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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again

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

Katie Stratman-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Cubs down Reds 13-6 behind a barrage of taters, More PCAdventures, ... to call Pete Crow-Armstrong an MVP candidate, or a star, any more. He’s joined in both by Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki, all three of whom have legitimate roads to that title. These Cubs are a damn good outfit, and it works often e...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Friday 5/23, 5:40 CT

Photo by Jared Lennon/Getty Images The Cubs open a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. Today’s roster move: Here Friday notes... THE VANISHING STRIKEOUT: In the second game at Miami, Cubs pitchers struck out just two batters, tying the team’s season low, and in the final game they fanned only three, as they had in one earlier game. Last Friday, at home vs. the White Sox, they ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 50

Photo by Jared Lennon/Getty Images A 2-1 win takes the game and gives the Cubs a series win in Miami. It was a series of contradictions. Monday night, the Cubs lost the opener of the series. The Cubs have excelled in series openers this year. They lost in large part because early, middle and late game, the pitching staff failed. The offense had a good night, scoring seven, but lost. This ...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ Marlins, spiked

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Now with more video! King Tuck drove in both runs in a Cubs victory and the team is traveling today with the meatloaf on board. So long, George Wendt. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Cade Horton’s going to learn to paint better. He gets t...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Wednesday 5/21, 12:10 CT

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... A PLETHORA OF RUNS: The Cubs have scored at least six runs in five consecutive games. That is their longest streak of its kind since one of six games April 22-28, 2000. This is their ninth five-game streak since then, including one in 2020 and two in 2023. Their longest such streak was nine games, in 1929 and 193...2025
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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again
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• Cubs roster moves: Ian Happ activated, Porter Hodge to IL, Moises Ballesteros to Iowa, Ethan Roberts up

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images It was a good audition for the 21-year-old. After Monday’s game, a tough loss, Cubs manager Craig Counsell brought worse news: Per Craig Counsell, #Cubs Porter Hodge has a left oblique injury and is going to be placed on the IL.— Taylor McGregor (@Taylor_McGregor) May 20, 2025 To replace Hodge on the 26-man active roster, righthander Et...2025
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• Ian Happ Returning Tuesday, Moisés Ballesteros Optioned to Iowa
During an appearance on 670 The Score Tuesday morning, Jed Hoyer confirmed that Ian Happ will return to the lineup on Tuesday night. Happ was placed on the injured list last week — retroactive to May 10 — with an oblique injury, opening a spot for top prospect Moisés Ballesteros. After getting a nice taste … The post Ian Happ Returning Tuesday, Moisés Ballesteros Optioned to Iowa...2025
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• Ian Happ Expected to Be Activated Soon, Shōta Imanaga Down Until ‘Well into June’
Craig Counsell provided some injury updates prior to Monday’s opener in Miami, telling media members that Ian Happ should be activated during the series. He’s eligible to come off the IL Tuesday, so it makes sense for them to have him back in the lineup right away. He may not go right back to the … The post Ian Happ Expected to Be Activated Soon, Shōta Imanaga Down Until ‘W...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 16

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Big Daddy’s natal event and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs offense was ineffective in a 3-1 loss. Worried is the wrong word. But the offensive malaise is lingering a bit longer than I expected. The Cubs have scored 27 runs over their last eight games. I don’t think there is any question that the injury to Ian Happ is part of the equation. The tailing off of Kyle Tucker is a piece of it. It’...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The anatomy of a comeback — the Cubs win 5-4. As is the usual case with a come-from-behind win, we’re going to talk a lot about WPA. The game was tied 2-2 in the seventh when Julian Merryweather took the mound. Julian didn’t have it. His fastball is down and he just isn’t effective at this point. This comeback story starts after Merryweather had allowed...2025
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• Cubs roster move: Moises Ballesteros called up, Ian Happ to injured list

Moises Ballesteros batting during the Spring Breakout game at Sloan Park in March | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Cubs call up their top catching prospect. As first reported late Monday by Bruce Levine, the Cubs Tuesday called up their top catching prospect, Moises Ballesteros, from Triple-A Iowa. Ian Happ, who is dealing with an oblique issue, was placed on t...2025
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• Braves News: Walk-Off Wins, Ronald Acuna Jr., More

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Another crazy win for the Braves on Monday. If you are a fan of drama in baseball, the team for you is the Atlanta Braves. Literally no team in MLB history has enjoyed/not enjoyed living on the edge as much as the Braves recently have. The @Braves have alternated one-run losses and one-run wins in seven straight games. That is the longest such streak by any te...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the Cubs’ unsung hero It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thank you for stopping by. Come on in and join us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beve...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs offense revives in a 9-0 trouncing of the Pirates. After Phillies pitching stifled the Cubs offense for the most part over the weekend, it was a refreshing sight to see the Cubs offense come out in force Tuesday night. It was what you hoped would happen and happen it did. After being mowed down the first time through the order, the Cubs offens...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who is the left fielder of the quarter century?

