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• Cubs get closer Palencia off IL; Hoerner in lineup...
Cubs closer Daniel Palencia has been activated off the injured list after missing two weeks with an oblique injury. Nico Hoerner, who missed a game with a stiff neck, is back in the lineup....2026
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• Cubs Activate Daniel Palencia, DFA Yacksel Ríos
I guess throwing 98 mph really doesn’t guarantee you a job… The Chicago Cubs today reinstated right-handed pitcher Daniel Palencia from the 15-day injured list (left oblique strain). In a corresponding move, right-handed pitcher Yacksel Ríos was designated for assignment. Palencia, 26, is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA with one save in five relief appearances … The post Cubs Activate D...2026
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• Cubs Reinstate Daniel Palencia, Designate Yacksel Rios For Assignment
Cubs right-hander Daniel Palencia has been activated from the 15-day IL, the team announced. The closer missed three weeks with a lat strain. Fellow righty Yacksel Rios was designated for assignment in a corresponding move. Palencia initially went down with what was labeled a left oblique strain. Additional testing showed a mild lat strain. He’ll […]...2026
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• NL Week 7 Strategy-May 3, 2026
In The Field C Sean Murphy (hip) is expected to be activated next week for the series against the Mariners. He is likely to get most of his at-bats initially at DH while he is slowly worked in at catcher. This means that C Jonah Heim's time with the club is likely going to come to an end soon. 2B Jorge Polanco (wrist/Achilles) has started baseball activities, but is still weeks away from returni...2026
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• Daniel Palencia Making Rehab Outing with I-Cubs Friday
There was some hope that closer Daniel Palencia could be activated on Friday without first making a rehab appearance, but the Cubs still want him to pass one more test before taking him off the injured list. The Iowa Cubs are in St. Paul to take on the Saints, and Craig Counsell told reporters prior … The post Daniel Palencia Making Rehab Outing with I-Cubs Friday appeared first on ....2026
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• Daniel Palencia Could Be Activated Friday
As Patrick Mooney tweeted prior to Wednesday’s game in San Diego, closer Daniel Palencia has made significant enough progress that he could be activated from the IL on Friday. Palencia was shelved on April 17, retroactive to April 14, with what was initially called a left oblique strain before being clarified as a left lat … The post Daniel Palencia Could Be Activated Friday appeared f...2026
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In The Field 3B Graham Pauley left Friday's game early with left oblique discomfort. The Diamondbacks received good news that OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was cleared to be activated. He was in the starting lineup on Saturday. He was recovering from ACL surgery in September. Gurriel Jr. hit .248 with 19 HR, 52 R, 80 RBI, and 10 SB in 546 PA last year. OF Tim Tawa has been starting in left field most n...2026
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• Cubs closer, WBC hero Daniel Palencia lands on IL in team’s latest injury nightmare

The Cubs injury list now includes their closer. Daniel Palencia was added to the 15-day injured list with an oblique strain on Friday. Palencia, who wasn’t needed in the Cubs’ 12-4 thrashing of the Mets, aided Venezuela to the World Baseball Classic championship before the regular season, and entered the 2026 campaign riding high. The......2026
• Cubs closer Palencia to IL with oblique strain
Cubs closer Daniel Palencia was placed on the 15-day IL with a left oblique strain, and starter Cade Horton underwent Tommy John surgery for the second time....2026
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 96

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Cubs win 4-1 to take the series from the Yankees. A terrific bounce back over the weekend for the Cubs. Two strong wins and heading into the break, the Cubs are on a really high note. They also get a full reset. They aren’t in desperate need of the reset. But I’ll go out on a limb and guess at least one or two of the players have some aches, pains, bumps an...2025
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• Cubs 7, Reds 3: A fine helping of meatloaf

David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs won the series behind good pitching from Jameson Taillon, three hits from Pete Crow-Armstrong, and a Michael Busch home run. After dropping the first game of this series to the Reds and looking kind of flat doing it, the Cubs won Saturday behind stellar pitching, and then took the offensive tack on Sunday, with a varied attack that included 10 hits, a coup...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 54

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs win the series opener 3-1 over the Rockies. I did secretly hope this series would be a little more “boring.” In one manner of looking at things, things were boring. The Rockies didn’t put up a ton of fight. More, they just hung around all day. Of course, that means that in the other way of looking at things, it wasn’t boring. Every p...2025
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• Cubs 9, Pirates 0: Everyone digs the long ball

