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• Rob Zastryzny returns to the Cubs in a flurry of roster moves

Rob Zastryzny pitches for the Cubs at Wrigley Field in August 2016 | Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images Today was the deadline for returning players on the 60-day injured list to the 40-man roster. Rob Zastryzny was the Cubs’ second-round pick in 2013 out of the University of Missouri. He pitched in 12 games (one start) for the team in 2016-17 — and thus picked up a World Series ring. Release...2024
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• Cubs Claim Rob Zastryzny, Designate Jimmy Herget
The Cubs announced that right-hander Rob Zastryzny has been claimed off waivers from the Brewers. Fellow righty Jimmy Herget was designated for assignment in a corresponding move, and Chicago also outrighted four other players off their 40-man roster: catcher Christian Bethancourt, and right-handers Yency Almonte, Enoli Paredes, and Colten Brewer. All four players elected free…...2024
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• The Cubs have some roster decisions to make by Monday

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Who will stay and who will go? Tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. CT, MLB teams are required to activate all players on the 60-day injured list and restore them to the 40-man roster. The Cubs have eight players on the 60-day: Yency Almonte, Adbert Alzolay, Colten Brewer, Ben Brown, Brennen Davis, Luke Little, Nick Madrigal and Julian Merrywea...2024
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• MLB’s 2024-25 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more

Getty Images Baseball doesn’t stop just because there are no games. Here’s a handy calendar of everything happening before next season begins. Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers on winning the 2024 World Series, the eighth title in their franchise history. With that, baseball’s offseason commences. Here’s a handy calendar to help you fill your fall and winter until Opening Day 202...2024
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• Here’s the Cubs’ entire 40-man roster and what might happen with it this offseason

Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The team has many decisions to make. Last week, I posted this article about the 14 (!) players the Cubs have who are arbitration-eligible for 2025. In the poll attached to that article, 57 percent of you said the Cubs would non-tender at least seven of those players, with some commenting that it might be as many as nine. So I thought I’d e...2024
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• The Cubs have 14 (!) arbitration-eligible players for 2025

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Many of these players will probably be non-tendered. MLB Trade Rumors posted Tuesday their annual estimates for arbitration salaries for next season. They’ve gotten pretty good at this. Most of their estimates are pretty close to what the players actually sign for, unless said player winds up with a multi-year deal. Sometime after the World S...2024
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• Here’s the Cubs’ entire 40-man roster and what might happen with it this offseason
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• The Cubs have 14 (!) arbitration-eligible players for 2025
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Obviously, we wish this year’s Cubs would have done better. But there were still some performances to celebrate. As they did in 2023, the Cubs dug themselves a deep hole early on this year, went on a pretty good run and were briefly in a wild-card spot, then couldn’t hold on to it in September. They did finish 83-79, the same record as last y...2024
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• 2024 Cubs midseason grades

Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We’re at the All-Star break, so let’s look at how the Cubs are doing. The Cubs have had an up-and-down first “half” (really, 61 percent of the season has been completed at this point). They looked like world-beaters for a month, then awful for two months, and recently they’ve started to look pretty good again. Those break down to the...2024
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• Colten Brewer’s Injury Latest in Series of Misfortunes During Trash Season
Leave it to a guy named Brewer to do something so dumb you’d think he was drunk. After being pulled from Saturday’s fiasco, Colten Brewer fractured his left hand when he punched the dugout wall in frustration. Whether it was simply giving up three runs on two hits and as many walks while retiring just … The post Colten Brewer’s Injury Latest in Series of Misfortunes During ...2024
• Giants 5, Cubs 1: Another good Kyle Hendricks start ruined

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Professor appears back. Unfortunately, the offense is missing. SAN FRANCISCO — The good news for the Chicago Cubs is that Kyle Hendricks appears to be back in a groove. The Professor threw seven solid innings, allowing five hits and two runs, his longest outing of the year and first quality start. The Giants countered with a bullpen game. If y...2024
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• Cub Tracks slips away

Photo by Brandon Vallance/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Justin Steele denied his first win by RISPy business and a leaky pen. 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 w...2024
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• Cardinals 3, Cubs 0: Groundhog Day

