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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1956

Sam Jones | Getty Images There weren’t many deals this year, and at least one was pretty bad. Wid Matthews, the Cubs general manager from 1950-56, came from the Cardinals and Dodgers, where he was highly regarded as a scout under Branch Rickey, for both teams. Both the Cardinals and Dodgers were known for their early adoption of the farm system model in baseball and had been the league’s t...2024
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• Cubs free agent target: Juan Soto

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let’s address the proverbial elephant in the room. Let me make clear my personal point of view on this topic right now, so there’s no question about it. The Cubs aren’t signing Juan Soto. Period, end of story. Yes, this even though he says he’s open to all 30 teams, including... The Rays are reportedly among the seven known teams that have reached out to Juan S...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Mike Tauchman should be back with the 2025 team. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. If you’re looking for shelter in the storm, we’re here for you. We still have a few tables available. There’s no cover charge. Let us kn...2024
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• Cub Tracks is MAD about the offseason

Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Developments are developing. More below. 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, ove...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 5, 2024 If you’re a fan of the 1986 film classic Highlander, you know the first rule: Only one Immortal can survive. Oddly enough, this Russell Mulcahy cult favorite was on my mind when watching the Gold Glove awards on Sunday night, an evening that recognized Colorado Rockies Ezequiel Tovar and Brent...2024
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• Ian Happ wins 3rd Gold Glove

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs left fielder wins for the third-straight season The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were announced this evening and for the third-straight season, the Cubs’ Ian Happ was given the award for the top defender in left field in the National League. Happ is the first Cubs’ outfielder to win a Gold Glove three years in a row. He was tied for th...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?
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• Cody Bellinger does not opt out of his 2025 contract and will remain a Cub

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The plot thickens. We’ve been waiting for news on Cody Bellinger and here it is: BREAKING: Chicago Cubs CF/1B Cody Bellinger picked up his $27.5 million player option for the 2025 season and will not be a free agent, sources tell me and @JeffPassan.— Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) November 2, 2024 So Bellinger will remain a Cub and play a t...2024
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• Cub Tracks thanks YOU

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Take a bow, readers. You earned it by putting up with us for another year! 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 ...2024
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• Previewing the shortstop market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Aaron Gash/MLB Photos via Getty Images Examining the different paths the Braves could take to upgrade at SS this winter. The Atlanta Braves offseason began earlier than they wanted, and now it’s Alex Anthopoulos’s job to go out and improve the team for 2025. There are four positions they can feasibly address this winter: shortstop, starting pitcher, left field, and relief pitcher....2024
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• Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts writes to Cubs fans

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs owner has sent out his annual missive to the fanbase. Every year, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts sends an email to Cubs fans summarizing the year just completed, and laying out his thoughts about the team going forward. Many of you, if you are a season ticket holder or on another Cubs email list, have probably received this email Friday morning. I ...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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• BCB After Dark: Grade Seiya Suzuki

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you to grade Seiya Suzuki. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We are so glad you decided to stop by. We’re open late tonight. There’s no cover charge. The dress code is casual. I think there a...2024
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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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• BCB After Dark: What about Jack Flaherty?

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should sign free agent pitcher Jack Flaherty/ It’s another Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re glad you decided to stop by. We’re having an End of the Season Sale. The cover charge ha...2024
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• Cubs 10, Phillies 4: Cody! Cody! Cody!

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images Cody Bellinger had three hits and four RBI as the Cubs brought out the bats and dominated the host Phillies. Bryce Harper homered off Justin Steele in the first inning Tuesday, his 30th, and... well, after that, not much from the Phillies. The Cubs offense, meanwhile, pounded out 15 hits and drew four walks and romped over the Phils 10-4. Tanner Banks, normally a rel...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?
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• BCB After Dark: What about Jack Flaherty?
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 148

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images The Cubs falter late, losing 6-5 to the Rockies. This feeling this morning, it’s different than it has been in a while. The beauty of an in-season vacation is that I was out of contact during the Cleveland series. Because of that, I’m having trouble remembering the last time that things were so frustrating that I’m looking for where the ride ends so th...2024
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• Guardians 6, Cubs 1: Swept outta Cleveland

