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• BCB After Dark: Should pitchers get ejected for hitting batters in the head?

Brett Davis-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if MLB should pass a new rule to protect hitters. It’s another Monday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s a late night for the Cubs, but we’re here for you. Come on in out of the Southern California heat—or whatever heat you’re in ri...2024
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• Watch: Michael Busch Adds to Cubs’ Lead with Solo Home Run
The Cubs got three runs in the 1st inning, two of which came off a Cody Bellinger home run. Now, Michael Busch has gotten in the mix with this solo opposite-field shot to left that barely got over the short wall. Cubs lead 4-0 in the 4th. Michael Busch goes oppo! 4-0 Cubbies! pic.twitter.com/VoDVPuEJF1 — … The post Watch: Michael Busch Adds to Cubs’ Lead with Solo Home Run appear...2024
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• Watch: Cody Bellinger Homers in Return to Dodger Stadium
Cody Bellinger likes to hit home runs in Los Angeles, which is good for the Cubs. He just blasted this 2-run bomb 430 feet over the right field wall. Cubs are off to a good start in LA. Guy's name rings bells 'round these parts. pic.twitter.com/fVszbugezI — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 10, 2024 The post Watch: Cody Bellinger Homers in Return to Dodger Stadium appeared first ...2024
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• Cubs 2, Yankees 1: Finally, some runs...

Matt Marton-Imagn Images ... just enough runs to win the last game of the series behind some outstanding pitching. I know that most of you were paying attention to the Bears game this afternoon, so ICYMI, the Cubs finally put together enough runs to defeat the Yankees 2-1 and salvage the final game of this three-game series. They did that despite having only three hits. From BCB’s JohnW53:...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees preview, Sunday 9/8, 1:20 CT

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs try to salvage the final game of the series and homestand. Sunday notes... LET’S KEEP IT THIS WAY: This is the Cubs’ 68th three-game series at home vs. an American League team since interleague play began in 1997. They have been swept in only five of them: in 1999 and 2012 by the White Sox, in 2006 by the Tigers, in 2017 by the Yankees and in 2...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 142

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Rinse and repeat: The Cubs offense was shut down for the second straight game, 2-0. I feel like I wrote about this game yesterday and said most of the things that one says after a game like this then. Which is probably fair, because most of you probably feel like you just watched this same game yesterday. But here we are. There’s work to be done, so let’s...2024
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• Cubs 2, Yankees 1: Finally, some runs...
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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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• Combined no-hitters in major league history

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here’s some more interesting baseball history. The Cubs had Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine for a no-hitter over the Pirates Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field. That's still a rare enough feat that I thought you'd like to see a list of the 20 other combined no-hitters in major-league history. June 23, 1917, first game. B...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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• Cubs 14, Nationals 1: Sweep!

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Cubs just completed their best road trip in many years. You did not expect an 8-1 Cubs road trip. None of us did. And yet, the Cubs, playing their best baseball of the year, did it at exactly the time they needed to, completing a three-game sweep of the Nationals with a convincing 14-1 win. It’s their sixth win in a row, a season high. They’ve also w...2024
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• Cubs 5, Nationals 3: Keeping the line moving

Rafael Suanes-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs again put together a big rally and held on for the win. There’s something about this team... I suspect you see it too. It took nearly the entire season to get there, but now the Chicago Cubs don’t seem to mind if they fall behind. There’s always a rally within them, and that was the case again Saturday in a come-from-behind 5-3 win over the Nationals...2024
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• Cubs 7, Nationals 6: A little less drama, please

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Cubs almost blew a five-run lead. The Cubs have won four straight and seven of eight after defeating the Nationals 7-6 Friday evening... but Cubs’ fans collective hearts were probably beating pretty fast after a high-wire act in the ninth inning. Whew. Let’s rewind to the beginning. Shōta Imanaga got touched up for a pair of runs in the bottom of t...2024
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• Guardians 6, Cubs 1: Swept outta Cleveland

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images This was not the result the Cubs wanted at Progressive Field. In a week where the Cubs had hoped to show they belonged in the NL wild card race, instead they blew a lead and tried to come back in one game, and then the offense disappeared for the rest of the series. The 6-1 loss Wednesday, resulting in a sweep by the Guardians, was thus a microcosm of the...2024
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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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• Chicago is deplorable at baseball

