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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa sweeps doubleheader from Toledo

Kevin Alcántara | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Six games today and the Cubs farm system won four of them. Left-hander Chase Watkins goes from High-A South Bend to Triple-A Iowa. Right-hander Nolan Clenney goes from Iowa to South Bend. Right-hander Ryan Gallagher, the Cubs’ sixth-round pick last summer, joins South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs swept a dou...2025
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• Iowa Cubs Wrap: Iowa splits in Indy

Cade Horton | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Cade Horton makes a successful return in game 2 as Iowa and Indianapolis split. Tonight is the last night of Iowa Cubs Wrap until September, as the other minor league affiliates join the party tomorrow night. If you haven’t seen the previews of Knoxville and Myrtle Beach, you should check them out now. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs split a doubleheader w...2025
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• Iowa Cubs Wrap: Walks will haunt

Jordan Wicks | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images The Cubs coughed up a big lead because their pitchers couldn’t throw strikes. I’ll probably mention this again later, but I’m trying to use Bluesky rather than the site formerly known as Twitter for regular updates on the Cubs minor leagues. Frankly, that other site has just become a cesspool (along with cute dog and cat pictures, admittedly) u...2025
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Moises Ballesteros | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs Triple-A affiliate is loaded with prospects. The Iowa Cubs take the field tonight against the Omaha Storm Chasers at 7:08 Central Time at Principal Park in Des Moines. It’s the 45th season that Iowa will be the Cubs’ top farm team. The first thing to know about this Cubs team is that it is absolutely loaded with pr...2025
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• Padres 5, Cubs 1: Mostly pointless

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Nico Hoerner returned to the field. Cade Horton pitched well. Moises Ballesteros homered. Other than that. . . . Now that the Cubs have returned from Japan, having lost two games that count, they now have to play five games that don’t count, because the schedule says so. But it’s hard to find much point to today’s game, which was a glorified minor le...2025
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• Cub Tracks goes to eleven

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Cubs win in comeback fashion and the starter relieved the reliever. Good times. 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, s...2025
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• Giants 8, Cubs 6: The hits just kept on coming

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Cubs had a lot of hits Sunday... and also got hit. The Cubs sent several players onto the field for the second straight game Sunday afternoon, ramping up as the team gets ready to head to Japan. The starters put together a pretty good offense before departing, scoring in each of the first five innings. Unfortunately, non-roster in...2025
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• The Cubs’ coming bullpen crunch

Who will be the eight relievers Craig Counsell will have to choose from on Opening Day? | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Which relievers are going to make the Opening Day roster? One of the things that ruined the Cubs’ 2024 season was multiple bullpen meltdowns, particularly in the first couple of months. It’s not my purpose here to rehash those. Cubs President of Baseball Operations J...2025
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• Another way-too-early look at the Cubs’ Opening Day roster

Major League Baseball Let’s try this again, after a few more acquisitions. One week today, the Cubs — or, more correctly, a bunch of guys wearing Cubs uniforms — will take the field at Camelback Ranch to face the Dodgers. Most likely, even if there are a handful of everyday Cubs regulars in the lineup, by the fifth inning they’ll be replaced by guys who will probably spend 2025 in Double-A...2025
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• Here are a few more value guys the Cubs could sign to minor-league deals

Photo by David Berding/MLB Photos via Getty Images Call it dumpster-diving if you want, but these pitchers have had success in the past. Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer has had some success, in the past, signing pitchers who have had rough years, or injuries, or both, and rehabbing them into useful relievers. Julian Merryweather was one of those, at least until he was injur...2024
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• The last 10 years of Cubs drafts: How did they do?

