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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Marlins, Tuesday 5/13, 6:40 CT

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• Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Tuesday 5/13, 6:40 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Today’s roster move: Here Tuesday notes... TAKING THE FIFTH: The Cubs scored all five of their runs last night in the fifth inning. They have outscored their opponents by 25 runs in the fifth, 40-15. Their next-largest differential in an inning is 19, in the second (34-15). They are +11 in the first (26-15) a...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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• 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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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Marlins, Monday 5/12, 6:40 CT

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• Cubs roster move: Caleb Thielbar returns from paternity list, Gavin Hollowell optioned

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs lefthander is back. Cubs lefthander Caleb Thielbar was placed on the paternity list before Friday’s game in New York: Caleb Thielbar and his wife welcomed a baby girl into the world today, Craig Counsell announced. Thielbar is going on the paternity list, and the Cubs are recalling Tom Cosgrove.— Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) May 9, 2...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• Minor League Wrap: Jordan Wicks strong, but Iowa bats go silent in 2-1 loss to Toledo

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Some good pitching tonight throughtout the system, but the bats went mostly silent. Right-hander Kohl Franklin, who missed almost all of 2024 with elbow surgery, joins South Bend on a rehab assignment. It was an early day for most of the system, as three of the four teams played day games. Only the Pelicans continued their commitment to being...2025
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• Cubs 9, Giants 2: The offense resumes its onslaught

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images And the Cubs got solid pitching from Matthew Boyd again. After being shut out Sunday for only the second time this year and then losing Shōta Imanaga for an indefinite time with a hamstring injury, you could have forgiven the Cubs if they had entered Monday’s game in a bit of a down mood. No matter. The Cubs opened a brief three-game homestan...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Horton or Flexen?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Cade Horton or Chris Flexen should make the next start when Imanaga’s turn comes up. Welcome back to 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. There’s no cover charge. There are still a few ta...2025
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• Cub Tracks sweeps the leg

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, -four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs sent the Dodgers on their way without a Chicagoland victory and prepare for Philadelphia to arrive. 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, ...2025
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• Justin Steele will have elbow surgery this week and is out for the season

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Well... this is definitely not good news. Cubs lefthander Justin Steele has had elbow issues off and on over the last couple of years. This season, it resulted in him being scratched from a scheduled start today against the Dodgers. Now, he’s scratched for the rest of 2025 (Bluesky link): Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs keep winning without Justin Steele?

Justin Steele with the scoreboard in the background on Monday | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images One of the Cubs’ best pitchers has hit the IL. Welcome to your late night, indie coffee shop and bar where we’re serving up all the drinks you need early in the baseball season. Whether it’s a glass of wine to chill after work or a cup of coffee to keep you rolling when the Cubs ...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Guardians

Nick Maton leads off for a pitiful lineup this afternoon. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The first of many series with Cleveland ends today With a sweep in mind, the Guardians host the White Sox today in the series finale. After multiple injury reports as distant as last night, the woes for the White Sox seem insurmountable, and a mediocre team like Cleveland looks to capitalize on the long-s...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 15

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images It was a bummer of a day as the Cubs lose 6-2. The start to this season has been so exceptional that this game is a weird feeling. The Cubs did show a brief sign of life in the fourth inning and the game was tied after four. This game was all Rangers, though. Shōta Imanaga had an uncharacteristically bad day. He allowed a couple of homers and...2025
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• Cubs roster move: Justin Steele to injured list, Ethan Roberts recalled

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images This isn’t good. Justin Steele threw seven outstanding innings on Monday. Unfortunately, that’s the last we’ll see of him for at least two weeks (Bluesky link): Cubs announce that lefty Justin Steele has been placed on 15-day IL due to left elbow tendinitis. Righty Ethan Roberts recalled from Iowa.— Jordan Bastian (@bastianmlb.bsky.social) ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• Cub Tracks’ stealth blogging

#4, the invisible man | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, hand-selected for your possible pleasure, with commentary. What even is ‘content’? 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’ tears,...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ best paw forward
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Clark is looking for a Clark bar and a Clark station, on Clark St. 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 c...2023
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"| Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The team is likely to see major turnover by the time they take the field at Wrigley next March 30."