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images More same old, same old. Kyle Hendricks threw well, though. Every single day is the same with the Chicago Cubs. (Thus “Groundhog Day.” They can’t hit. They get good starting pitching, and yes I’m going to consider Kyle Hendricks’ outing a “start” even though he entered in an emergency situation. And then the bullpen comes in and puts the game completely o...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 69

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports It’s the same old story. Cubs blow the lead late in a 3-2 loss. More than one thing can be true. Mark Leiter Jr., like the pro he is, stood in front of the media and took the blame for this loss. I can’t sit here and tell you that Mark didn’t fail at his job on Thursday night. I can’t tell you that the bullpen hasn’t repeatedly failed at its job. I can t...2024
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• Cubs Placing Ben Brown on IL with Neck Strain, Colten Brewer Activated
As if the Cubs haven’t already battled through too many injuries this season, now they’re losing Ben Brown. The big righty has been battling a neck strain for the last several weeks and is heading back to Chicago to have some tests run. Let’s hope it’s all just precautionary. Colten Brewer has been activated from … The post Cubs Placing Ben Brown on IL with Neck Strai...2024
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2024
"Incidentally, I know some of you were wondering, given the late-night finish Tuesday and day game today, how the Cubs got Wesneski (and Colten Brewer) from Des Moines to Phoenix in time for the game."

2023
"The Yankees announced they’ve designated outfielder Estevan Florial for assignment to make room for right-hander Colten Brewer to be added to the big league roster."

2022
"Tampa Bay has also agreed to traditional one-year minor league deals with catcher Nick Dini and reliever Colten Brewer."

2021
"Righty Colten Brewer is being optioned to Triple-A Worcester in a corresponding 26-man roster move."

2020
"8, with left shoulder tendinitis and shifted righty Colten Brewer to the 45-day IL."

2019
"Recent draftees Travis Lakins (sixth round, 2015) and Durbin Feltman (third round, 2018) could both emerge at the MLB level in 2019, while many in the Red Sox’ analytics department are intrigued by trade pickup Colten Brewer (whom the Sox tried to acquire last summer as well, Olney notes)."

2018
"ROSTER MOVES BY TEAM (April 12th) NATIONAL LEAGUE SAN DIEGO PADRES |Depth Chart Promoted: RP Colten Brewer Optioned: RP Buddy Baumann SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS | Depth Chart Promoted: RP Derek Law Optioned: SP Andrew Suarez ST."

2017
"The Padres have announced the signing of righty Colten Brewer to a MLB contract."

• Rob Zastryzny returns to the Cubs in a flurry of roster moves
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• The Cubs have some roster decisions to make by Monday
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• MLB’s 2024-25 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more
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• Here’s the Cubs’ entire 40-man roster and what might happen with it this offseason
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• The Cubs have 14 (!) arbitration-eligible players for 2025
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades
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• 2024 Cubs midseason grades
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• Cubs roster move: Hunter Bigge selected, Colten Brewer to 60-day injured list

Hunter Bigge pitches for the Cubs in Spring Training 2024 | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs have another bullpen piece. The Cubs’ bullpen has had... troubles this year. This, you know. Today, the Cubs added a new righthanded reliever to the mix. They selected the contract of Hunter Bigge from Triple-A Iowa and added him to the 26-man active roster. To make room on the 26- and 40-m...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 90

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs come up empty in a 7-0 loss. After a sustained winning streak, a team will sometimes have a clunker. And so it was that after the 2024 Cubs historically put together a (checks notes) two-game July winning streak, the Cubs had a rough game. And certainly that will happen when you play an elite team. So the Cubs lost 7-0 to nothing to the (checks ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ ten pounds of rebuild in a five-pound bag

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Even the optimists must be out of bubbles by now. That was ugly. 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’ t...2024
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• MLB’s 2024-25 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more
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• The Cubs have 14 (!) arbitration-eligible players for 2025
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• 2024 Cubs midseason grades
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 90
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 83

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Cubs were slammed in Milwaukee, 4-2. It would be easy to say that if Jameson Taillon had executed better against Jackson Chourio in the fourth inning that the Cubs win this one. Afterall, Chourio’s grand slam in the fourth ended up being all four runs that Cubs allowed on the night. A walk, a catcher’s interference and an infield hit set the table. ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 80

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs were flat in a 5-1 loss to the Giants. Your mileage may vary. For me though, this has become one of the more boring Cubs seasons in memory. To be sure, this isn’t even the worst Cubs team in recent memory. I’m fairly certain this team would win a vast majority of its games against the post-2021 selloff carnage of the Ortega/Schwindel/Wisd...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 79

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Same old story, different day: The Cubs lose 5-4 in San Francisco. In a bit of delightful timing, I watched almost all of the Cubs game last night. I was dozing when Justin Steele allowed the first of two homers he allowed on the night. Then I was fighting off sleep at the end and unfortunately did a better job than the Cubs bullpen did of putting up a fig...2024
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• Giants 5, Cubs 4: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m still serious.

