Kyle Schwarber rumors, news

Kyle Schwarber news, rumors

  • 2024 Padres Season Review: Jackson Merrill
    • 2024 Padres Season Review: Jackson Merrill
    Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Our Rookie of the Year! Jackson Merrill: 5.3 fWAR, 156 G, .292 AVG, .326 OBP, .500 SLG, 130 wRC+, 77 R, 90 RBI, 24 HR Baseball Savant Positives From This Season Where do we start? Merrill hadn’t played a game in the big leagues let alone in center field before 2024 and by the end of the season he was a name all baseball fans knew aro...2024
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  • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    Jim Hickman scores for the Cubs against the Mets on May 23, 1970 | Photo by James Drake /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It was another failure, in some ways more frustrating than the fabled ‘69 team. Yesterday, I posted this article about how some players who the Cubs let go for almost nothing in the late 1950s and early 1960s might have helped the 1969 team get over the hump and make...2024
  • Arizona Fall League: Mesa Solar Sox Week 1 review
    • Arizona Fall League: Mesa Solar Sox Week 1 review
    Moises Ballesteros | Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Boys of Autumn have finished their first week in the AFL. Here’s how the Cubs on the Solar Sox did. We’ve just finished week one of the Arizona Fall League and the Mesa Solar Sox are off to a great start with a 4-2 record, which is good enough for first place in the league. In case you’ve forgotten, the Arizona Fa...2024
  • This day in Braves history: Braves win wild NLCS Game 2 against Dodgers
    • This day in Braves history: Braves win wild NLCS Game 2 against Dodgers
    Photo by Cooper Neill/MLB Photos via Getty Images This was a fun series, until it wasn’t! Braves Franchise History 1914: The Boston Braves complete a remarkable sweep of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first in World Series history. Dick Rudolph pitches a complete game, 3-1 victory for the Braves, who were 15 games out of first place in early July. 1959: The Milwaukee Braves release long-...2024
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  • One-game Cubs, 2024
    • One-game Cubs, 2024
    Enoli Paredes during his one Cubs appearance | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images These men were Cubs, but just for a single contest. Over the last few years, I’ve posted articles here commemorating Cubs who played in just one game for the team, from 1970-2009, during the 2010s, in 2020-21 and in 2022-23. This year, just two men played in a single contest for the Cubs, so let’s take a loo...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, October 7
    • Baseball history unpacked, October 7
    Happy birthday, Jose Cardenal! | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Not the best day historically for playoff Cubs teams. Happy birthday to Jose Cardenal and many others. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at ...2024
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  • • Arizona Fall League: Mesa Solar Sox Week 1 review
    2024
  • • Baseball history unpacked, October 7
    2024
    Read about White Sox injuries
  • MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
    • MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
    Two sets of division rivals face off with a trip to the NLCS on the line. The Wild Card series has come and gone and as far as the National League goes, we’ve been left with a pair of spicy divisional matchups that are very likely to deliver when it comes to intensity and drama. The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers are getting quite used to seeing each other in the postseason, while th...2024
  • A Rockies fan’s guide to the 2024 Division Series
    • A Rockies fan’s guide to the 2024 Division Series
    Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Only 8 teams remain as the ALDS and NLDS start Saturday After a wild week where the underdog won three out of four series, now it’s time for the top seeds to enter the picture. Action in the American League and National League Division Series begins Saturday. The best-of-five series could do through Oct. 12 if needed before the League Championship se...2024
  • A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend
    • A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend
    Kyle Schwarber should lead off for the Phillies for their third straight postseason | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images There’s a lot of David and Goliath in these matchups They don’t call it the Wild Card for nothing, folks. It’s’ already been a few ridiculous days of baseball. It started with the Mets bonkers comeback against Atlanta in the first game of a doubleheader to make the post...2024
  • Here are all the former Cubs still in the 2024 MLB postseason
    • Here are all the former Cubs still in the 2024 MLB postseason
    Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos | Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images There aren’t as many as in some past years. I’ve written similar articles to this one in the past and there has generally been a good selection of former Cubs to root for in the MLB postseason. Not this year. The eight clubs remaining as we head to the Division Series round have a total of only ...2024
  • MLB Playoffs: National League Preview
    • MLB Playoffs: National League Preview
    Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers to the top seed in the NL. Is this the season where they break through and return to the World Series. It took a controversial decision by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and a devastating hurricane but finally, we have a set National League postseason field for the 2024 Playoffs. How about that doubleheader, huh? After 162 games, six teams are...2024
  • Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
    • Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
    Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 27, 2024 From Purple Row and throughout the MLB world, the tributes to Charlie Blackmon have flooded in all week — as it should be. There will be a whole offseason to analyze the state of the organization, growth and failures from the 2024 season, future projections and many other storylines. For now, it’s worth ...2024
  • Cubs 10, Phillies 4: Cody! Cody! Cody!
    • 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
  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 150
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 150
    David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs return home with a 9-2 pounding of the A’s. The Cubs came back home and the offense got into gear quickly. Putting together a team isn’t some literal chemistry equation or evenly a math equation. But it’s hard not to think the team needs another catalyst or two. The last half of this year has seen an explosive offense, except when the offense is missing in...2024