• Cubs 5, Marlins 2: Home runs by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki are enough
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• BCB After Dark: Horton or Flexen?
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• Collecting Rule 5: White Sox acquire SS Gage Workman from Cubs

Meet your newest waiver-wire-and-Rule-5 acquisition, Gage Workman! | Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images If you fill your roster with players you can’t demote, at least you’re forced to put them on the IL faster when they’re hurt! Chris Getz seems to have found a curious crack in the baseball industry: Collecting Rule 5 players drafted by other teams and then dropped. The GM made his se...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Something for October

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what do the Cubs need to win in October. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. New friends and old, all are welcome. There’s no cover charge this evening, but there is a t...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 15
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• BCB After Dark: How much for Kyle Tucker?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you how much it’s going to take to sign Kyle Tucker It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thank you so much for stopping by. Come in out of the cold. New friends and old, all are welcome. The dress code ...2025
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• Luis Robert Jr trade rumors persist despite slow season start

Luis Robert Jr. needs to remember he has to play well enough now, in order to be traded soon. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Hypothetical deals continue to be thrown around, even though the centerpiece isn’t hitting well enough to be traded Well, it was fun while it lasted. Spring Training Luis Robert Jr. is officially gone, and mid-season, struggling Robert is back on the team. The differen...2025
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• Cub Tracks heads east

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The attention of the baseball world is on Opening Day in Tokyo. We have plenty of that and a little-heard nugget for your ears. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, gr...2025
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• 2025 Cubs player profiles: Eli Morgan

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Morgan was a dependable reliever for Cleveland. He could be for the Cubs. Eli Morgan was acquired from the Guardians in November for minor leaguer Alfonsin Rosario. The 5’10”, 180 lb reliever is another prospect-turned-suspect whose advancing age discourages teams from hosting him, but he throws decently, though with a tendency to give up th...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Tuesday 5/13, 6:40 CT
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 2: Home runs by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki are enough
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• Jacob Amaya throws three straight easy fly outs, so White Sox only lose to Royals, 10-0

He can’t hit a lick, but Jacob Amaya’s eephus pitch is a rally-killer. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Enough, already, of those close games that get everybody on edge As a general rule, when you lose a baseball game by 10 runs, there wasn’t really a defining moment. But in this case, there kind of was. Coming into today, the White Sox had lost the first three games of the series in Kansas Cit...2025
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• Jake Meyers has day to tell the grandkids about as Astros turf White Sox, 8-3

Sure, we normally picture a Sox player, but when you have day like this Jake Meyers did, you definitely rate the top of the page. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Win streak ends at a mighty two games Today was lots of fun while it lasted, but unfortunately it only lasted six batters. The White Sox did what you have to do against good pitchers and got to Hunter Brown big time in the first innin...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will Drew Pomeranz continue to be effective out of the Cubs bullpen?

Drew Pomeranz pitches at Wrigley Field | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The 36-year old has been excellent since his call up last homestand Welcome to your late night, indie, pop-up coffee house where you can imbibe the beverage of your choice as we finish out the week. Maybe you’re looking for a glass of wine after a big event or are sticking to mocktails because you’ve g...2025
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• Brewers drop finale 8-0 to White Sox

Brewers reliever Craig Yoho | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Offense can’t find a spark, White Sox win big Box Score The Brewers had a chance to build on a three-game winning streak, but a deflating 8-0 loss in the finale sends them home even at a 16-16 record. The offense had an opportunity in the first frame to put a big number on the scoreboard as Chicago starter Sean Burke walked t...2025
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• Luis Robert Jr. and Sean Burke dominate an 8-0 series finale