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports Yes. You have read this headline before. And you’ll probably read it again unless Jed Hoyer makes changes. I think I’ve seen this film beforeAnd I didn’t like the ending — Taylor Swift SAN FRANCISCO — It’s almost as if Craig Counsell is taunting the front office. “Look at these awful relievers you gave me,” Counsell appears to be saying to Jed Hoyer. “I’m go...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 75

Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Cubs hold on for a 6-5 win. This win was much less jarring than Tuesday’s. On Tuesday, the Cubs offense didn’t kick in until late, but the bullpen coasted to an easy victory once they did. In this one, the offense arrived a little earlier. But the bullpen did their best to give away the lead. What could have been a...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 69
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 8, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Four stars for the Royals! Anne Rogers talks to Bobby Witt Jr. about his first All-Star nod, which will take place in his home state of Texas. “I was going home no matter what, but now it just makes it more special,” Witt said. “I don’t really have a lot of words to describe it. It’ll be one of those moments that’s going to last a lif...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 90
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 83
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• BCB After Dark: The Untouchables

Jefferson Rojas | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK The late-night/early morning spot for Cubs fans asks Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the swinging spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad you could spend some time with us. And thank you for your patience as we went dark part of last week. Come on in out of the heat. There are still...2024
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• Cubs 6, Giants 5: The Professor was magnificent...

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images ... and then the bullpen almost blew the game. Again. You know, it wasn’t the grand slam hit by Jorge Soler in the eighth that brought the Giants within one run that pissed me off. No, it was the walks by Mark Leiter Jr. that loaded the bases for Soler. Leiter was ahead of all the hitters in the inning! Why doesn’t he have a put-away out pitch? Sigh. I sup...2024
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• What can the Cubs do to fix the bullpen?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images It’s in bad shape. The Cubs bullpen is awful. This, we’ve known almost all year but even in the recent two wins over the White Sox, the pen gave up the lead late. Where can the Cubs get some relief help? Three members of the current pen are on the 15-day IL: Keegan Thompson, Colten Brewer and Yency Almonte. There’s no reported return date for any of the...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ High Cs

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Cubs win first of four-game series, Taillon’s triumphant return, and more! 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, ...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Waiting for Cody

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks how likely is it that Cody Bellinger signs with the Cubs. It’s a beautiful evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. I hope your day went well. We’re so glad you decided to finish it out with us. Come on in out of the cold. Let us ch...2024
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• Cubs 5, Diamondbacks 3: Hayden Wesneski saves the day

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports The righthander, just called up from Iowa, shut the door on the D-backs. The Cubs summoned bullpen reinforcements from Triple-A Iowa for Wednesday’s game, having had almost all their relievers throw a lot of pitches over the last few games, including two extra-inning games in Arizona. That was not only a smart thing to do, it paid off in the rubber game of this...2024
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• Cubs 10, White Sox 6: Here comes the sun...

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images .... and it wasn’t all right. But the Cubs won anyway. MESA, Arizona — The normally sure-handed Pete Crow-Armstrong got a bit messed up by a bright, sunny afternoon at Sloan Park Friday afternoon, losing two baseballs in the sun that helped lead to a four-run White Sox inning. The Cubs, though, came back from that with the big blow a three-run homer from Owe...2024
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• Cubs 8, Marlins 3: Jameson Taillon dazzles in season debut