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The MLB Draft is an inexact science — but the Cubs still made some good selections. This year’s MLB Draft comes up beginning Sunday, July 14. Teams will draft 20 players and hope for the best. Josh will have a preview of this year’s Draft prospects coming up later this week, but I thought I’d take this time to look at the last 10 years of ...2024
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• D-Backs’ Kyle Nelson To Undergo Thoracic Outlet Surgery
Diamondbacks reliever Kyle Nelson will undergo surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome, manager Torey Lovullo told reporters (link via Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports). There’s no official timetable for Nelson’s return to game action, but the Snakes placed him on the 60-day injured list when they called up Brandon Hughes this afternoon. The track record for players,…...2024
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• 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images One team in this division did quite a bit this offseason The Dodgers have won 100 or more games in each of the last four full seasons (and probably would have in 2020 if there had been a full season then). They went out and signed two of the top free agents this offseason. So how much will they win this division by? The answer: “Who knows?” That’s why they...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ stars and swipes
Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Read all about it! #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Cubs visit the nation’s capital and are victorious behind Drew Smyly’s strong outing. Cody Bellinger is aggressive on the bases early ands sets the tone. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and blo...2023
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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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"After that, Eli Morgan, Porter Hodge, Trevor Richards, Brandon Hughes and Chris Flexen combined for 6⅔ shutout innings, allowing two hits and three walks, striking out five."

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"Arizona Diamondbacks Key departures: Evan Longoria, Tommy Pham, Mark Melancon, Seby Zavala Key additions: Eugenio Suarez, Joc Pederson, Brandon Hughes The D-backs were four games better than they should have been in 2023, per their Pythagorean W/L projection, and made the postseason by one game."

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"After that Cubs relievers Michael Fulmer, Brandon Hughes (spring debut), Michael Rucker and Brendon Little (much better than his last outing) held the Rockies scoreless through seven."

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", Michael Rucker and Brandon Hughes combined for 6⅓ shutout innings after Sampson’s early departure, allowing three hits and three walks and striking out seven."

• Minor League Wrap: Iowa sweeps doubleheader from Toledo
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• 2025 Cubs player profiles: Caleb Thielbar

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Thielbar is the Cubs’ sole lefthanded reliever at present. He’ll have to work hard to pitch his way out of a spot. Caleb Thielbar, No. 24 in your program guide, signed with the Cubs as a free agent in late December, a belated Xmas present for the bullpen. He was signed to a one-year, $2.75 million contract. He’s had effective years with the T...2025
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• 2025 Cubs player profiles: Ryan Brasier

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Ryan Brasier’s veteran status and track record probably gives him an edge to a bullpen spot. He has to earn it, though. Ryan Brasier is going to need to get guys out. I mean, that’s what all pitchers do, ideally, but Brasier’s track record, veteran status, and relatively high salary probably get him a spot in the middle of the bullpen as long as he’s ef...2025
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• The Cubs invite 20 non-roster players to Spring Training

James Triantos at the 2024 All-Star Futures Game | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here are the players who will help fill out the spring camp roster. Friday afternoon, the Cubs announced the 20 players who have received non-roster invitations to Spring Training at the Sloan Park complex in Mesa, Arizona. Of these 20, 10 played in the Cubs organization at some point in 2024...2025
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• The last 10 years of Cubs drafts: How did they do?
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• Diamondbacks Select Brandon Hughes
The Diamondbacks announced that they have selected the contract of left-hander Brandon Hughes. Fellow lefty Tommy Henry was optioned to Triple-A Reno to open an active roster spot. To get Hughes onto the 40-man, lefty Kyle Nelson was transferred to the 60-day injured list. More to come....2024
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• 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
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• Cubs vs. Giants at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/9, 3:05 CT

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Another sunny afternoon is forecast. Sunday notes... CUBS AND SLAMS AND OTHER HOMERS: Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a grand slam and a solo homer yesterday. Cubs batters have hit 332 slams in regular-season games since 1901. In 39 games, the same batter also hit another homer. The last to do so was Patrick Wisdom, on June 30, 2022, at home vs. the Reds. ...2025
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• Cubs 4, Giants 4: Shōta Imanaga has a rough Cactus League debut