Luis Robert Jr. got things off right by robbing a grand slam to start the game. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The White Sox shut out the Brewers in what turned out to be a laffer It’s the exploding scoreboard’s birthday, and the White Sox decided to light it up all afternoon. On This Day in 1960: The exploding scoreboard debuted at Comiskey Park. pic.twitter.com/Y6eA7mOhhL— Chicago White ...2025
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• Cubs 7, Dodgers 6: Sweep!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs won this brief two-game set — and the season series — from the supposedly mighty Dodgers. I told you this was a good Cubs team! They spotted the Dodgers a lead, came back to take a one-run advantage, blew that lead partly on bad defense, then came back again and held on with solid relief pitching to defeat the Dodgers 7-6 Wednesday e...2025
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• Cub Tracks sweeps the leg
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Saturday 4/19, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for two straight over the visitors from Arizona. Saturday notes... HANGING IN THERE WITH THE GOOD TEAMS: Four of the five teams that the Cubs have played so far this season lost yesterday. Yet those teams still are 54-25 when not playing the Cubs, a winning percentage of .684. Against the Cubs, the five teams (Athletics, Diamond...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• Cubs roster move: Caleb Thielbar returns from paternity list, Gavin Hollowell optioned
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• Jacob Amaya throws three straight easy fly outs, so White Sox only lose to Royals, 10-0
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• BCB After Dark: Horton or Flexen?
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• Jake Meyers has day to tell the grandkids about as Astros turf White Sox, 8-3
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• BCB After Dark: Something for October
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs keep winning without Justin Steele?
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• BCB After Dark: How much for Kyle Tucker?
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• BCB After Dark: Broken Steele?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks how worried you are about Justin Steele’s poor start to the seaosn. It’s Tuesday night hear at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in. If you’ve been in the rain, you can dry off by the fireplace. There’s no ...2025
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• Cub Tracks heads east
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• Kyle Hendricks will make a rehab start for Iowa this Thursday
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The righthander is on the road to return to the Cubs. Cubs righthander Kyle Hendricks, the last remaining active Cub who played for the team in the 2016 World Series, had two rough years in 2021 and 2022 and has not pitched in a game at all since a three-inning outing at Milwaukee July 5, 2022. Diagnosed with a shoulder injury, Hendricks chose rehabbing i...2023
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• The Daily Belli watch: 9 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images We’re getting closer to real games — well, real practice games, anyway. Today’s the day! Cubs pitchers and catchers report to the Sloan Park complex in Mesa for their first official workout, though some players were going through informal workouts earlier this week. And guess whose name was on Nico Hoerner’s lips? Cutting to the chase: Cody Bellinger is...2024
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• Marcus Stroman opts out of his Cubs contract

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images This could change everything. Marcus Stroman had an opt-out of his Cubs deal for 2024, which would have paid him $21 million. Today, the Cubs have saved that money: Confirming @JonHeyman report, Cubs righty Marcus Stroman has opted out of his deal and is now a free agent. Was due $21 million for 2024. This was a 50/50 call after a down/injured second ha...2023
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• Cubs roster move: Brandon Hughes activated from injured list, Nelson Velázquez optioned
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images At last, the Cubs have a lefthanded reliever. Before Saturday’s game, the Cubs announced that they had activated lefthanded reliever Brandon Hughes from the injured list and optioned Nelson Velázquez to Triple-A Iowa. Hughes had some minor knee inflammation during Spring Training and appeared in just four games during camp with a 6.75 ERA. He also made th...2023
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• Cody Bellinger watch: He’s still unsigned. What will it take to get him back in the Cubs fold?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Let’s throw some numbers around. The photo at the top of this post was chosen for a reason. Specifically, because it’s a photo of Cody Bellinger rounding the bases after a home run against the Cardinals last July... with the words CHICAGO CUBS prominently in view behind him. That, of course, is where we want him to remain for the 2024 season, and hopefull...2024
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• Cubs non-tender Codi Heuer, Ethan Roberts and Brandon Hughes; Patrick Wisdom signed

