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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 55

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs win 4-3 in 11 innings. If Monday’s night made part of Cubs fandom antsy, then a lot of skin was crawling Tuesday night in Chi-town. Always hear me clearly, I’m not throwing it back just because it may not have been a fully satisfying victory. There was a lot of good. No one gifted the Cubs a win. Certainly, over 162 games, there will be games w...2025
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Matt Shaw walks it off

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs rookie had the first walk-off hit of his career. Matt Shaw, your table is ready. The Cubs third baseman, sent to Triple-A Iowa after a rough start to his 2025 season, has played excellent ball since returning. He’s played a solid third base and Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, went 2-for-5, including a game-winning single in the 11th inning. That...2025
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• BCB After Dark: A catching conundrum

Photo by Kenta Harada/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who should be catching in Miguel Amaya’s absence. We’re open for business here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. There’s no cover charge this evening. Tell us if you need anything. The hostess can...2025
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Heartbreak in extras

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images The Rockies took the Cubs to 11 innings, but it wasn’t enough. Given that it was a cold evening in Chicago with the wind blowing in from Lake Michigan, a low-scoring affair seemed in the cards for Game 2 of the Colorado Rockies-Chicago Cubs series. When the game ended in extras, the Cubs had walked off the Rockies in extras, 4-3 The offense was better but not ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: What would you do for Brown?

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you would leave Ben Brown in the rotation. It’s Monday here at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us for a while. We’re always glad to see a smiling face. The hostess will lead you to your table. Let us know i...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 51

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images PCA keys a come-from-behind 13-6 win. For a minute there, you thought the stories would be the bad first inning for Matthew Boyd and the continuing implosion of Julian Merryweather. These aren’t those Cubs. This team has so much fight in it and so a 6-2 early deficit became a 13-6 win. Eleven unanswered runs over the game’s final three innings. I’ll mention...2025
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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images The Cubs center fielder had his second six-RBI game... in a week. This Cubs team is starting to do really special things. Seriously, the Cubs had no business winning Friday’s game, not after Matthew Boyd had a rare bad outing, not after Julian Merryweather had another lousy relief appearance, not after they went into the seventh inning trailing by four. And ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s the best reliever?

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you which reliever you trust the most. It’s Tuesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the swinging-est spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad you decided to stop by. You’re always welcome here. I’m sure we can find a table for you. Let us know if you need anything. The show wi...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The anatomy of a comeback — the Cubs win 5-4. As is the usual case with a come-from-behind win, we’re going to talk a lot about WPA. The game was tied 2-2 in the seventh when Julian Merryweather took the mound. Julian didn’t have it. His fastball is down and he just isn’t effective at this point. This comeback story starts after Merryweather had allowed...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s the (second) favorite in the NL Central?

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which team is the Cubs’ biggest obstacle to winning the division. It’s Tuesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see you this evening. Come on in and join us. Your name is on the guest list. The dress co...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Horton or Flexen?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Cade Horton or Chris Flexen should make the next start when Imanaga’s turn comes up. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us for a while. There’s no cover charge. There are still a few ta...2025
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• Cubs roster move: Shōta Imanaga to injured list, Gavin Hollowell recalled

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The Cubs will replace Imanaga with a reliever, for the time being. You all know about Shōta Imanaga’s injury, suffered in the sixth inning Sunday in Milwaukee. Monday, it was revealed that the injury is a left hamstring strain, and the Cubs placed Imanaga on the 15-day injured list. It's not known how long he will be out. Imanaga’s turn in the rotation will not...2025
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• Imagine being proud of beating the 2024 White Sox

Beautiful bastard Grady Sizemore is the new face of a (hopefully) new White Sox team. In a not-so-classic Crosstown, the South Siders still maintain a superior record overall against the Cubs Welcome to the second Crosstown Classic of the 2024 season, Chicago. You’ll find your respective sections of postgame coverage below, divided into sections for South Sider or North Sider. White Sox F...2024
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"Of the first six hitters Merryweather faced, three had hits and one walked, and after a two-run single by Friedl, Merryweather was replaced by Chris Flexen."

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"The Royals were stymied by White Sox starter Chris Flexen after that until the seventh inning, however."

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

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"Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times tweets that known trade candidate Chris Flexen is not a…"

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"Former Mets starter Chris Flexen will lead the Seattle Mariners past the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night."

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"The Mariners have agreed to a deal with right-hander Chris Flexen, reports Mike Mayer of MetsMerized (Twitter link)."

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"Right-hander Chris Flexen is set to join the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization, reports Marc Carig of the Athletic (via Twitter)."

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"Starter Jason Vargas allowed five over three innings, while AJ Ramos and Chris Flexen allowed three earned runs apiece in relief."

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"Astros All-Star Carlos Correa will return to the lineup behind starter Mike Fiers for Sunday's series finale against Chris Flexen and the Mets at Minute Maid Park."

• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Heartbreak in extras
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• BCB After Dark: What would you do for Brown?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 51
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 49

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The offense explodes behind a strong performance from Jameson Taillon. In almost all instances, the “must win” label is hyperbole in baseball. That’s largely the stuff of football where a game or two decides everything. The last couple of years, a few blown games were the difference between in and out of the playoffs. So it’s hard to split the hairs. Th...2025
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• BCB After Dark: A rebrand for Iowa?

