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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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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 6

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers fall behind Reds in our edition of the power rankings as true competition in NL Central becomes clearer Welcome to the sixth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% ac...2025
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• Game Thread #33: Milwaukee Brewers (16-16) vs. Chicago Cubs (19-13)

Mark Hoffman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Brewers and Cubs open season series in Milwaukee The I-94 Series. The Craig Counsell Series. The Colin Rea Series. The “Hey, We Don’t Like You Guys But We Will Sell You Our Season Tickets For Way More Than They’re Worth” Series. For the first time this season, the Brewers and Cubs meet as the two clubs vie for supremacy in the National Leag...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs bounce back with an impressive 8-3 win and take the series. Checks notes. Yep. The Cubs are better when Kyle Tucker hits. And hey, any time he and his teammates want to get to four homers, I’m here for it. I’ve talked about it in the past, and in fact just yesterday, four runs is a sweet spot. Teams with four runs win a solid majority of the ...2025
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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future

David Banks-Imagn Images How might these two teams match up as the season goes on? The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs kick off a three-game series in Milwaukee tonight, and as the season enters its second full month, I’d like to take stock of how these two teams have performed so far and what we might expect of them the rest of the way. I don’t mean any disrespect by leaving the Cincin...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• Colin Rea Providing Much Needed Support in Wake of Justin Steele’s Injury

Justin Steele’s injury put a massive wrinkle into the Cubs’ pitching plans, with the team suddenly needing to replace their ace. The lack of offseason acquisitions once again became very prevalent, with Matthew Boyd being the only real starting pitcher brought in. Colin Rea was signed to provide depth and lost the battle for the … The post Colin Rea Providing Much Needed Support in Wake of J...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Is it time for Cade Horton?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if it is time to promote Cade Horton. Thank you for stopping by BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come in and stay a while. We’re open late. The dress code is casual. We still have some good tables available. Bring your own be...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 5

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Cubs have another hot week, the rest of the division ... not so much Welcome to the fifth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank s...2025
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• Cub Tracks flies like a seagull

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, -four days a week, rain or shine. Put some mustard on that bird. 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, and then cold-brewed overn...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ 24 carrot gold

David Banks-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, -four days a week, rain or shine. Plenty of good pitching by the Cubs and a little bit of the old wattage is in the cottage. 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,...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ penmanship

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, -3four days a week, rain or shine. A battle of the bullpens turned a tight game into a slugfest. One of the best games I’ve seen in a while. 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 #ML...2025
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• Pitcher Playing Time Changes: April 18, 2025
Below are the latest pitcher playing time projection changes since last Friday, headlined by Justin Steele’s season-ending elbow surgery: SP % of Team GS Changes Since April 11 Name Team Old % of Team’s Remaining GS New % of Team’s Remaining GS PT Change Reason Colin Rea CHC 6% 10% 4% Coverage for Steele Jordan […] Source...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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"Colin Rea will start for the Cubs — though there have been rumors that Jordan Wicks might be recalled tomorrow and possibly provide some long relief help."

2024
"Justin Steele will start for the Cubs Tuesday and former Cub Colin Rea will go for Milwaukee."

2023
"Ozzie Albies went down on strikes, but Riley on a close 3-2 pitch from Colin Rea."

2021
"The Brewers have signed right-hander Colin Rea to a minor league deal, as per MLB."

2020
"They also outrighted left-hander Matt Dermody, recalled righty Adbert Alzolay, optioned righty Colin Rea and added RHP Joe Wieland to their 60-man player pool."

2019
"The Cubs have agreed to a minors deal with righty Colin Rea, Matt Eddy of Baseball America reports on Twitter."

2018
"Colin Rea and Cory Spangenberg, a pair of 2011 Padres Draft picks once considered integral pieces in the team's future, have been officially released by the club."

2017
"After learning of issues with Colin Rea’s health and discovering that San Diego had failed to disclose certain medical information, Miami considered rescinding the entire deal — which the commissioner’s office offered to facilitate."

2016
"doubled home two runs and Padres right-hander Colin Rea outpitched fellow rookie starter Ross Stripling on Saturday night in a 5-2 win over the Dodgers, who have a six-game losing streak and a 12-13 record but still are in first place in the National League West."

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"Colin Rea won for the second time in as many Major League starts and Matt Kemp had a home run Monday night as the Padres topped the Braves, 5-3, at Petco Park."

• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 5 edition
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs come up short in Pittsburgh and lose 4-3. Some of my longtime readers may wonder if I had a life transformation or if someone else is writing this for me this year. No questions about glasses half full or empty. No extended metaphors or analogies. Not particularly even any off topic discussions that don’t talk about the game i...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 29

David Banks-Imagn Images Well, I had a bad feeling and wasn’t wrong about this series. Before the series, I expressed some concern on this one. The Cubs weren’t going to be taking the Phillies lightly at this point in the season. So “trap” isn’t really the right description for the series. But, this was the tail end of a very brutal stretch to start the season for the Cubs and the Phillies...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 27

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Cubs pitching stifles the Phillies in a 4-0 win. After what feels like weeks of challenging games, the Cubs won a relatively easy one against a Phillies team that is heading in the wrong direction right now. There is a lot of baseball to be played and it is hard to imagine them not getting themselves back into contention, but on Friday afternoon they could n...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Phillies series preview

Photo by Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images At last, a team the Cubs haven’t seen yet this year. Hi there, new 2025 Cubs opponent! The Cubs have spent the entire year to date, 26 games, traversing the two West divisions — 20 games against three NL West teams and six against two AL West teams. Now, a team from the NL East arrives at Wrigley Field. The Phillies were supposed to b...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ 24 carrot gold
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 18

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Cubs win 4-2 and take the series from the Dodgers in LA. When does being on the Sunday night national broadcast suck less? When you are in California. I mean, it is certainly possible the game would have been a Sunday “afternoon” game in Los Angeles. But for me over here in Florida, them playing a game that only ended around 10 p.m. local time wa...2025
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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 33
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31
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• Pirates 4, Cubs 3: A night when the result on the field was secondary

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images A fan fell out of the stands at PNC Park during the game. The Cubs lost to the Pirates 4-3 Wednesday evening in Pittsburgh. I’ll get to the details of the game in a bit. Unfortunately, the lead story from Wednesday evening at PNC Park was the fall of a fan from the stands onto the warning track during the seventh inning. Here’s what happened (Bluesky link): ...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images It’s the first 2025 series for the Cubs against a team from the NL Central. The Cubs have played 29 games, 18 percent of the 2025 season, without facing a team from its own division, the NL Central. They’ll begin that round through the division by facing the Pirates, who they beat seven of 13 times last year. For more on the Pirates, here’s Austin Bechtol...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 29
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 28

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs were pounded by the Phillies, 10-4. The Cubs haven’t had a lot of completely uncompetitive games. This was the first one since April 14, when they also lost to the Padres 10-4. If this were to happen regularly, I’d be concerned about it. Maybe. But, at every few weeks, it is what it is. Maybe I’m rationalizing, but the Cubs, for the second straight ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 27
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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future
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• BCB After Dark: Is it time for Cade Horton?
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele
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• Cubs 4, Dodgers 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong shows off in front of the home folks

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images PCA hit two homers and a triple with his parents in attendance at Dodger Stadium. I told you the Cubs could win this series! The Cubs went into Dodger Stadium and with solid pitching and hitting took two of three from the defending World Series champions, winning Sunday. They got a strong outing from an unexpected source (Colin Rea) and a great offen...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs keep winning without Justin Steele?

Justin Steele with the scoreboard in the background on Monday | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images One of the Cubs’ best pitchers has hit the IL. Welcome to your late night, indie coffee shop and bar where we’re serving up all the drinks you need early in the baseball season. Whether it’s a glass of wine to chill after work or a cup of coffee to keep you rolling when the Cubs ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 7

Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images The Cubs pummel the A’s as they open their new home. On Sunday, the Cubs missed an opportunity to have a signature win. They could have taken three of four from a legitimate playoff contender, in their ballpark and even the season record at three wins and three losses. We’ve seen so many bullpen collapses in recent years, particularly early season ones, that it...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 6

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Fright Show: The Cubs bullpen immolates in Arizona. You always know there are going to be games like this. There are always going to be some games that you should have won and let get away and some games that you should have lost and flip the script. In and of itself, I don’t lose more than a moment’s thought about a game like this. So many things. Every ye...2025
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• A visit to the Topps ZeroBase activation in Shibuya, Tokyo

Al Yellon If you think baseball cards are big in the USA... they’re getting there, or more, in Japan. TOKYO — One thing you notice about Tokyo in going around the city is that Shohei Ohtani’s image is everywhere. Not just around baseball places, but everywhere. He is a national hero, beloved not just for what he did in Japan as a youth and briefly in NPB, but for the impact he’s had in Maj...2025
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• 2025 Cubs player profiles: A few final words