Yeah right, like lightning will strike anywhere near either of these dead teams. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The second-worse team beats the first-worse team, but barely The Cubs are in possession of the Crosstown Cup, White Sox fans. Before today’s Crosstown opener on enemy territory, White Sox fans were served with a flurry of news, including the immediate return of Luis Robert Jr., just...2024
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• Cub Tracks gets into the end zone

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

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you if the Cubs make the right move designating Garrett Cooper for asssignment. It’s another Tuesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest nightclub for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you stopped by this evening. Come on in. New friends and old, all are...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Is Canario a part of the Cubs plans?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you how much will Alexander Canario play this year. It’s another Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the swingin’ spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We are so glad that you decided to stop by. Come on in and relax for a while. There is no cover charge tonight. Th...2024
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2024
"The Cubs are bringing back Cody Bellinger on a three-year deal worth $80 million, sources told ESPN."

2023
"Cody Bellinger is rapidly turning into one of the best signings the Cubs have made in recent years."

2022
"The Cubs are in agreement on a deal with Cody Bellinger, according to Jon Heyman of The New York Post."

2021
"A late single by the scuffling Cody Bellinger was the difference in a hard-fought pitching matchup between 109-win teams."

2020
"Cody Bellinger, the reigning National League MVP, didn't hold back when commenting about the Astros' sign-stealing methods and ensuing apologies on Friday morning, moments before Dodgers pitchers and catchers conducted their first official workout."

2019
"Projecting MLB's All-Decade team for the 2020s: Cody Bellinger, Fernando Tatis Jr. and other top young talent"

2018
"Opponents will see even more of Cody Bellinger in 2018."

2017
"With Cody Bellinger driving in runs and Yu Darvish and the bullpen preventing them, the Dodgers completed their three-game sweep of the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile on Monday with a 3-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field to reach the NL Championship Series for the second consecutive year."

2016
"Pitching prospects Zach Lee of the Dodgers and Carson Fulmer of the White Sox dueled on even terms Saturday night in a game the split-squad Dodgers won, 5-4, with help from Adrian Gonzalez, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and prospects Cody Bellinger and Willie Calhoun, who hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning."

2015
"Cody Bellinger is a lanky 6-foot-4, 180-pound left-handed-hitting and throwing first baseman in the Dodgers' organization who is Number 17 on the Dodgers' Top 30 Prospects list."

• A look at Cubs no-hitters through history

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs threw their second-ever combined no-no Wednesday. Here are all the other Cubs no-hitters. The combined no-hitter Wednesday evening by Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge against the Pirates is the 18th in Cubs franchise history. That statement has to be looked at with a small grain of salt. The first four no-hitters thrown by the Chicago ...2024
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• Cubs 12, Pirates 0: Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine on a no-hitter

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It’s the first no-hitter thrown by the Cubs at Wrigley Field in over half a century. You know, the Cubs might not make the postseason this year — and despite this 12-0 win over the Pirates they didn’t gain any ground on the Mets and Braves — but we will all have one wonderful, indelible memory to share all winter after Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Port...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 135

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports One good inning was just enough for a 7-6 win. From the department of really specific and random baseball stats: The Cubs are the first team in MLB history with an eight-game stretch that includes 98 hits, 80 runs, 43 extra base hits, 18 steals, and 14 homers. The Cubs are 7-1 over this stretch and are playing some of their best baseball of the year. This...2024
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• BCB After Dark: An power-hitting option

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should sign free agent outfielder Anthony Santander this winter Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and cool off with us. There’s no cover charge this evening. We’re all in a good mood. There are still a...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 129

Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs win the opener in Miami, 6-3. On April 26, the Cubs reached their high water mark at 17-9. That was a start so fantastic that the Cubs could go .500 the rest of the way and they’d win 85 games. 85 wins would have reached the playoffs last season and figures to be within a game or two this year at worst. As we all know, the bottom fe...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 127

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Cubs fall flat in an 8-2 loss to the Tigers. One thing that has gone well for the Cubs in 2024 has been waiver wire pickups. While that can often feel like you are just recycling washed up players or guys that just never quite made it, the Cubs have gotten real value off of the wire. Tyson Miller and Jorge López have been terrific out of the Cub...2024
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• Cub Tracks earns a split?

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Cubs lose, Neely has a bad debut, but they play again today. 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’ ...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s closing now?