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs smashed four home runs. Shōta Imanaga left the game with an apparent injury, but should be fine. The Cubs had lost two in a row and not looked good doing it completing their most recent homestand. That’s why their offensive explosion against the Pirates Tuesday evening was especially nice to see. Cubs batters hit four home runs, part of a 13-h...2025
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• The Cubs need a bullpen fix — and fast

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images Sunday’s meltdown was one of the worst in recent memory. As a refresher, one of the things that torpedoed — to use a current baseball-related word — the Cubs’ 2024 season was some awful bullpen work over the first couple of months. These are the pitchers who were in the Cubs’ Opening Day bullpen in 2024: Yency Almonte, Adbert Alzolay, Jose Cuas, Mark Leite...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 95

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Cubs bounce back behind Matthew Boyd in a 5-2 win. This team has been all over the place lately. World beaters one day and embarrassing the next. I’ve noted several times that as their starting pitching goes, so goes the game. That was evident here again. Matthew Boyd was dominant and until very late in the game, they dominated the game. This one had a nic...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ let it rain

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A rain-shortened contest. Nobody hurt. 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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"Also, there will be a large number of Cubs prospects appearing in The Road to Wrigley session, including Kevin Alcántara, Miguel Amaya, Ben Brown, Owen Caissie, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Brennen Davis, DJ Herz, Ed Howard, Ryan Jensen, Matt Mervis, Jordan Nwogu, Daniel Palencia, Chase Strumpf and Jordan Wicks."

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• Cubs Injury Updates: Palencia Throwing Pen Tuesday, Martin to Chicago for Imaging
Craig Counsell offered updates on two injured relievers, and it sounds like closer Daniel Palencia could be in line for a “soon-ish” return. The righty was shut down on April 17 following three days of symptoms that then flared up during conditioning, but the Cubs were able to backdate his IL stint by three days. … The post Cubs Injury Updates: Palencia Throwing Pen Tuesday, Mart...2026
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• Preseason Prep - March 24, 2026
William Contreras, C, Milwaukee Brewers Contreras was a staple for fantasy managers looking to gain an edge at a thin position. He posted an xwOBACON over .380 every year of his career and a barrel rate over 9%. 2025 was different, where he set career lows in both of those categories. Conversely, he set a career best in K/BB rate, and his hard hit rate, EV, and LASS were all in line with career av...2026
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 96
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• Cubs 4, Yankees 1: Shōta Imanaga leads the way

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Cubs homered twice and won the series from the Yankees. After a blowout loss Friday, the Cubs really needed to get back on track and take a pair from the Yankees, and that’s exactly what they did, finishing up with a solid 4-1 victory Sunday behind outstanding pitching from Shōta Imanaga and home runs by Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson. Busch, in fact, did ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Cubs split their series against the Cardinals behind their second straight shutout. Last year’s Rizzo Award winner, Shōta Imanaga, returned and threw five scoreless innings. A Cubs bullpen coming off of one of their worst stretches of the year stopped the momentum on a dime and didn’t allow a run in this series. The bullpen came up huge in this series. They kep...2025
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• The Short Porch thinks Michael Busch should face more lefties

Michael Busch at the plate on Sunday | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs first baseman is too important to the offense to be in a platoon The Cubs have had one of the strongest offenses in baseball by just about any metric you care to use this season. Their wRC+ of 120 indicates that they are 20 percent better than the league and park adjusted average at run creation...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 58

Photo by George Gaza/MLB Photos via Getty Images Cubs pitching locks down the Reds in a 2-0 win. The Cubs also lost Shōta Imanaga during that stretch of games. The Cubs have answered just about every challenge. I fully expect them to play a competitive game today. I wish I’d gone just a little harder with this projection. Really, I don’t need any back pats. But I did want to start out wit...2025
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 2: Home runs by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki are enough

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images And Colin Rea turned in yet another excellent start. In the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings Monday night at Wrigley Field, the Cubs had just five baserunners, only two getting past second base. Fortunately, a five-run fifth featuring two-run homers by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki provided more than enough of...2025
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• Cubs 6, Royals 0: All-Star Matthew Boyd shines bright