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

Beautiful bastard Grady Sizemore is the new face of a (hopefully) new White Sox team. In a not-so-classic Crosstown, the South Siders still maintain a superior record overall against the Cubs Welcome to the second Crosstown Classic of the 2024 season, Chicago. You’ll find your respective sections of postgame coverage below, divided into sections for South Sider or North Sider. White Sox F...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 117

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs win 8-2 to take the series from the Twins. I mean no disrespect to the Twins, but when I was looking into them ahead of this series, I saw a team that has feasted on bad teams with an unusual fervor. On the one hand, all you can do is beat the team in the other dugout. This isn’t college football and you aren’t lining up cupcakes to boost your...2024
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• Chicago is deplorable at baseball

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

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you how much will Alexander Canario play this year. It’s another Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the swingin’ spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We are so glad that you decided to stop by. Come on in and relax for a while. There is no cover charge tonight. Th...2024
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• 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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2024
"This double by Ian Happ made it 5-2 [VIDEO]."

2023
"Then, as Ian Happ struck out, Hoerner and Swanson executed a double steal."

2022
"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."

2021
"Ian Happ Found His Hitting Stroke a Little Too Late"

2020
"Why Cubs' Ian Happ, one year after demotion, looks primed to win center field job"

2019
"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)."

2018
"For the first time this spring, someone other than Ian Happ or Albert Almora Jr."

2017
"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."

2016
"Monday night was one of many firsts for Ian Happ."

2015
"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."

• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1956
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• Cubs free agent target: Juan Soto
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
2024

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• Cody Bellinger does not opt out of his 2025 contract and will remain a Cub
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Final results

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Shota Imanaga nabs the Rizzo Award for his rookie season. As the 2024 season is on a collision course with its conclusion, it is time to start looking back and closing the books on the season. Unfortunately, the Cubs season came to a close several weeks ago. The playoffs are the goal for every team, but certainly for a large market team with a rabid fan b...2024
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• Cub Tracks thanks YOU
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs make a move for Juan Soto?

Juan Soto nabs a hit against the Cubs in September | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Your late week late night spot to enjoy baseball and music with the beverage of your choice It’s World Series Eve here at BCB After Dark and we’re bringing you full weeknight late-night coverage for the first time! Welcome to your Thursday edition of BCB After Dark, where you’ll get the same low-key hang ou...2024
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• Previewing the shortstop market for the Atlanta Braves
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• Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts writes to Cubs fans
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• Cubs free agent target: Juan Soto
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Final results
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• Previewing the shortstop market for the Atlanta Braves
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is disrespect. The nominations for the 2024 Golden Glove awards dropped: AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER Griffin Canning, Angels Seth Lugo, Royals Cole Ragans, Royals CATCHER Freddy Fermin, Royals Cal Raleigh, Mariners Jake Rogers, Tigers FIRST BASE Nathaniel Lowe, Rangers Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles Carlos Santana, Twins SECOND BASE An...2024
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• Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts writes to Cubs fans
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• Cub Tracks’ after words

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The season is over and it sure didn’t work out for the best. Wait ‘til next year! 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, stee...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 160

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs record their 82nd win in a 1-0 shutout. That game had to make Cubs fans of a certain age remember games of the 60’s and 70’s. The Reds got a complete game with one run allowed. That’s going to win a game, what, 90 percent of the time? Probably more. Five hits, no walks. Tough break, sir. He allowed one double and it cost him. At 34 years of ag...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 158

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Cubs bats lead the way to victory in Philadelphia, 10-4. The Cubs bats broke out in a big way Tuesday night and the Cubs scored an impressive win against the Phillies to reach the 81-win plateau and guarantee a .500 or better finish to the season despite all of their struggles. We can wonder what could have been, but we can also give some credit to ...2024
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• Cubs 10, Phillies 4: Cody! Cody! Cody!
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?
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• Cub Tracks is MAD about the offseason
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• Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts writes to Cubs fans
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• BCB After Dark: Grade Seiya Suzuki
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• BCB After Dark: Grade Ian Happ

