweep? While it hasn’t been too long since our previous update, BOY has a lot happened over the last week. Jo...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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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 24, 2024
Injury News Justin Steele-Cubs-SP Justin Steele left his start on Friday with a left knee contusion. He was on the ground in obvious pain and was helped off the field. This initially looked bad but he was later diagnosed with a left knee contusion and tweeted that he was okay. This was scary for both the Cubs and fantasy owners because Steele was just announced as the Opening Day starter. Stee...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 2, 2024
Around the League Matt Chapman-Giants-3B Matt Chapman signed late Friday night with the San Francisco Giants on a 3-year, $54 million deal. Chapman is coming off a down year in Toronto in which he hit .240 with 17 HR, 66 R, 54 RBI, and 4 SB in 140 GP. The power dropping off was the biggest surprise. He posted a career-low .185 ISO. Digging deeper into his underlying skills reveals that he was ...2024
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Dodgers and Ohtani, part 2
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!
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• Ian Happ wins 3rd Gold Glove
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• Ian Happ Wins Third Consecutive Gold Glove, Dansby Swanson Hosed
Ian Happ has won his third straight Gold Glove in left field, making him the first outfielder in Cubs history to earn that many of the coveted awards. Four Cubs infielders have won at least three straight: Ryne Sandberg, Mark Grace, Ron Santo, and Anthony Rizzo. I was shocked when Happ was even named a … The post Ian Happ Wins Third Consecutive Gold Glove, Dansby Swanson Hosed appeared first...2024
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• Cub Tracks saddles up
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• The Royals’ offseason motto: Don’t reject, but don’t rely
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• BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs make a mistake trading Zyhir Hope?
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• Cub Tracks’ at midnight, all the agents?

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Change is just around the corner, but I’m looking under the streetlight cuz that’s where the light is. 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 bas...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Final results
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 158

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Cubs bats lead the way to victory in Philadelphia, 10-4. The Cubs bats broke out in a big way Tuesday night and the Cubs scored an impressive win against the Phillies to reach the 81-win plateau and guarantee a .500 or better finish to the season despite all of their struggles. We can wonder what could have been, but we can also give some credit to ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 141

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs come up empty in a 3-0 loss to Anthony Rizzo and the Yankees. The Cubs were so happy to see their old pal Anthony Rizzo that they rolled over and played dead to give his team a win. Not really, but it might as well have been true. It was a generally well played game and neither team was able to generate a whole lot of offense. Unfort...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 139

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs come up empty in a 5-0 loss. I sincerely hope not too many of my regular readers got overly carried away with the Cubs’ recent resurgence. It was a lot of fun, but it was always a quest in search of a miracle. More than anything, it was a front-loaded schedule with the Cubs playing the hardest parts of its schedule first. Off the top of my hea...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 138

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs return home from a terrific trip with a disappointing 5-3 loss. Last night’s game was simultaneously totally predictable and a little shocking to me. After an 8-1 road trip, a letdown game was so completely foreseeable. I essentially wrote about it yesterday. It isn’t surprising and it isn’t per se the gambler’s paradox. A team isn’...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 137

Rafael Suanes-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs crush the Nats to conclude an 8-1 road trip. A strange thing is happening here in 2024. I’m fairly certain the doctor called time of death weeks ago. For a while now, the math has been so bad that it’s hard to actually draw up, even today, realistic scenarios that involve this Cubs team as one of the playoff teams. Here we are though. Mission Imposs...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 117
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 113

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Cubs fail to protect their lead and lose 5-4. Heavy sigh. Once again, the Cubs had things in position to win a game and let it get away. That will be the enduring memory of this season. The crushing number of blown leads late has derailed this team over and over again. The Cubs had the opportunity to get back to three under .500. The last time they r...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 108

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs face plant in a 7-1 loss to the Reds. Every season has an iconic game or two. We’ll remember something like Pete Crow-Armstrong’s two homer-game. Or Ben Brown’s flirting with a no hitter. Ian Happ has had several really memorable games. There are so many games, even in a frustrating season that stand out to us. We find the good in the b...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 105

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs’ offensive woes continue in a 6-0 loss. The Cubs didn’t show up on Friday night. That’s not going to surprise anyone because they basically haven’t returned from the All-Star break. I’ll only back off from that broad brush to say that the pitching has been very good. As has been the case, by and large the pitching staff has been good enough for this ...2024
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