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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Monday 8/4, 7:05 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs meet up with the Reds for the first time since the end of May. IMPORTANT SITE NOTE: As noted in this article, there won’t be any new posts on BCB after this game preview until at least 8 a.m. CT tomorrow. See the link for more info. Comments will remain open. Monday game notes... EVERYONE DIGS THE LONG BALL: The Cubs have hit 159 h...2025
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• Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Monday 8/4, 7:05 CT

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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, August 4 edition

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs split six games over the past week. I know that some Cubs fans are panicking over the team’s two-game deficit in the NL Central and the Brewers appearing to just not lose... at all. Since the beginning of June, the Brewers are 36-16. That’s... just not sustainable, not over a time much longer than that. Even the 103-win 2016 Cubs did...2025
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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Orioles, Friday 8/1, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Go get ‘em, Cade....2025
• A look at the Cubs exactly two-thirds of the way through 2025

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images One-third of the season, 54 games, remains. While we wait for the next few hours for the Cubs to make more trades, I thought I’d take a look at the team as an off day separates the first two-thirds of the 2025 season from the last third to come. The Cubs have played 108 games and are 63-45, a .583 winning percentage that would extrapolate to ...2025
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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. White Sox, Saturday 7/26, 6:10 CT

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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Monday 8/4, 7:05 CT
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• Could the Royals be targeting Jarren Duran?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Ken Rosenthal dishes on the trade deadline. The trade deadline is soon approaching, and the Royals could be taking a number of different approaches. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic features the team prominently in his latest article on trade rumors and suggests that despite their place in the standings, the Royals could look to add a long-term piece such as...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s on third?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should trade for a replacement for Matt Shaw It’s Tuesday 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. There’s no cover charge. Let us know if you need anything. We always want to be of...2025
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• Cubs series preview: To the friendly confines!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Will these two teams make a deal? The Royals head to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field this week, just a train ride away. They swept the Cubs there in 2021, but have lost the series to them each of the last two seasons. The Cubs have missed the playoffs each of the last four seasons, but come into this series with the second-best record ...2025
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 21 edition

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images It was a short week, but we’ve still got some Cubs ups and downs to discuss. With last week’s All-Star break, this update on the Cubs covers just three games, the series against the Red Sox over the weekend. Still, there’s good and bad to discuss. Three up Colin Rea continues to impress While the Cubs certainly need at least one starting pitc...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who should take Taillon’s spot?

Jordan Wicks | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who should take Jameson Taillon’s spot in the rotation. It’s Tuesday 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 here all night. There are still a few tables available. There’s ...2025
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• 8 biggest MLB All-Star Game 2025 snubs, including Juan Soto and baseball’s RBI leader

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Looking at the biggest snubs from the 2025 MLB All-Star Game Sunday evening, following a brief cornhole-related delay, the rosters for the MLB All-Star Game were announced. As is often the case, those rosters have left the door open to some debate. Let’s take a look at eight players who were deserving of a selection, but left off the list. Wh...2025
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• Royals sign veteran pitcher Michael Fulmer to minor league deal

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images They also release pitcher Junior Fernandez. The Royals announced they have signed veteran right-hander Michael Fulmer and assigned him to Triple-A Omaha. The 32-year-old pitched one game with the Red Sox earlier this year, and appeared in two games with the Cubs without allowing a run before they designated him for assignment last week. Fulm...2025
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• BCB Top 25 Prospects: Mid-season update

Moisés Ballesteros | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A look at the Cubs farm system as the trade season heats up. The season is now half over and the trade deadline is approaching. This makes now a good time to offer a mid-season update of the Cubs top prospects. Not only will this show players making movement up (and unfortunately, down) the rankings, but it will also give...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals preview, Thursday 6/26, 1:15 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series split. Today’s roster move: Here Thursday notes... SHUTTING THEM OUT: The Cubs’ shutout last night was their seventh of the season. They had 11, 13 and 11 in 2022-24. It was their second this year in which they walked no batters. The first was their 16-0 demolition of the Dodgers at Los Angeles on April 12. They h...2025
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• 2025 Cubs attendance watch: As you might guess, Wrigley Field attendance is trending up

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at midseason, and a look at current pricing trends. As we head into the weekend and another Cubs homestand, I thought it would be a good time to look at the team’s attendance, which has risen along with their place in the standings. This should not surprise you — teams playing well and with postseason hopes generall...2025
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• How to make the most of your gameday experience at Wrigley Field

Photo by @WillByington / www.willbyington.com The Cubs’ iconic ballpark has been extensively renovated for its second century. Wrigley Field is my home away from home all summer and has been for many years. It’s my happy place. I’ve written a guide to Arizona Spring Training every year for the last several (here’s this year’s), and thought it was time for a guide to the Cubs’ home in ...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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• 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 A five-run outburst that was hard to watch."

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"Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images We’re getting closer to real games — well, real practice games, anyway."

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"Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The righthander is on the road to return to the Cubs."

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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."

• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, August 4 edition
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• Cubs trade target: Seth Lugo

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The Cubs could use a reliable starter. Here’s one. We all got a pretty good look at what Royals right-hander Seth Lugo can do Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field when he held the Cubs to four hits and two runs in six innings of work, with six strikeouts. This has been pretty typical work for Lugo since he signed with the Padres before the 2023 season and...2025
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• Could the Royals be targeting Jarren Duran?
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s on third?
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what the Cubs would have to get back for you to trade outfield prospect Owen Caissie. 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 out of the heat and cool off with us. There’s no cover charge. Let us know if we ...2025
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• Cubs series preview: To the friendly confines!
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 21 edition
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres are back in action tonight

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of July 18, 2025. Articles to read Padres know it’s all about the offense in season’s second half (Kevin Acee, SD U-T) Tom Krasovic: All-Star break a chance to reflect on Padres’ success on field, at turnstiles (SD U-T) One defining stat for all 30 MLB teams to help you ge...2025
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• 2025 Cubs attendance watch: As you might guess, Wrigley Field attendance is trending up
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• Cub Tracks’ measure twice

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs.Getty Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. ASG, after, Patrick Mooney refutes Leo the Lip, and other stories. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Any MLB team can beat you. The good teams WILL beat you. No Cubs baseball until tomorrow. But there’s plenty afoot...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 103

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images There were a lot of negative WPA scores for the Cubs in this game. Only two Cubs had positive WPA scores in this game, which was pretty much over by the fourth inning. Fangraphs Like I said — over by the fourth inning. After Mike Tauchman’s homer in that inning, the Sox had a 99.4 percent chance of winning. Reminder: Heroe...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 102

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Once again, the WPA gods did not shine down on the Cubs. This week, the Cubs have had two starting pitching performances that had really low WPA scores. This was one of them. Fangraphs Reminder: Heroes and Goats are determined by WPA scores and are in no way subjective. THREE HEROES: Superhero: Dansby Swanson (.101). 1-for-3, BB Hero: M...2025
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• Could the Royals be targeting Jarren Duran?
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• Cubs 6, Royals 0: All-Star Matthew Boyd shines bright

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs posted their 12th shutout of 2025. Matthew Boyd’s first career All-Star selection did not result in him playing in the game, mostly because the Cubs wanted him to rest for games exactly like this one. The well-rested Boyd, who had last pitched 10 days earlier, threw seven outstanding shutout innings and the Cubs put together a varied...2025
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 21 edition
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 98

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images It was a home-run feast... and also had some great pitching. Hi there! Once again, I’m here as your substitute Heroes and Goats writer. As noted yesterday, Thomas Smith is away and will return for the final game of the White Sox series this coming weekend. In his stead, I’m just going to post the chart for the game, the three heroes and three...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox preview, Sunday 7/20, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series sweep. Sunday notes... MEATLOAFING: This is the 11th of the Cubs’ 33 series this year in which they have won the first two games. They completed sweeps in four of the previous series: at Sacramento against the Athletics and at home vs. the White Sox, Rockies and Guardians. They lost the third game at Milwaukee and...2025
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• 2025 Cubs attendance watch: As you might guess, Wrigley Field attendance is trending up
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• SB Nation Reacts survey: The Cubs are going to win the NL Central

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images That’s what the overwhelming majority of survey respondents said. But what postseason position will they get? Last week, our SB Nation Reacts survey asked respondents to vote on where they thought the Cubs would finish the 2025 regular season. Here are the results: Ninety-eight percent of survey respondents say the Cubs are going...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Guardians preview, Thursday 7/3, 7:05 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series sweep. Thursday notes... GOING FOR THAT SWEEP: This is the 10th of their 29 series in which the Cubs have won the first two games. One series consisted of only two games. Of the other nine, the Cubs completed a sweep three times: March 31-April 2 at Sacramento, May 16-18 at home vs. the White Sox and May 26-28 at ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s on third?
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?
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• Cubs 6, Red Sox 0: Back-to-back jacks... twice!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs played long ball Saturday, and held the visitors from Boston scoreless. Michael Busch and Kyle Tucker went deep as the first two Cubs batters of the game Saturday evening against the Red Sox. And then in the eighth, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ian Happ did the same, also back-to-back. The four home runs helped the Cubs to a 6-0 victory o...2025
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• BCB After Dark: How likely is it that Tucker stays?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks how likely do you think it is that Kyle Tucker stays on the North Side. It’s Wednesday evening at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thank you for stopping by tonight. We’re always looking forward to your visits. We still hav...2025
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• Colorado Rockies select SS/3B Ethan Holliday fourth overall

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The son of Matt Holliday is on his way to the organization that brought his father to the big leagues. The Colorado Rockies had their potential franchise cornerstone fall into their laps, as they selected Stillwater High School infielder Ethan Holliday with the fourth-overall pick in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft. With the 4th pick ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who should take Taillon’s spot?
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• SB Nation Reacts survey: Where will the Cubs finish the 2025 season?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs are flying high right now. Will they end the year that way? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. At 54-36, the Cubs are playing .600 ball, equi...2025
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• How to make the most of your gameday experience at Wrigley Field
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• BCB Top 25 Prospects: Mid-season update
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• 2025 Cubs attendance watch: A look at ticketing trends and pricing

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The team is doing well, so secondary market pricing is on the way up. Welcome to our first look at Cubs attendance and ticket pricing for this year. With the Cubs in first place in the NL Central, attendance has been up recently. Overall, for 26 home dates at Wrigley Field the Cubs have sold 997,088 tickets, or 35,610 per date. The total numb...2025
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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. Cincinnati Reds preview, Monday 8/4, 7:05 CT
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• A look at the Cubs exactly two-thirds of the way through 2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 102
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s on third?
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?
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• Cubs series preview: To the friendly confines!
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 21 edition
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox preview, Sunday 7/20, 1:20 CT
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• Cubs 6, Red Sox 0: Back-to-back jacks... twice!
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• 2025 Cubs attendance watch: As you might guess, Wrigley Field attendance is trending up
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 21 edition
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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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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• 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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• 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 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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