David Banks-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the Cubs top left fielder of the quarter century. It’s another Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us for a while. We’re always glad to see you. There’s no cover charge tonight. We still have a few...2025
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• Cubs 7, Blue Jays 5: At last, a win in Canada
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Cubs ended a 14-year losing streak north of the border. TORONTO — It required six relievers (seven, if you count Luke Farrell on what was a bullpen day) and some timely hitting, but Wednesday night the Cubs ended a losing streak in Canada that had lasted more than 14 years. Sure, it was only a five-game Canadian losing streak (three in 2014, the first ...2022
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"They forced extra innings and Ian Happ’s 10th-inning single completed a wild 11-10 victory over the Dodgers."

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"This double by Ian Happ made it 5-2 [VIDEO]."

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"Then, as Ian Happ struck out, Hoerner and Swanson executed a double steal."

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"Ian Happ, who was named a finalist last month, has won his first Gold Glove for his play in left field for the Cubs this year."

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"Ian Happ Found His Hitting Stroke a Little Too Late"

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"Why Cubs' Ian Happ, one year after demotion, looks primed to win center field job"

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"In a surprise move, the Cubs have optioned outfielder/infielder Ian Happ to Triple-A Iowa, manager Joe Maddon announced Saturday (via Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic)."

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"For the first time this spring, someone other than Ian Happ or Albert Almora Jr."

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"Jon Lester hit his first Major League home run, notched his 2,000th career strikeout and got homers from Anthony Rizzo, Ian Happ and Javier Baez, to post a 16-4 victory over the D-backs on Tuesday night and continue the Cubs' hot second-half run."

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"Monday night was one of many firsts for Ian Happ."

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"For the fifth straight season, the Cubs selected a position player in the first round, picking second baseman/outfielder Ian Happ from Cincinnati with the ninth pick overall in the MLB Draft on Monday."

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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 49

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

Moisés Ballesteros at bat during Tuesday’s game against the Marlins | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs’ 21-year-old catcher debuted at Wrigley Field this week The Cubs continue to set the pace in the NL Central, but a red hot Cardinals team is right on their heels, just one game back. The difference is pretty clear in both team’s last 10-game record. The Cubs went just 4-6 over...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44
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• Cubs Officially Select Moisés Ballesteros, Transfer Tyson Miller to 60-Day IL, Place Ian Happ on 10-Day IL
This will be quick because I’m at our baseball facility with terrible cell signal and most of this was covered earlier. Moisés Ballesteros has officially had his contract selected and is with the Cubs at Wrigley. Ian Happ has been placed on the 10-day IL retroactive to May 10 and Tyson Miller has been transferred … The post Cubs Officially Select Moisés Ballesteros, Transfer Tyson Miller to ...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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• Braves News: Walk-Off Wins, Ronald Acuna Jr., More
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images A 6-5 win for the Cubs. I imagine the words “because baseball” will be typed and read hundreds of times after this one. A rookie pitcher, a formidable opponent, a three game losing streak. Not the recipe for a win. Then Ian Happ gets a night off. Pete Crow-Armstrong in the leadoff spot? Justin Turner fifth? If we’re being honest, you weren’t confident. This was...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Saturday 5/10, 6:15 CT

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series with the Mets. Today’s roster move: Here Saturday notes... TRYING TO END A LOSING STREAK: The Cubs have not lost more than three consecutive games since June 23-27 of last year, when they fell at home to the Mets, then lost three games at San Francisco. They have followed three losses in a row with a win three times ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Wednesday 5/21, 12:10 CT
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• Cub Tracks’ unreeled

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Now with more video! The Cubs dropped a game to the Marlins that they should have won. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Haha, and here I thought PCA would never hit .250. I’m perfectly willing to be wrong and I already cooked the egg that ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs win 13-3 behind PCA and some sloppy White Sox play. The Cubs continue to excel in the first game of each series, particularly at Wrigley Field. I still suspect most of this is random sequencing. It’s ironic, because the way the Cubs can make other pitching staffs work, I might expect them to do well at the end of a series. But that h...2025
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• The Moisés Ballesteros call-up by the numbers
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 42