The 2025 player profiles are complet and the projections averaged. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. We’ve covered the 40-man roster of the Chicago Cubs, as they stand as of this moment. Nico Hoerner is going to miss the opener Japan, but we have yet to attain wisdom as to his Stateside Opening Day status. That might or might not leave a temporary spot open, which would allow the Cub...2025
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• Padres hand Dodgers their sixth straight loss
Melvin Upton Jr. doubled home two runs and Padres right-hander Colin Rea outpitched fellow rookie starter Ross Stripling on Saturday night in a 5-2 win over the Dodgers, who have a six-game losing streak and a 12-13 record but still are in first place in the National League West....2016
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• Dodgers clinging to first after sixth straight loss
Melvin Upton Jr. doubled home two runs and Padres right-hander Colin Rea outpitched fellow rookie starter Ross Stripling on Saturday night in a 5-2 win over the Dodgers, who have a six-game losing streak and a 12-13 record but still are in first place in the National League West....2016
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• Rea, Kemp help lead Padres past Braves
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• Perez hangs tough, but Braves fall in SD
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• deGrom exits early; Cespedes ends no-hit bid
The Padres' 48-year, 7,517-game flirtation with their first no-hitter will continue indefinitely. But Colin Rea did his best in an effort to land the franchise its white whale Thursday night, tossing eight brilliant innings, as the Padres beat the Mets, 5-3....2016
• Rea flirts with no-hitter as Padres topple Mets
The Padres' 48-year, 7,517-game flirtation with their first no-hitter will continue indefinitely. But Colin Rea did his best in an effort to land the franchise its white whale Thursday night, tossing eight brilliant innings, as the Padres beat the Mets, 5-3....2016
• Fish reel in Cashner, Rea in 7-player deal with Padres
The Marlins and Padres continue to be a match when it comes to trades, and the clubs on Friday completed a blockbuster seven-player deal, bringing right-handers Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea to Miami. The Padres received a mix of Minor League and big league players, including injured hard-throwing reliever Carter Capps and two of Miami's top prospects....2016
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• Braves’ offense slugs four homers to complete sweep of Milwaukee
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Olson, Ozuna, and Riley use the long ball to lift Atlanta over the Brewers The Atlanta Braves clinched their first series sweep since the All-Star break with an 8-6, come-from-behind win against the Milwaukee Brewers. AJ Smith-Shawver got the start and found himself in some early trouble in the first. Christian Yelich walked to start the game and then advance ...2023
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• Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Top DraftKings Bargains, Strategy for August 29
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• Game Thread #33: Milwaukee Brewers (16-16) vs. Chicago Cubs (19-13)
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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• Cubs 8, Pirates 3: Seiya Suzuki leads a home-run barrage off Paul Skenes

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs did something off Skenes that had never before been done by any team. After the Cubs lost Wednesday evening, with Paul Skenes looming on the horizon, a series loss might have been possible. “Not for this Cubs team,” said Cubs hitters. They smashed four home runs, three of them off Skenes — in one inning, the fifth. Dansby Swanson, Kyle Tucker ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 5/1, 11:35 a.m. CT

Photo by Rayni Shiring/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs again go for the series win. But it will not be easy. Thursday notes... IT’S A NEW MONTH TODAY: The Cubs completed their challenging March-April schedule with a record of 18-13, for a winning percentage of .581. The seven teams they played — the Athletics, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres, Phillies, Padres and Rangers — are a combi...2025
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• Colin Rea Providing Much Needed Support in Wake of Justin Steele’s Injury
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele
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• BCB After Dark: Which new Cub will have a big impact?

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks, other than the obvious choices, which new Cub will have the biggest impact? It’s another evening at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come in and get warm. We can take your coat for you. There are still a few tables available, ...2025
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• What might a Brewers postseason pitching staff look like?

Max Correa / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK With Milwaukee closing in on the division title, let’s take a look at who might pitch in the playoffs We’ve reached a point in the season where I feel like I can say this, with confidence, without fear of something wild and terrible happening: the Brewers are going to make the playoffs. They are going to win the National Leagu...2024
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• Questions (and some answers) from the first three weeks of the Brewers’ season

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports What have we learned so far? The Milwaukee Brewers are off to a good start, at 11-6 and leading the NL Central at the end of play on Wednesday, despite dropping their first series of the year this week against San Diego. Their offense, even after a couple of down days, has looked far better than almost anyone expected. What can we glean from the team’s first thr...2024
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• Cub Tracks paints it, black

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports The best of #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, all in one tidy multimedia package, four days a week. ANOTHER LATE-INNING, ONE-RUN LOSS. OH BUT THE FIGHT IN THEM. 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’ te...2023
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• Andrew Cashner, Colin Rea to Marlins: Latest Trade Details, Comments, Reaction
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