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The injured pitchers could come back on minor-league deals. Today was the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players and here’s what the Cubs did: The Cubs are non-tendering RHP Codi Heuer, RHP Ethan Roberts and LHP Brandon Hughes. Additionally, Patrick Wisdom and the Cubs have agreed to terms on a contract, avoiding arbitration.— Andy...2023
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• David Bote is among five Cubs roster cuts

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The team reduced the spring roster to 37 Thursday. There has been much discussion here about whether David Bote would make the Opening Day roster. After a strong start to Spring Training his numbers declined a bit, and now stand at .222/.271/.578 (10-for-45), but with five home runs. Thursday, the Cubs sent Bote back to the minor-league camp. Three other ...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 8 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images One week from tomorrow, there will be spring baseball. Pitchers and catchers had their official report date to Cubs Spring Training Wednesday and President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer held a news conference. He had things to say about Cody Bellinger. ‘‘There’s a lot of good free agents out there,’’ Hoyer said. ‘‘Certainly, it’s been a really late-ev...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Tuesday 5/13, 6:40 CT
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 2: Home runs by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki are enough
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Tuesday 5/6, 6:40 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Tuesday notes... MOVIN’ ON UP: The Cubs will try for a second time tonight to move to nine games above .500. They failed to do so on Sunday. They have not had nine more wins than losses since Sept. 13, 2023, when they were 78-69 following a second straight loss, by 7-3, at Colorado. They lost their next three...2025
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• Cubs 9, Giants 2: The offense resumes its onslaught
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• Jake Meyers has day to tell the grandkids about as Astros turf White Sox, 8-3
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• Game Thread: Astros at White Sox

Can Luis Robert Jr. continue his leap upward? | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Trying for three wins in a row!! The White Sox are trying to make it a three-peat this afternoon, but will be making the attempt under two very difficult circumstances — horrible weather for baseball, and one of the hottest pitchers in the game starting for Houston. The best hope is that Hunter Brown isn’t fond of pi...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will Drew Pomeranz continue to be effective out of the Cubs bullpen?
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• Brewers drop finale 8-0 to White Sox
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• Luis Robert Jr. and Sean Burke dominate an 8-0 series finale
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• BCB After Dark: Horton or Flexen?
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• BCB After Dark: Will Drew Pomeranz continue to be effective out of the Cubs bullpen?
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• Luis Robert Jr trade rumors persist despite slow season start
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• Cub Tracks has the vapors

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs will be heading to Japan for some strangeness with the Dodgers. The guys in the picture are on the trip roster. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground fr...2025
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• With Alexander Canario gone, how many Cubs remain from the 2021 selloff?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here’s a look at all the players who were sent away and acquired in that flurry of deals nearly four years ago. News item: The Cubs have traded OF Alexander Canario to the Mets for cash considerations, sources tell ESPN. Canario, 24, was DFA’d by the Cubs last week.— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) February 25, 2025 Well. This isn’t the...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Pitchers and catchers signal the start of baseball!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Wooo, winter is over! Hello and happy Monday, BCB friends! Baseball is officially here! At least if you count pitcher and catcher reporting as the first day of baseball season, because the Cubs reported for duty earliest, coming to camp yesterday. The rest of the teams will be reporting between the 11th and 13th, with the bulk of teams report...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Which non-roster invitee to camp will have the biggest impact on the 2025 Cubs

Non-roster invitee Moises Ballesteros works out at Spring Training on Sunday | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Cubs pitchers and catchers reported on Sunday Welcome to your late week, late night, indie coffee shop where we’re pouring whatever libations your heard desires as the weekend winds to a close and the work week begins. If you need a triple shot to get your week sta...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Where should the Cubs find more pitching?

Justin Steele warms up before a game against the Cardinals in August in front of a sold out Wrigley Field | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The roster has improved but more can be done before Spring Training Welcome to your late week, late night indie coffee shop where we’re pouring all the beverages you can imagine to help you get through January. If you’re looking for som...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 2

Happy birthday, Christian Bethancourt! | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Pappas throws a no-no and other stories. Happy birthday to Christian Bethancourt! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseba...2024
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