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who should be the Cubs primary closer going forward. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad you stopped in tonight. Everyone is in a good mood right now. We’re closed for a private party, but luckily your name is on the g...2024
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• Jed Hoyer says the 2024 Cubs are likely to be over the Competitive Balance Tax

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images There was a bit of unexpected news from the Cubs front office last week Reasonable people can and do disagree about the Jed Hoyer era on the North Side of Chicago. After all, the beloved World Series heroes he traded away during the 2021 trade deadline have generally struggled since leaving the Cubs and the farm system is substantially better than the on...2024
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• Who will the Cubs add to the active roster in September?

Jordan WIcks | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images We’re less than two weeks away from a small roster expansion. Back in the day — well, as recently as 2021 — teams could expand their active rosters in September to include the entire 40-man roster. The Cubs wound up doing that in ‘21, in fact, setting a record for players used in a season (69) that likely will never be broken. ...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should pitchers get ejected for hitting batters in the head?
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• Cubs 2, Yankees 1: Finally, some runs...
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 142
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 141
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 140

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It doesn’t get much better than this. The Cubs win 12-0 and no-hit the Pirates. Historically, this would be a morning where I tell you that I was watching an entertaining Rays game while you guys were watching what the Cubs passed off for a baseball game. I get to point and laugh a little. Historically. I will say this, if you have a few spare minutes, so...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 139
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 138
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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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• Cubs 14, Nationals 1: Sweep!
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 136

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Cubs streak hits five with 5-3 win. Mission: Impossible continues for our beloved North Siders. It isn’t literally true that they can’t afford to lose another game. They aren’t going to have to finish the season on a 31-game winning streak to reach the postseason. Though, as I think about it, if they want to go ahead and do that anyway, I promise not t...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Tony rewards

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs drop the first game of the series and need to win today. 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’...2024
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• Cubs 14, Pirates 10: The Christian Bethancourt game

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs backup catcher drove in seven runs to lead the team’s comeback win of the year, and a sweep of the Pirates. So let’s say you hadn’t watched this game, hadn’t heard anything about it, had a news blackout this afternoon. And then I told you that Kyle Hendricks would have the shortest and worst start of his career, that Paul Skenes was on the mound f...2024
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• Cubs 9, Pirates 5: Keeping the line moving

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The offense has clicked since the Cubs got to PNC Park. It’s safe to say that if the Cubs offense had hit like this in May and June, they’d be solidly in a postseason berth right now. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 9-5 Tuesday evening, and though they are just 5-4 against the Bucs this year, they’ve outscored them 58-46. Let’s begin at the beginning. It...2024
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• Cubs 18, Pirates 8: The offense explodes!

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Now THAT was fun! One day after Cubs hitters struggled to put two runs on the board in Miami, they crushed baseballs for season highs of 21 hits and 18 runs and demolished the Pirates 18-8. Because baseball, of course. Lots to get to in this recap so let’s get right to it. In the first, the Cubs didn’t score, but Ian Happ stole second base, the first o...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 129
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• LA sweep? Yu got it! Dodgers return to NLCS
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• Dodgers zap Greinke, sweep way into NLCS
With Cody Bellinger driving in runs and Yu Darvish and the bullpen preventing them, the Dodgers completed their three-game sweep of the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile on Monday with a 3-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field to reach the NL Championship Series presented by Camping World for the second consecutive year....2017
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• Dodgers hit 60 wins with walk-off BB in 10th
Cody Bellinger drew a bases-loaded walk with none out in the 10th inning to give the Dodgers a 5-4 walk-off win against the Royals on Saturday at Dodger Stadium....2017
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• Dodgers hit 60 wins with walk-off BB in 10th
Cody Bellinger drew a bases-loaded walk with none out in the 10th inning to give the Dodgers a 5-4 walk-off win against the Royals on Saturday at Dodger Stadium....2017
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• Wood remains perfect behind Bellinger's cycle
Alex Wood became the first Dodgers pitcher in the club's modern history to start a season 11-0 and Cody Bellinger became the first rookie in Dodgers history to hit for the cycle as Los Angeles won its eighth straight game, 7-1, against the Marlins on Saturday night at Marlins Park....2017
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• Wood remains perfect behind Bellinger's cycle
Alex Wood became the first Dodgers pitcher in the club's modern history to start a season 11-0 and Cody Bellinger became the first rookie in Dodgers history to hit for the cycle as Los Angeles won its eighth straight game, 7-1, against the Marlins on Saturday night at Marlins Park....2017
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• LAte show! In 9th, 3 straight HRs & walk-off
Dodger Stadium literally rocked Saturday night. Yasiel Puig, Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning against Phillies closer Hector Neris to spark an incredible comeback in a 6-5 victory....2017
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• LAte show! In 9th, 3 straight HRs & walk-off
Dodger Stadium literally rocked Saturday night. Yasiel Puig, Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning against Phillies closer Hector Neris to spark an incredible comeback in a 6-5 victory....2017
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• O'Hearn's Performance Doesn't Suffer With More PT- August 10, 2024
Ryan O'Hearn- OF- BAL- Hot- O'Hearn picked up his second straight multi-hit game by going 2-for-3 with a walk and 2 RBI last night. For the season he is slashing .274/.352/.452 with 12 homers in 364 PAs. O'Hearn has showed excellent plate discipline, with a 25.2% chase rate and 6.9% SwStr% resulting in a 10.4% BB% and 12.9% K%. He has been underperforming his metrics, with an xBA of .283 and xSLG ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Kansas City blues