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs posted their 12th shutout of 2025. Matthew Boyd’s first career All-Star selection did not result in him playing in the game, mostly because the Cubs wanted him to rest for games exactly like this one. The well-rested Boyd, who had last pitched 10 days earlier, threw seven outstanding shutout innings and the Cubs put together a varied...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 96
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• Cubs 4, Yankees 1: Shōta Imanaga leads the way
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• Cubs 5, Yankees 2: All-Star Matthew Boyd dominates

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs lefthander threw his best game of the year. Matthew Boyd, a first-time All-Star this year, won’t be pitching in the Midsummer Classic Tuesday. Fortunately for the Cubs, Boyd put together a classic outing in his Saturday start against the Yankees. He became the first Cubs starter to go eight full innings in 2025, allowing just four hits, and the Cu...2025
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• Cubs 3, Cardinals 0: Welcome back, Shōta Imanaga!

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Cubs lefthander picked up where he left off in May. The Cubs completed the first half of the 2025 season with their 81st game Thursday, and ended that first half with a victory, 3-0 over the Cardinals, earning a series split. Five Cubs pitchers held the Cardinals to just three hits. Before I get to the recap of this game, I want to note that the Cubs finished sa...2025
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• Cubs 6, Mets 5: Cade Horton’s debut is a success

Photo by Kent J. Edwards/Getty Images The Cubs survived two Brett Baty homers and defeated the Mets. Cade Horton’s ERA (6.75) after one MLB game doesn’t show it, but his debut Saturday against a very good Mets team was a success. His only real mistake in four innings was a three-run homer by Brett Baty. (Baty homered again later off Julian Merryweather.) Horton struck out five and the Cubs...2025
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• Cubs 12, Dodgers 4: Welcome to our robo-ump overlords

Major League Baseball MLB’s ABS challenge system test was used for the first time. The Cubs — or, more accurately, a bunch of miscellaneous guys wearing Cubs uniforms — defeated the Dodgers in the 2025 Spring Training opener 12-4 Thursday afternoon in Glendale, Arizona. That wasn’t the most important story of the game, as you surely know that Spring Training wins and losses are pretty well...2025
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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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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate takes the field. The minor league season starts . . .well, the Triple-A season started yesterday . . .and that means it’s time to take stock of the Cubs minor league farm system. As we’ve written in these pages over the past few months, the Cubs farm system is the strongest it has been since the 2013-15 period that le...2024
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at the beginning of the season. Let me stipulate something right now, before we get into the “Cubs should have signed Jordan Montgomery!” argument again. It’s clear that ownership has, at least for the time being, established a payroll level for the Cubs that will not go over the first level of luxury tax, which this year is $237...2024
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• Cubs 5, Rockies 0: Jameson Taillon scratched with a back issue

Al Yellon The Cubs won the game, but... MESA, Arizona — Seven Cubs pitchers shut out the Rockies 5-0 at Sloan Park Saturday, allowing just three hits and striking out nine. That should be good news. Unfortunately, one of those pitchers was not the scheduled starter Jameson Taillon. Occasionally over the last few seasons, I’ve walked over to the Cubs bullpen to do a Facebook Live stream of...2024
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• A look at the Cubs’ possible 26-man Opening Day roster

Photo by Quinn Harris/MLB Photos via Getty Images Now that Cody Bellinger is back in the fold, who’ll head to Texas for the opener? This is the sort of article I’d normally have written before Spring Training began, but with the uncertainty about whether Cody Bellinger would return to the Cubs, I decided to wait. I had always figured that Bellinger to the Cubs was the best fit for player a...2024
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• Cub Tracks loves the Cubs’ farm system

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. We love it ALL right now. 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’ tear...2024
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• Cubs 10, Red Sox 4: Cody Bellinger is en fuego!
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs brought out the long ball — and a lot more hits — and evened up the series. There is nothing that says more about what the Chicago Cubs should do going forward than what happened in their 10-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday. Cody Bellinger, who has now homered five times in his last six games, hit a grand slam to cap a six-run inning. Marcus Strom...2023
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• Cubs 8, Braves 6: Swingin’ in the rain

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs bats came alive on a really bad weather day at the ol’ ballpark. It rained all morning and afternoon in Chicago, and at Wrigley Field, and I’ll have a bit more to say about that later. Keeping with the spirit of the day, the Cubs rained down hits and home runs and evened up the series against the Braves with an 8-6 victory. The Cubs did not was...2023
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Sweep!