Photo by Nick Loggarakis/MLB Photos via Getty Images A return home and a brief offensive revival lead to a 5-2 win. I’m not in the mood for counting any chickens today. But, for one day, this team took care of business and kept all of the demons at bay. I don’t know any more than any of the rest of you if this team will emerge from the 41 games from hell and get hot. I suspect they will. C...2025
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 2: Home runs by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki are enough
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• Cub Tracks’ Boyd by his success

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Matthew Boyd has been a good pickup for the Cubs, to say the least. WELCOME to today’s edition 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 ov...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs tease a series win but come up short in a 6-2 loss. Today’s shocking fact is that the Cubs weren’t quite good enough against the Mets in New York in a series where they were without Justin Steele, Shōta Imanaga and Ian Happ. Ryan Pressly hasn’t worked out at closer and the Cubs are at the tail end of what has been and probably will remain the tou...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ flushed with victory

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs and Mets played an entertaining game; the Cubs got away with one. 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...2025
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• Peralta shines, offense does just enough in Brewers’ 4-0 victory over Cubs

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Big hits from unlikely sources get Brewers over the line Box Score After two ugly losses to their biggest rival, the Brewers turned to their ace, Freddy Peralta, to stop their three-game skid. Peralta responded with six fabulous innings, followed by three more good ones from the bullpen, and Milwaukee’s struggling offense did just enough — and capitalized on Ch...2025
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• Brewers 4, Cubs 0: Shōta Imanaga injured in dull loss

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images This was not a good Sunday for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs lost to the Brewers 4-0 Sunday afternoon, but that’s not the story of the game. The story is the hamstring injury suffered by Shōta Imanaga, who had matched Freddy Peralta with zeroes until there were two out in the bottom of the sixth. Here’s the situation. The Brewers had runners on first and seco...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The homers just keep coming in a 6-2 win over the Brewers. The Cubs had been winning more frequently against right-handed starters than left. Jose Quintana had only allowed one homer. He had won all of his starts this year. And none of those things are true any longer. The Cubs took him deep three times in rapid succession, scoring six runs in all against ...2025
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• Brewers embarrassed by early Cubs offensive explosion

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

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you think Matt Shaw will return to be the Cubs’ third baseman this season. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see you. Come on in and sit with us. Your name is on the guest list. We still have a few good ...2025
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• Lester, Rizzo lead Cubs in 5-HR, 16-run rout
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• Q&K: Quintana fans 12 in dazzling debut win
Jose Quintana made a great first impression on the Cubs, who did their best to welcome him. Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo each belted two-run homers and rookie Ian Happ smacked a two-run double to back Quintana in his debut, an 8-0 Interleague victory on Sunday over the Orioles at Camden Yards....2017
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• With Happ leading way, Cubs break out in win
Looking to spark a lineup that was kept quiet the last three nights at PNC Park, Cubs manager Joe Maddon kept it local. Maddon slotted Ian Happ, a product of nearby Mt. Lebanon, into the leadoff spot and watched the Cubs' bats slowly but surely break out in an 8-2 win over the Pirates on Thursday night....2017
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• Cubs score 7 straight runs to rally past Rays
Pinch-hitter Jon Jay smacked a game-tying three-run homer in the sixth inning and rookie Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh to lift the Cubs to a 7-3 victory over the Rays on Wednesday at Wrigley Field and split the Interleague series....2017
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• Cubs outslug Reds for Maddon's 1,000th win
Kyle Schwarber smacked a 462-foot home run, Ian Happ hit his second homer in three games, Addison Russell led off the seventh with a blast, and Anthony Rizzo launched a solo shot in the eighth to lift the Cubs to a 9-5 victory Tuesday night over the Reds and give Maddon his 1,000th career win....2017
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• Cubs follow Rizzo's HR 'lead' to beat Padres
Anthony Rizzo smacked his third leadoff home run in the last seven games and rookie Ian Happ hit his ninth homer to back Mike Montgomery and lift the Cubs to a 4-0 victory on Tuesday night over the Padres....2017
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• Cubs take versatile switch-hitter Happ at No. 9
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• Braves' Fried halts Cubs' streak in 1st start
In his first Major League start, rookie lefty Max Fried combined with four Braves relievers to end the Cubs' winning streak at six games. The lefty scattered four hits, including a solo homer by Ian Happ, over five innings in the Braves' 5-1 victory over the Cubs on Sunday at Wrigley Field....2017
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• Preseason Prep - March 10, 2025
Ivan Herrera (C-STL) impressed in his first significant run in the majors last season, registering a .301 average with 5 homers, 27 RBI, 37 runs scored, and 5 stolen bases across 259 PA, with a wRC+ of 127 as a 24 year-old. Reports indicate that he'll share time behind the plate in 2025 with Pedro Pages as Willson Contreras moves to 1B, but it's likely that Herrera sees more playing time. In 2024,...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 22, 2025
Around the League Mets Starting Rotation Tylor Megill is reportedly ahead of other Mets pitchers. He is scheduled for three innings of live batting practice. The Mets are going with a six-man rotation to start the year. They have competition in camp for the rotation even with recently signed Frankie Montas on the shelf for 6-8 weeks. The final spot will come down to Griffin Canning, Paul Black...2025
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• Lane Thomas, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
You know the cinematic technique where the dolly wheels in and the camera zooms out? It's used in films to make the viewer feel uneasy. A classic example is in Jaws: JAWS (1975) Cinematography by Bill Butler Directed by Steven Spielberg Watch how the Dolly Zoom works: https://t.co/VHZPLgEzaK pic.twitter.com/cHxSf6dCz2 — One Perfect Shot (@OnePerfectShot) June 20, 2021 That was me. I was Roy Sc...2021
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• Jarred Kelenic, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Promise you all of my 2022 fantasy baseball sleepers won't be "very hyped rookie who failed to live up to hype and is now priced well in drafts." Though, how about that Brett Lawrie?! No, seriously...But what about Ian Happ?! C'mon! He had a good 2nd half. Okay, gonna stop there, since I might actually write an Ian Happ sleeper post for the fifth year in a row. So, I was looking at the top xwOBAs,...2021
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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again
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• Cubs 14, Marlins 1: You get a hit! And you get a hit! And you, and you...