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another road game. The usual symptoms, the usual suspects., 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 wri...2024
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• NL Week 8 Strategy-May 11, 2024
In The Field SS Nick Ahmed was placed on the 10-day IL with a left wrist sprain. The Giants called up SS Casey Schmitt in a corresponding move which means he is likely to fill in while Ahmed is out. SS Dansby Swanson (knee) was placed on the 10-day IL on Friday. He is eligible to return on May 18. DH Matt Carpenter joined the Cardinals on Saturday. He is likely to see some at-bats against right-...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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• 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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• Is MacKenzie Gore Breaking Out? - April 26, 2024
MacKenzie Gore (SP-WSH) took the L against the Dodgers on Thursday but was solid overall as he allowed just 1 run on 7 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4 over 6 IP. He served up a homer while firing 66 of his 102 pitches for strikes in the contest. The 25 year-old lefty didn't exactly overpower the Dodgers, but that's a tough lineup and Gore fared pretty well as he builds on what is shaping up ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 2, 2024
Bryce Miller, SP, Mariners Bryce Miller showed off a new splitter in his recent spring training start. Already featuring a six-pitch mix, adding a splitter might not seem like a big deal. However, it may be exactly what he needs since his secondary offerings were underwhelming in 2023. He actually got the most whiffs on his fastball (27.1%), followed by his slider (24.4%), changeup (17.9%), and sw...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ pen names

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. How do you sell relief? Still no Bellinger. 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, overhe...2024
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• 15 Team, NFBC Draft Champions Recap: Please, Cody Bellinger, Hurt Me Again
While drafting this NFBC 2022 fantasy baseball team, I'm simultaneously deep into writing my 2022 fantasy baseball rankings, which will be released starting around mid-January. (Our Patreon already has the bulk of them; as I finish each ranking, I put it up on there.) Was a fun experiment to see if not having completed rankings would change my drafting. If I haven't yet decided on whether or not I...2021
• Canha Met Brother Get A Marte-F’in Break?
Welp, we were supposed to start our fantasy baseball sleepers today, but there was some movement before the lockout. *looks in the toilet* "Hey, we got movement!" By the way, for those of you who didn't hear my thoughts on the impending lockout, you can listen to the last episode of our fantasy baseball podcast. Basically, I expect them to go to their separate corners. Owners will cry poor; player...2021
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• Cubs 2, Yankees 1: Finally, some runs...
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• A look at Cubs no-hitters through history
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• MLB Pipeline has six Cubs prospects in their updated Top 100 ranking

Moises Ballesteros bats in this year’s Futures Game | Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The future would appear to be bright. MLB Pipeline posted its updated Top 100 prospects list today and the Cubs are well-represented. In fact, it’d be seven if Pete Crow-Armstrong hadn’t graduated to the major leagues this year. Here are the six, and their rankings. Matt Shaw, No. 25 Shaw, ...2024
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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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• A few thoughts about the Cubs after this year’s trade deadline

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images They didn’t do much. That doesn’t mean they won’t going forward. Before I get into my own thoughts about what the Cubs did — and didn’t — do at the MLB trade deadline, I’d like to note two articles by Josh. One is today’s Outside The Confines, where there are links to many articles about all the trades made at the deadline. The other is today’s BCB After...2024
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