Steve Sher But... it probably doesn’t mean anything. And the Cubs remain undefeated! Shōta Imanaga made his first appearance for the Cubs in 2025 and the box score results weren’t great. The Cubs fell behind early, but an eighth-inning rally tied the game and that’s where things ended up, a 4-4 tie with the Giants. So the Cubs didn’t win... but didn’t lose either, and remain undefeated. Im...2025
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• Cubs vs. Giants at Scottsdale preview, Wednesday 2/26, 2:05 CT

Steve Sher Shōta Imanaga makes his 2025 spring debut. Wednesday notes... STREAKING: The Cubs have won their first six spring training games. Their longest streak to begin a regular season is seven games, in 1934. Their next-longest is just four games, in 1958, 1969 and 1995. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) NO HITS: The Cubs were hitless through the first four innings against the Diamondbacks y...2025
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• 2023 Cubs final season grades

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Some of these are pretty good. Others, not so much. In re-reading my midseason grades article, I noted this passage: Last year’s team went 39-31 after the break, a .557 winning percentage. If this year’s team can play to that percentage in the 73 remaining games, they’ll go 41-32. That would result in an 83-79 final record. I don’t claim to be prescient...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 145

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs fumble the lead late, but bounce back to win 5-4. In the moment, I suspect Jordan Wicks would tell you that winning a game and the march towards the playoffs is what matters. That’s the right thing to say and is admirable. At the end of the day, it is a team sport. You win as a team and you win at a lose. It isn’t about individual accomplishments...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 139

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The offense takes its turn in an 11-8 win. We have to take care of some business off of the top. If you were someone giving up and deciding for at least the 20th time that this team was trash by the top of the third inning, show yourself out. I don’t know how to help you. Look, I had this team at 75 wins. We’re all wrong sometimes. (And let me tell,...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 136

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images For the second game, the Reds rally in the ninth to beat the Cubs. Heavy sigh, part two. I’m invoking early day game after a night game formation. As in, an abridged Heroes and Goats today. I’m going to give you bullet points rather than a full narrative. The Cubs lost consecutive games for the first time since August 13 and 15 against the Blue Jays and W...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 129

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images A strong debut, a rollercoaster, a win. As per usual, Saturday is a family day for me. I’m usually good in the afternoon when the Cubs are at home. But these Saturday night games are tough for me to follow too closely. Did I miss anything? Obviously, I was right there with many of you when the ripple went through social media on Friday. Actually, I’d been...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 100
Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs stay red hot as they win on the South Side. In three wins this weekend over the Cardinals, free agent signees Cody Bellinger and Jameson Taillon took turns in the spotlight giving the Cubs a lift as they try to get back into contention. After the off day and on to the other side of town, it was a different free agent signing taking his turn wear...2023
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• Today in Cubs history: The Field of Dreams game