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The Cubs had some fun with the bats in Miami. One thing that can get a team back on track after a rough loss like the one Monday is to come back the next day and absolutely annihilate the opposition. And that’s exactly what the Cubs did, with a 21-hit attack that matched their season high. From BCB’s JohnW53: They had 21 at Sacramento on March 31 while ...2025
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• Cubs roster moves: Ian Happ activated, Porter Hodge to IL, Moises Ballesteros to Iowa, Ethan Roberts up
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• Ian Happ Returning Tuesday, Moisés Ballesteros Optioned to Iowa
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• Ian Happ Expected to Be Activated Soon, Shōta Imanaga Down Until ‘Well into June’
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Sunday 5/18, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series sweep. Sunday notes... STREAKING: The Cubs have won seven straight games against the White Sox, their longest run of success in the 148-game, 29-year regular-season rivalry. The Cubs have swept only four of the 37 three-game series vs. the Sox: at home in 1998, 2004 and 2008, and on the South Side in 2007. They ha...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 35

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Another frustrating Sunday, the Cubs lose 4-0. When does something arbitrary become something significant? If you haven’t been keeping track, the Cubs are now just 1-5 on Sundays. I don’t particularly think it is a getaway day issue. They are 3-3 in midweek series-enders. So it is at least a passing thought that there is something with Sundays. It sure w...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Is Matt Shaw coming back?
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons

David Banks-Imagn Images There’s something else that this signing would do for the Cubs. With Kyle Tucker off to a great start with the Cubs, the chorus of voices urging Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts to open up the team wallet and sign Tucker to an extension before he hits free agency has gotten louder. While there’s no question about Tucker’s abilities on the field — he’s hitting the way he ...2025
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• Cubs 10, Athletics 2: Sweep!

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs had themselves some fun in Sacramento. During the Cubs’ 10-2 demolition of the Athletics Wednesday afternoon, I got a text from a friend of mine: “Maybe the Cubs should move to Sacramento.” Well, of course that’s a silly notion, but the Cubs sure seemed to enjoy hitting in Sutter Health Park, where they smashed eight home runs and outscor...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Mid-season reinforcements

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which Cubs prospect will make the biggest mid-season impact. It’s a new week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. It’s always good to see a friend, new or old. We still have a few tables availa...2025
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• Dodgers 6, Cubs 3: Let’s have an overreaction party!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images As a Dodgers official I rode down in an elevator with after the game said, “It’s just two games.” TOKYO — You could look at it the way I noted below the headline. Or you could look at the Cubs’ 6-3 loss to the Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome, a sweep the Dodgers completed without two of their best players (Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman) and utterly panic as t...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Where’s the best place to keep a Jaguar?

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Kevin Alcántara would be better served in Iowa or Chicago. It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We so glad you decided to stop by. It’s been a long day, so let’s make it a memorable night. We s...2025
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