Kyle Schwarber lifestyle

  • • MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
    2024
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  • • Watch: Cubs’ Randy Rosario casually makes catch of the year so far (with his hat)
    During Sunday’s Chicago Cubs game against Texas, Kyle Schwarber launched a laser-beam of a home run, which teammate Randy Rosario ever so casually hauled in with his hat. The home run itself was impressive, as Schwarber tattooed the ball. #2 on the season! And what a catch by Randy Rosario… IN THE HAT! Stream the game: https://t.co/9zmFt10TD8 pic.twitter.com/k2B5Im5YiL— Cubs Talk (@NBCSCubs) March...2019
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  • • Schwarber feeling lighter ... without knee brace
    Kyle Schwarber feels as if he lost a ton of weight and it has nothing to do with his offseason diet....2018
  • • It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "He retired Kyle Schwarber on a ground out and then got Trea Turner to pop out to right."

  • 2023
    "Kyle Schwarber popped up in foul territory."

  • 2022
    "The Philadelphia Phillies have reached an agreement to sign free-agent slugger Kyle Schwarber, sources confirm to ESPN's Jeff Passan."

  • 2021
    "Home runs from Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber provided the run support for Nathan Eovaldi, who was stellar through 5 1/3 innings, as Boston defeated the New York Yankees, 6-2, in the American League Wild Card Game at Fenway Park on Tuesday."

  • 2020
    "Kyle Schwarber is one of five Indiana Hoosiers on D1Baseball."

  • 2019
    "According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, that includes discussions with the Chicago Cubs about star outfielder Kyle Schwarber."

  • 2018
    "Kyle Schwarber showed off his svelte physique to some of the Cubs' front-office executives at the Winter Meetings last month, and on Wednesday, the team released a video which featured the outfielder not only working out but cooking."

  • 2017
    "Kyle Schwarber hit his 27th home run and Jason Heyward smacked a clutch tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the seventh inning to lift the Cubs to their sixth straight win, a 4-3 victory Sunday over the Cardinals."

  • 2016
    "Anthony Rizzo tied his career-high with six RBIs as the Cubs had 14 runs on 14 hits, but they lost left fielder Kyle Schwarber to a left ankle sprain in the second inning."

  • 2015
    "Jake Arrieta weaved his routine spell, and rookie Kyle Schwarber drove in the first three runs -- two on a majestic 450-foot homer out of PNC Park -- and Chicago blanked Pittsburgh, 4-0, in Wednesday night's National League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser."

  • 2014
    "Jim Callis discusses the offensive abilities of Twins top prospects Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, whether Cubs prospect Kyle Schwarber will stay as a catcher and more in this week's Pipeline Inbox."

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Kyle Schwarber trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Arizona Fall League: Mesa Solar Sox Week 1 review
    2024
  • • MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
    2024
  • • A Rockies fan’s guide to the 2024 Division Series
    2024
  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend
    2024
  • • MLB Playoffs: National League Preview
    2024
  • • Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
    2024
  • Phillies 6, Cubs 2: Let’s talk about Caleb Kilian
    • Phillies 6, Cubs 2: Let’s talk about Caleb Kilian
    Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The Cubs righthander got a chance to show his stuff on Monday. It did not go well. You didn’t think the Cubs were going to win this game, did you? Nah. Not with the Phillies one win away from clinching the NL East title and the Cubs going after them with a bullpen game. It worked about the way you figured it might. Nate Pearson threw a decent first inning, but Ca...2024
  • On the day they clinch the NL Central, the Brewers walk-off the Phillies
    • On the day they clinch the NL Central, the Brewers walk-off the Phillies
    Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Milwaukee wins 2-1 on Bauers’ game-ending single Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers are National League Central Division champs. That was the big baseball story in Milwaukee on Wednesday, news that was confirmed late in the afternoon when the Oakland Athletics closed out a win over the second-place Chicago Cubs. But the Brewers had a game to play this evening, even if ...2024
  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 150
    2024
  • Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
    • Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
    Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Brewers take on Phillies for final time in the regular season in potential postseason preview Coming off a solid road trip in which they secured series wins against both the Giants and Diamondbacks (with a chance to sweep Arizona on Sunday), the Brewers take on another heavyweight opponent in the Phillies beginning Monday in Milwaukee with a chance to clinch the N...2024