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you to grade Cubs left fielder Ian Happ It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. We’re waiving the cover charge for the duration of the playoffs. There are still a few tables available. ...2024
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• Your weekly moment of Baseball Zen: Ian Happ buys a round for left field bleacher fans

Danny Rockett This was a fun moment in the bleachers yesterday It was yet another year of the Cubs not quite making the playoffs. They finished 83-79 for the second year in a row. But the final weekend of the season played out at Wrigley Field with one last gem and an incredible send off for Kyle Hendricks, two shutout wins against the Reds and a lot of good vibes at the Friendly Confines....2024
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades
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• BCB After Dark: What about Jack Flaherty?
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• BCB After Dark: Vote for the Cubs MVP

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who isnthe Cubs MVP this season. It’s another Tuesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the hippest happening for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. We’ve got a good crowd here, but there are still a few tables available. The dress code is casual...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Snell you later?

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should sign free agent lefty Blake Snell. So glad that you decided to stop by at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on and sit with us for a while. There’s no cover charge and the dress code is casual. We still ha...2024
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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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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs make a move for Juan Soto?
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• Cub Tracks earns the split

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Cubs could have had both games, take one, and head for a series win Sunday. 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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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 27, 2024
Evan Phillips The Dodgers claimed Phillips from the Rays in the summer of 2021, and since then he has been a staple in their bullpen, appearing in 126 games in their last two seasons with great results. Phillips has that coveted ability to both get groundballs (44.1%) and punch guys out (28.2%). He utilizes an elite slider that gets premium results (.195 xwOBA, 42.1% Whiff), and overall has no pro...2024
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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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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1956
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• Cubs free agent target: Juan Soto
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?
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• Cub Tracks is MAD about the offseason
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• Ian Happ wins 3rd Gold Glove
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• Chris Sale wins 2024 NL Gold Glove Award at Pitcher

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Matt Olson and Griffin Canning came up short in their bids This Awards season continues to be good to LHP Chris Sale, as the star pitcher for the Atlanta Braves continues to receive recognition for an incredible season on the field in 2024. This time, Sale has won his most prestigious award of the offseason yet, as he was named the NL’s Gold G...2024
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• Ian Happ Wins Third Consecutive Gold Glove, Dansby Swanson Hosed
Ian Happ has won his third straight Gold Glove in left field, making him the first outfielder in Cubs history to earn that many of the coveted awards. Four Cubs infielders have won at least three straight: Ryne Sandberg, Mark Grace, Ron Santo, and Anthony Rizzo. I was shocked when Happ was even named a … The post Ian Happ Wins Third Consecutive Gold Glove, Dansby Swanson Hosed appeared first...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Final results
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• Cub Tracks thanks YOU
2024

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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs make a move for Juan Soto?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
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• Previewing the shortstop market for the Atlanta Braves
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• BCB After Dark: Grade Ian Happ
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades
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• BCB After Dark: What about Jack Flaherty?
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 158
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• BCB After Dark: Snell you later?
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• Cubs 9, Athletics 2: The bats come alive...

David Banks-Imagn Images ... and Shōta Imanaga strikes out a whole bunch of A’s. In the end, the final 13 games of the Cubs’ 2024 season might not mean much. Any postseason hopes hang by a very thin thread. Nevertheless, it’s always nice to see the Cubs smash baseballs all around and out of Wrigley Field, especially with recent batting struggles at home. Monday night, an 18-hit attack led ...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should pitchers get ejected for hitting batters in the head?

Brett Davis-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if MLB should pass a new rule to protect hitters. It’s another Monday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s a late night for the Cubs, but we’re here for you. Come on in out of the Southern California heat—or whatever heat you’re in ri...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 141

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs come up empty in a 3-0 loss to Anthony Rizzo and the Yankees. The Cubs were so happy to see their old pal Anthony Rizzo that they rolled over and played dead to give his team a win. Not really, but it might as well have been true. It was a generally well played game and neither team was able to generate a whole lot of offense. Unfort...2024
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