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs just need to keep winning, and good things will follow. Another day, another comeback win for the Chicago Cubs, and they continue to control their own destiny for the postseason. Patrick Wisdom’s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Cubs the lead, and they held on for a 4-3 win over the Rockies, sweeping the three-game series. The one-run win moved the ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Cardinals 6: A long day’s journey into... victory!
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images It rained, then rained again, but the Cubs came from behind multiple times to defeat their arch-rivals. You guys are fortunate, because before the Cubs came back and won this game 8-6, I had a whole rant ready about how they outsmarted themselves with the “opener” strategy with Michael Fulmer and Drew Smyly, because not starting Smyly led the Cardinals to ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Giants 2: Sweep!

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs swept the Giants behind solid pitching from Jordan Wicks and a varied offense. Before I begin this recap of the Cubs’ impressive 8-2 victory over the Giants that gave them a series sweep and four straight wins, a mea culpa. I thought it was not wise to bring a rookie like Jordan Wicks into the pressure of a playoff race. Man, was I wrong. Wicks...2023
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• Cubs 6, Diamondbacks 2: The long ball, the relievers and a very weird 100-pitch start from Ben Brown

David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs pounded the long ball early and then got some solid relief pitching. The Cubs started out Saturday just like they had ended Friday, pouring on lots of runs and home runs, despite a temperature 25 degrees colder at Wrigley Field. Home runs by Michael Busch and Seiya Suzuki led a six-run onslaught off Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen in the first two innings ...2025
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• Cubs 6, Reds 2: Cody Bellinger, Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ go deep

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images A Belli Bomb and two other homers helped lead the Cubs to victory. SITE NOTE: Since this game went so quickly, I’m posting a separate recap. There will be a preview for Game 2 that will post at 4:30 p.m. CT. The Cubs began their double dip in Cincinnati on a good note, defeating the Reds 6-2 on the strength of homers by Cody Bellinger, Ian Happ and Seiya S...2023
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• Braves wither on the Vines early, ripen late in 6-5 walkoff win

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Ronald Acuña Jr. tied the game in the tenth, then stole his 70th base, then scored the winning run as the Braves continued to make the Cubs miserable For the second night in a row, the Braves fell behind early and then rallied to pour a bucket of unpleasant water on the Chicago Cubs’ playoff hopes. Last night, they did so thanks to a ...2023
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 96
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• Cubs 8, Twins 1: Pete Crow-Armstrong smacks two more home runs

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Cubs bats came to life and Colin Rea threw a really nice game. After a pair of games in Minneapolis where it seemed as if the Cubs left their bats back at the team hotel, they exploded for 14 hits and eight runs. Pete Crow-Armstrong led the way with his fifth multi-homer game of the year and the Cubs salvaged the final game at Target Field with an 8-...2025
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• Cubs 11, Cardinals 0: After actual rain, the Cubs rained down hits and runs

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs waited out a rain delay and then unleashed a storm of runs. Matthew Boyd was named a 2025 All-Star and went out Sunday evening and showed why, shutting down the Cardinals for five innings. Meanwhile, his teammates put together a 13-hit attack, including a home run from All-Star snub (at least for now) Seiya Suzuki, and shut out the rival Cardinals 11-0, ta...2025
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 2: A nice way to begin the homestand

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got good pitching and solid hitting and won the series opener from Cleveland. The Cubs returned to Wrigley Field Tuesday in need of sort of a pick-me-up after a 13-13 June and having lost seven of their last 11. They got exactly what they needed: Excellent pitching, both starting and relieving; timely hitting; and the usual good defe...2025
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 156

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports A three-game sweep sets up a fight to the finish. As easy as one, two, three! Okay, well, it wasn’t easy. But, the Cubs took care of a woeful (on the road) Rockies team in business-like fashion. This season has been so many things that we don’t always see from the Cubs. I’ve talked about it several times regarding their ability to come off the mat and rebound...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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• Thoughts on a flop of a Cubs trade deadline
Willson Contreras and Ian Happ in St. Louis the day they weren’t traded | Jim Walaitis The Cubs failed to get anything for Willson Contreras at the deadline and now might not get good value. I’ve been chewing on this one for weeks. I’ve been looking for silver linings from the beginning of this month but sadly, dear reader, I keep coming up empty. In the moments where I’ve done the best me...2022
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