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A year ago today, the Cubs played in Iowa. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the BCB recap of last year’s Field of Dreams game, which took place one year ago today, Thursday, August 11, 2022, with a few minor bits edited out. Drew Smyly threw really well in that game. Here’s hoping he can get back to that. DYERSVILLE, Iowa — The Cubs, of course, aren’t going to b...2023
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• 2023 Cubs midseason grades
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Some things were good for the Cubs before the All-Star break. And some... were not. (If that sounds familiar, I wrote the same words in last year’s midseason grades article.) The Cubs stand seven games out of first place in the N.L. Central at the All-Star break. This still shapes up as a weak division that could be taken with fewer than 90 wins. One th...2023
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• Astros 7, Cubs 6: (Expletive deleted)
Sorry. No Cubs player deserves to be featured here today | Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images I have more expletives that could have gone here, too. Friends, I have watched a lot of Chicago Cubs baseball. Between games I’ve personally attended and games watched on TV, I estimate I’ve probably seen somewhere around 8,000 Cubs games over the last 60 years, maybe more....2023
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• Cubs 10, Athletics 1: Patrick Wisdom’s two homers lead a blowout
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The Cubs smashed hits all over Oakland Monday night. OAKLAND — I feel sorry for A’s fans, really I do. Ownership has torn down the roster so that it’s barely recognizable and former Cub Tony Kemp batted fifth Monday night. Think about that for a minute. Tony Kemp has a .358 career slugging percentage. That would be roughly comparable to the Cubs bat...2023
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• Cubs 3, Mariners 2: Nico Hoerner walks it off
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs blew a ninth-inning lead, but won in extras. In their first foray into extra innings in 2023, the Cubs got themselves in trouble in the top of the 10th, got out of it, then won quickly in the bottom of the inning on a line-drive single by Nico Hoerner, defeating the visiting Mariners 3-2. It was the team’s first walkoff win since August 20, 2022. ...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ experiment in error
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. The Cubs won again, as the Rangers booted the ball around the yard. Welcome to today’s edition 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, and then cold-b...2023
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• Cubs 6, Rockies 5: The sub Cubs come through
Brennen Davis | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images After all the regulars departed, some Cubs minor leaguers put together a ninth-inning rally. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Wins and losses mean nothing in Spring Training, yet the Cubs’ come-from-behind 6-5 win over the Rockies at Salt River Fields Sunday afternoon felt... well, pretty good. Some guys who could be part of the ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Reds 6: Six-run sixth sinks Cincinnati’s ship
Patrick Wisdom | Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Try saying that six times quickly. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs could not figure out Reds starter Hunter Greene, almost not at all. Greene didn’t give up a hit until the fourth inning and allowed the Cubs no runs. He looked far better than we saw him last year and if he can ever harness his command, he’s going to be a force in this league. But C...2023
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• Cubs 15, Reds 2: Zach McKinstry, David Bote and Franmil Reyes go deep in this laugher to end the year
David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs had some fun and breezed to win No. 74. It seems like a very long time ago when the Cubs defeated the Brewers 5-4 at Wrigley Field in the 2022 season opener, but in reality, that was just short of six months ago, the length of a normal baseball season. Wednesday, on a lovely October afternoon that spilled into early evening in Cincinnati, the Cubs booke...2022
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• Cubs 8, Brewers 7: A Morel victory
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Christopher Morel’s sixth-inning homer, plus some excellent relief work, gave the Cubs a win over Milwaukee. Now that was a fun baseball game! That could have been said even if the Cubs had lost it, but it was entertaining regardless. There were five lead changes and five home runs hit on a windy day at Wrigley, and in the end Christopher Morel’s two-run homer ...2022
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• Cubs 7, Cardinals 1: The complaint department is closed
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching efforts and timely hitting and defeated their arch-rivals. One day after the Cubs put together one of their biggest stinkers of 2023 in the doubleheader Game 2 loss to the Cardinals, they posted one of their best efforts of the season against the NL Central leaders. They got a solid effort in a spot start by Luke Farrell, shu...2022
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• Cubs 10, Athletics 1: Patrick Wisdom’s two homers lead a blowout
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• Cubs 4, Brewers 3: The Ian Happ game
Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs outfielder had the team’s only hits, but they were enough to win the game. Here’s how many times I was absolutely certain the Cubs would lose Friday night’s game: When they didn’t get any hits for the first six innings When the Brewers tied the game in the ninth and had the winning run in scoring position with one out When the Brewers had the tying and...2022
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• Cubs 3, Mariners 2: Nico Hoerner walks it off
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• Padres 5, Cubs 1: Mostly pointless
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• Giants 8, Cubs 6: The hits just kept on coming
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• 2025 Cubs player profiles: Ryan Brasier
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• Cubs 4, Giants 4: Shōta Imanaga has a rough Cactus League debut
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• Cub Tracks’ more threading the noodle

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Break glass pitchers in abundance, old friends in new places, one old friend returns, and other stories. 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 #...2025
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 145
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 1
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Hope springs eternal! Welcome back for the 10th season of Heroes and Goats. I can remember back to 2014 when Al Yellon asked the Bleed Cubbie Blue faithful if any of them had ideas for new features. Me? I wouldn’t describe myself as particularly creative. But I well remember when Russ La Croix conceived Heroes and Goats. I was from the beginning a fan o...2023
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