Kyle Schwarber stats and results

  • • 2024 Padres Season Review: Jackson Merrill
    2024
    Read about Padres Season stats
  • • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    2024
  • • This day in Braves history: Braves win wild NLCS Game 2 against Dodgers
    2024
    Read about MLB Photos stats
  • • MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
    2024
    Read about Diego Padres stats
  • • Players of the Month
    September belonged to Shohei Ohtani. Yes, Victor Robles posted an OBP seven points higher. Ohtani, on the other hand, posted a .766 slugging percentage, 120 higher than second place Kyle Schwarber. Both hit ten home runs to lead the majors. Those homers were part of his MLB leading .393 BA. His 32 RBI were then […]...2024
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  • • Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
    2024
  • • Cubs 10, Phillies 4: Cody! Cody! Cody!
    2024
  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 157
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 157
    Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The Cubs were overpowered in the opener in Philly and lose 6-2. The Cubs were roadkill in Philadelphia Monday night. This isn’t a giant surprise. With 53 wins, the Phillies have more wins at home than any other team. This is their final home series of the season and they’ve now clinched the National League East title. They are half a game behind the Dodgers for t...2024
    Read about Nate Pearson stats
  • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 155
    • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 155
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The end nears for the Cubs and elimination is reached. Each of us reached a point somewhere along the way where we wrote off this Cubs team. For me, it was so long ago that I actually had to turn things around in August after they’d made an exceptionally large bounce and push back into the periphery of the playoff picture. Remarkably, this team became a...2024
  • Brewers blocked from clinch by Phillies in 5-1 loss
    • Brewers blocked from clinch by Phillies in 5-1 loss
    Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Garrett Mitchell had the lone RBI in the loss Box Score Day one of the clinch watch didn’t go completely according to plan. The Brewers couldn’t get much going against Zack Wheeler and the Phillies on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, the Phillies hit three home runs as the Brewers fell to them, 5-1. Frankie Montas started out the game strong, pitching a 1-2-3 fir...2024
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Kyle Schwarber parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend
    2024
    Read about Pete Alonso
  • Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore finishes season strong...
    • Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore finishes season strong...
    Notes and quotes on MacKenzie Gore’s final start of the 2024 campaign... In his final inning of work in 2024, MacKenzie Gore struck out the side. Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper went down swinging in a 19-pitch frame against the Phillies which left Gore at 91 pitches total total, with nine Ks from 21 batters faced in six scoreless at home in Nationals Park. “Striking out the side is ...2024
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  • • Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
    2024
    Read about Colorado Rockies
  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 157
    2024
    Read about Nate Pearson
  • Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman signs a Giant deal
    • Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman signs a Giant deal
    Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Giants lock up their third baseman. Alex Bregman should be happy. The Yankees don’t have a closer. The Guardians have the best closer. And other news from MLB. Good morning. The Cubs still haven’t allowed a hit since Tuesday. The Giants signed third baseman Matt Chapman to a six-year, $151 million extension. Chapman explained why he re-sign...2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for September 4, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for September 4, 2024
    Denny Medley-Imagn Images Please win again, Royals. Craig Brown wrote he was still optimistic during the losing streak. A six-game losing streak in late August that spills over into September would, you would think, damage the chances of a contending team. That’s not necessarily the case as the Wild Card has become a war of attrition. Not only have the Royals stumbled in their last 10 gam...2024
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  • • Schwarber's Showcase - September 4, 2024
    Kyle Schwarber, OF, Phillies Kyle Schwarber had a monster game on Tuesday to lead the Phillies to a 10-9 win over the Blue Jays. He went 5 for 6 with 3 home runs and a double, tallying 4 runs and 6 RBI. His final home run, a three-run blast, put the Phillies up 10-8 in the ninth inning against Toronto closer Chad Green. This was his first game with a home run in almost three weeks, and it brings h...2024
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  • Braves repeat their mistakes, walked off by Phillies 3-2 in 11
    • Braves repeat their mistakes, walked off by Phillies 3-2 in 11
    Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images If the Braves have the capacity for introspection, I’m not sure they’ve exercised it this series If you watched the entirety of the Braves’ 3-2, walkoff loss to the Phillies on Sunday night, I’m sorry. If you didn’t, but you did watch their 5-4 loss to open this series back on Thursday, well, you didn’t miss much. At this point, the Braves are making the...2024
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  • Cubs 14, Pirates 10: The Christian Bethancourt game
    • Cubs 14, Pirates 10: The Christian Bethancourt game
    Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs backup catcher drove in seven runs to lead the team’s comeback win of the year, and a sweep of the Pirates. So let’s say you hadn’t watched this game, hadn’t heard anything about it, had a news blackout this afternoon. And then I told you that Kyle Hendricks would have the shortest and worst start of his career, that Paul Skenes was on the mound f...2024
  • Spencer Schwellenbach shines, Adam Duvall delivers, as Braves take the series against the Phillies
    • Spencer Schwellenbach shines, Adam Duvall delivers, as Braves take the series against the Phillies
    Duvall had his best game of the year | Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Schwellenbach sat down nineteen straight Phillies, and Duvall had three hits including the game leading HR. The Atlanta Braves took on the Philadelphia Phillies in the final game of a three game set with a chance to win the series. Spencer Schwellenbach, who has been on fire since July took the mound for the...2024