Connor Noland | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you think the Iowa Cubs should change their name. Thank you for stopping by BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in and join us. We’re all celebrating a big Cubs win tonight. The...2025
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 5 edition

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The Cubs had a good week, but that was tempered by the likely loss of Shōta Imanaga for a while. We don’t yet know what will happen with Shōta Imanaga, who will have an MRI today to determine the damage to his left hamstring. At that point we’ll know more about how long the Cubs will miss him. You know, this team does have some depth. When they lost Justin...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs explode in the the second and coast to a 10-0 victory. Friday night in Milwaukee, the Cubs scored two in the first to set the tone early, then lowered the boom with a seven-run second, featuring a Michael Busch grand slam. For those of you who aren’t longtime WPA guys, a quick summation. When the game gets lopsided early and stays that way th...2025
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• Cubs Promoting RHP Chris Flexen to Provide Depth
As first reported by ESPN’s Jesse Rogers, the Cubs are promoting righty Chris Flexen from Triple-A Iowa. Signed to a minor league deal just after the start of camp, the 30-year-old had to be added to the big league roster by Thursday or he would have become a free agent. We foreshadowed this move a … The post Cubs Promoting RHP Chris Flexen to Provide Depth appeared first on ....2025
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• BCB After Dark: A catching conundrum
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 51
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 49
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 5 edition
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 35

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Another frustrating Sunday, the Cubs lose 4-0. When does something arbitrary become something significant? If you haven’t been keeping track, the Cubs are now just 1-5 on Sundays. I don’t particularly think it is a getaway day issue. They are 3-3 in midweek series-enders. So it is at least a passing thought that there is something with Sundays. It sure w...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• Iowa Cubs Wrap: Smart baserunning leads to a 2-1 I-Cubs win

James Triantos | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa rallied for 2 runs in the top of the 9th to beat Indianapolis The Iowa Cubs rallied late to beat Indianapolis (Pirates), 2-1. Chris Flexen started for Iowa and was constantly pitching out of trouble. But for the most part he did. Flexen gave up seven hits and four walks over 4.2 innings, but allowed just one unearned run, ...2025
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 4: Justin Turner walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images That is a headline you likely did not expect to read this year. Maybe I should write that players are “done” more often. No matter what happens with the remainder of Justin Turner’s tenure with the Cubs, we will always have the wonderful memory of his walkoff double — his first extra-base hit of the year! — that gave the Cubs a stirring comeback 5-4 walkoff w...2025
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• BCB After Dark: A rebrand for Iowa?
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s the (second) favorite in the NL Central?
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• Brewers embarrassed by early Cubs offensive explosion

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images A deflating 10-0 loss opens this big three-game series Box Score In a game that was over almost before it started, the Chicago Cubs made a strong statement to the Milwaukee Brewers. The red-hot Cubs offense spat on Pat Murphy’s idea to use Tyler Alexander to open for Quinn Priester and jumped all over Brewers pitchers who looked unfit for the moment. After a second-...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the best long-term replacement for Justin Steele. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the hippest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re glad you decided to stop by. Come on in and sit with us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a couple of good tables av...2025
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• The White Sox WAH factor

The WAH when you first learn you’ve been born into a White Sox family. | tenor.com Some baseball teams rate a WOW factor. The South Siders would be better served by another measure: Wins Above Horrible Some baseball teams rate a WOW factor. The White Sox instead rate a WAH factor. WAH, a statistic reserved for teams with at least 121 losses, goes along with Baseball-Reference’s or FanGraph...2025
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• 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 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 6, Rockies 0: Takin’ care of business

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs need to win games... and here’s one they won in convincing fashion. With their recent skid, the Cubs have put themselves in a position where they pretty much have to win every single day the rest of the season, no matter how absurd that might seem. One day at a time is how they’ll have to take it, and Friday’s was a great effort pitching-wise, ...2023
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• Mariners To Acquire Teoscar Hernandez
9:52am: Seattle is sending right-handed reliever Erik Swanson and pitching prospect Adam Macko to the Blue Jays in the trade, Divish reports. 9:49am: TSN’s Scott Mitchell tweets that the Blue Jays will be getting bullpen help in return for Hernandez. Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times tweets that known trade candidate Chris Flexen is not a…...2022
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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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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again
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• Mets send Flexen for finale in Houston
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• Royals top White Sox 3-0 to go over .500 for the first time since the second game of 2022

MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates hitting a two-run home run against the Chicago White Sox during the seventh inning at Kauffman Stadium on April 6, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Michael Wacha was dominant and the Royals did just enough to win another one I could really get used to a Royals rotation that pitches like this one has so far...2024
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• FanDuel: Finally Get To Start Flexing
I don't know about you but it has been an interesting season to say the least. It's been a lot of fun writing these posts here for you on Monday morning for the day's slates and I hope you were able to plug in a few players that helped you take down a slate or two or played a pitcher you were on the fence that got you to the money in the end. The Monday slates are a little different in that they a...2021

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• Cubs 14, Marlins 1: You get a hit! And you get a hit! And you, and you...

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The Cubs had some fun with the bats in Miami. One thing that can get a team back on track after a rough loss like the one Monday is to come back the next day and absolutely annihilate the opposition. And that’s exactly what the Cubs did, with a 21-hit attack that matched their season high. From BCB’s JohnW53: They had 21 at Sacramento on March 31 while ...2025
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 4: Justin Turner walks it off
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 35
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• Time to rearrange the deck chairs again

White Sox GM Chris Getz hated last year’s team. I can’t imagine he feels much better about this one. | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports This year’s Chicago White Sox team is historically pathetic, even by Reinsdorfian standards. Something has to change While Rob Colletti’s analysis yesterday showed why (if you didn’t already know) the problem with the White Sox starts at the top with cha...2024
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• A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...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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• MLB rumors: Yankees have 'positive conversation' with Aaron Judge; Chris Flexen could be hot trade target

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