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images And the Cubs put together a solid, varied offense and won again. Every Cubs fan was, I suspect, waiting to exhale when Jameson Taillon made his 2024 season debut Friday afternoon. Coming off a back issue and with only two rehab starts, what would Taillon look like? If Friday’s outing is any indication, it looks like we’re getting the Taillon of the second...2024
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• Yankees Designate Estevan Florial For Assignment
The Yankees announced they’ve designated outfielder Estevan Florial for assignment to make room for right-hander Colten Brewer to be added to the big league roster. It seems highly unlikely that Florial, once one of the game’s top prospects, passes through waivers unclaimed, so this is almost certainly the end of his tenure in the Bronx.…...2023
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• David Bote is among five Cubs roster cuts

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The team reduced the spring roster to 37 Thursday. There has been much discussion here about whether David Bote would make the Opening Day roster. After a strong start to Spring Training his numbers declined a bit, and now stand at .222/.271/.578 (10-for-45), but with five home runs. Thursday, the Cubs sent Bote back to the minor-league camp. Three other ...2024
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• Yankees Designate Colten Brewer For Assignment
The Yankees announced that they have recalled right-hander Greg Weissert from Triple-A, with fellow righty Colten Brewer designated for assignment in a corresponding move. The club’s 40-man roster count drops to 39. Brewer, 30, began the year in the Rays’ system on a minor league deal. He had a strong performance in spring but didn’t…...2023
• Cubs To Sign Colten Brewer
The Cubs are apparently in agreement with Colten Brewer on a contract for 2024, per a post from Brewer’s own Instagram page. It’s not yet clear if the arrangement is a major or minor league pact. Brewer, 31, was a fourth-round pick by the Pirates in the 2011 draft. After several years in the Pirates…...2024
• Marlins 6, Cubs 3: Where did the offense go?

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images That’s likely not the headline you were expecting to read, but it’s the one we really need to talk about. You guys are all going to want to talk about Kyle Hendricks and what to do with his rotation spot and by all means, feel free. What I want to talk about is how the Cubs bullpen failed to keep the game close and the offense completely vanished after t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 8, 2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies beat Barons 3-1 in playoff opener

Benjamin Cowles | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Smokies win game one of their playoff series. Iowa shuts out Rochester We’re going to start with the Smokies tonight because they’re what’s important. Tennessee Smokies The Tennessee Smokies usurped the Birmingham Barons (White Sox), 3-1 in game one of their best-of-three Southern League North Divisi...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ ten pounds of rebuild in a five-pound bag
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• Phillies 6, Cubs 4: This space intentionally left blank

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images “Groundhog Day”? “Lather, rinse, repeat”? Nah... getting tired of those headlines. I thought about it, really I did. What is the “it” I thought about? I thought about coming here, saying “The Cubs lost to the Phillies 6-4,” noting tonight’s starters, and saying “That’s all I’ve got.” But you deserve more than that, and so, you shall get ... well, a reca...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 83
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• Brewers 4, Cubs 2: Lather, rinse, repeat

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports I got tired of using “Groundhog Day” as a headline, but this one means pretty much the same thing. Same old, same old, once again. A Cubs starting pitcher throws reasonably well The Cubs can’t get any baserunners or bring them home Two differences in the Cubs’ 4-2 loss to the Brewers Friday night: The bullpen threw two shutout innings. That makes two days i...2024
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• Giants 5, Cubs 1: Another good Kyle Hendricks start ruined
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 79
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 79
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The Cubs’ mini-slump continues in a 4-2 loss. When a team gets shutdown on a given day, it can be as much about the pitcher for the other team as much as it is about the team. When an offense goes more or less silent for four days, it’s unlikely that the answer is that you ran into four guys who were locked in all at the same time. Certainly not impossibl...2024
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• White Sox 3, Cubs 2: A rainy day in the Valley of the Sun

Photo by Rob Tringali/Getty Images Rain prevented a lot of baseball Friday, but not this game. Rain moved through the Phoenix area Friday afternoon, and all but two scheduled games were cancelled. The only teams who played in Arizona Friday were the Guardians and Royals at Surprise and the Cubs and White Sox at Camelback Ranch. It was 62 degrees at game time and the game was delayed 30 min...2024
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Monday 2/26, 2:05 CT

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Another away game for the boys in blue. There have been a few questions raised about when Cody Bellinger might play in a spring game. First, we only know about the signing through Jeff Passan and some Cubs reporters who confirmed it via a source. The team has not officially announced the signing, though it was reported that Bellinger was in Cubs camp Sunday tak...2024
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