Top Kyle Schwarber news

  • • Arrieta, Cubs ace Wild Card test vs. Bucs
    The Cubs' first step toward their ultimate goal of ending a 107-year World Series championship drought was contentious, yet also decisive. Jake Arrieta weaved his routine spell, and rookie Kyle Schwarber drove in the first three runs -- two on a majestic 450-foot homer out of PNC Park -- and Chicago blanked Pittsburgh, 4-0, in Wednesday night's National League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser...2015
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  • • Cubs belt record 6 HRs to take Game 3
    The Cubs put on a power show Monday night as rookies Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler and Kyle Schwarber hit half of Chicago's six home runs to post an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Division Series and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series....2015
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  • • Cardinals allow record 6 HRs, drop Game 3
    The Cubs put on a power show Monday night as rookies Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler and Kyle Schwarber hit half of Chicago's six home runs to post an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Division Series and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series....2015
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  • • Rizzo knocks in 6, but Cubs lose Schwarber
    2016
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  • • Lester, 5 HRs spur Cubs to 7th straight
    Dexter Fowler, Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo each homered in the fifth inning, and Schwarber added another two-run shot in the seventh plus an RBI single in the eighth, backing Jon Lester and powering the Cubs to a 9-2 victory Thursday over the Brewers at Wrigley Field for their 13th win in the past 14 games....2015
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  • • Giants see Cubs pull away with homers
    Jake Arrieta became the first pitcher in the Major Leagues to reach 16 wins and Kyle Schwarber, Miguel Montero and Starlin Castro each homered to power the Cubs to an 8-5 victory over the Giants on Tuesday night. Chicago now has won 21 of its last 25 games....2015
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  • • Three homers back Arrieta to 16th victory
    Jake Arrieta became the first pitcher in the Major Leagues to reach 16 wins and Kyle Schwarber, Miguel Montero and Starlin Castro each homered to power the Cubs to an 8-5 victory over the Giants on Tuesday night. Chicago now has won 21 of its last 25 games....2015
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  • • Cubs hit 4 HRs, score 17 runs to rout Tribe
    The Cubs launched four home runs and rookie Kyle Schwarber collected four hits in his first Major League start, backing a solid outing from lefty Tsuyoshi Wada in a 17-0 rout over the Indians on Wednesday night at Progressive Field. It was the largest shutout in the history of Interleague Play....2015

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Kyle Schwarber fantasy rankings and news

  • • Schwarber's Showcase - September 4, 2024
    2024
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  • • Harper and Schwarber to IL, Wood Gets The Call - June 29, 2024
    Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber Harper and Schwarber are both headed to the IL for the Phillies, unfortunately. Harper clearly injured his hamstring in the 9th last night, and clearly it was more than just a tweak. He's been excellent this year, slashing .303/.399/.582 and a 96th Percentile xwOBA (.385). Hamstring issues are not serious long-term, but they can nag. Schwarber exited the same game m...2024
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  • • Schwarber Finds the Seats...Twice - June 12th, 2024
    Kyle Schwarber, DH, PHI Schwarber went 2 for 4 with a pair of solo shots and a pair of strikeouts. This is the kind of game we like to see from Scwarbs. However, the powerful lefty has been more often found pummeling the ball into the ground rather than lifting it into the seats this season. His 29.8% LA Sweet-Spot% ranks in the 21st percentile and his 42.9% is well above the 34.4% mark he posted ...2024
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  • • NL Week 8 Strategy-May 11, 2024
    In The Field SS Nick Ahmed was placed on the 10-day IL with a left wrist sprain. The Giants called up SS Casey Schmitt in a corresponding move which means he is likely to fill in while Ahmed is out. SS Dansby Swanson (knee) was placed on the 10-day IL on Friday. He is eligible to return on May 18. DH Matt Carpenter joined the Cardinals on Saturday. He is likely to see some at-bats against right-...2024
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Kyle Schwarber schedule, game

  • • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    2024
  • • This day in Braves history: Braves win wild NLCS Game 2 against Dodgers
    2024
    Read about MLB Photos
  • • Baseball history unpacked, October 7
    2024
    Read about White Sox
  • Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber continues postseason dominance
    • Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber continues postseason dominance
    Schwarber has already made his presence felt for the Phillies. His first plate appearance in the 2024 playoffs could be the start of another impressive run....2024
  • • MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
    2024
    Read about Diego Padres
  • • A Rockies fan’s guide to the 2024 Division Series
    2024
    Read about Patrick McDermott
  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend
    2024
    Read about Pete Alonso
  • • MLB Playoffs: National League Preview
    2024
    Read about Mookie Betts
  • • Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
    2024
    Read about Colorado Rockies
  • • 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 157
    2024
    Read about Nate Pearson

Kyle Schwarber rumors, scandals

  • • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    2024
  • • MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
    2024
    Read about Diego Padres rumors
  • This day in Braves History: Cox gets his 1,600th victory in comeback against Reds
    • This day in Braves History: Cox gets his 1,600th victory in comeback against Reds
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The legendary manager hits a huge milestone Braves Franchise History 1921: The Cubs and Braves each pull a triple play, but they do not help. The Cubs lose to the Giants, 5-3, and Boston falls to the Reds, 6-4. 1953: Led by OF Jim Pendleton’s three home runs, the Braves tie the Yankees’ 1939 major-league record for the most homers in a game with eight in ...2024
  • The next four games could sway the direction of the NL East
    • The next four games could sway the direction of the NL East
    Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images The Braves appear to be peaking at the right time and the Phillies recovered from their stumble in Atlanta last week. We could be in for a very exciting series in Philadelphia this weekend. I probably sound like a broken record at this point but yeah, this is a crucial series coming up between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves...2024
    Read about NL East rumors
  • Outside The Confines: It’s now or never
    • Outside The Confines: It’s now or never
    Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images A look ahead at the trade deadline and the draft. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. As we get to the All-Star Break, some teams started great and then sank like a stone (the Cubs) and others started out poorly and then got hot with the weather. John Denton looks at how the Cardinals turned their season around. Dayn Perry has three reasons the...2024
    Read about Tom Verducci rumors
  • Cub Tracks’ high-stakes cheese
    • Cub Tracks’ high-stakes cheese
    Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The steaks are high for Philadelphia, who are in the playoff hunt, and for the Cubs, who are cellar-dwellers and may be sellers at the deadline. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and blogger...2024
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  • Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Philadelphia Phillies
    • Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Philadelphia Phillies
    Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Division leaders clash in big National League series In a major early-season test for the young Milwaukee Brewers, the National-League-Central-leading squad will take on the National-League-East-leading Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Brewers come in hot: Milwaukee has won five straight and eight of their ...2024
  • 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results
    • 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results
    Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are once again the favorites to win the division but as far as Atlanta is concerned, it’s all about what they do in October. For the past few years, the story of the National League’s Eastern Division has been one that feels very familiar to how it was during the 1990s. While the Atlanta Braves have won the NL East for six straight seasons dating b...2024
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  • A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series
    • A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series
    Jason Heyward reacts after hitting a single against the Giants. | John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Who are you cheering for as playoff baseball continues? Four Wild Card Series and four sweeps later the bracket is set for four best of five Division Series. One division winner, the Milwaukee Brewers, has already been eliminated, the other five remain. These series have everything, including lots...2023
  • • 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 86
    Kayla Wolf-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs come up short in Milwaukee. Sometimes I give you a narrative after the game Sometimes, I’m more a series of thoughts. Today is one of those. As I did yesterday, I’m going to steer a little away from the bigger picture implications of this game and the season to date. None of that is shocking, new territory or any great insight I’m going to give you. Th...2023

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