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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Saturday 7/12, 12:05 CT

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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Friday 7/11, 6:05 CT

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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Twins, Thursday 7/10, 12:10 CT

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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Twins, Wednesday 7/9, 6:40 CT

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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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• 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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• 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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• Game thread LXV - Royals at White Sox

Jac has spent a lot of time in the dugout watching others to start his MLB career | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The Royals need a win after last night’s brutal loss The Royals lost their worst game of the season, perhaps their worst loss of the Picollo/Quatraro era, last night. It was not made better by Q’s flacid argument that essentially boiled down to, “It could have worked.” Giv...2025
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• Game Thread: Royals at White Sox

Look at this lunatic, having fun playing baseball: The Kyle Teel Era has begun. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Are the vibes real? There are crickets chirping at SSS headquarters, as most of our staff is out taking in today’s game together. Kudos to Melissa Sage-Bollenbach for organizing the group, and it seems certain that today’s coverage will feature photos and/or quotes from the gathering...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ Capital offense

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Monday was an off day. The bats should be ready for DC. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Monday was an off day. The Cubs will face the Nationals tonight as they begin a series in the capital. Currently our favo...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 57

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs drop the series opener 6-2 to the Reds. Before Friday, the Cubs had won every series opener that they had played at Wrigley Field. On the last homestand, they finally broke the streak of losing every Sunday. Do you know what those things are? Totally arbitrary outcomes. There is no reason to believe either thing will continue. Consi...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 54

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs win the series opener 3-1 over the Rockies. I did secretly hope this series would be a little more “boring.” In one manner of looking at things, things were boring. The Rockies didn’t put up a ton of fight. More, they just hung around all day. Of course, that means that in the other way of looking at things, it wasn’t boring. Every p...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 The team is likely to see major turnover by the time they take the field at Wrigley next March 30."

• BCB After Dark: Who should take Taillon’s spot?
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• Cub Tracks’ next great title

Boyd by success | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. A little day off before getting back into it. 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. “I’m sorry, my plans are full.” — Seiya Suzuki. I know it’s n...2025
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 7 edition

Carson Kelly, Michael Busch, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki, the five Cubs who hit a franchise-record eight home runs against the Cardinals Friday | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs had an excellent homestand, including a record-breaking eight home runs against the Cardinals. After a 5-1 homestand that maintained their four-game lead, the Cubs ...2025
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• 8 biggest MLB All-Star Game 2025 snubs, including Juan Soto and baseball’s RBI leader
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• Royals sign veteran pitcher Michael Fulmer to minor league deal
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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 Heroes and Goats: Game 83

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs pound the Astros 12-3 to even the series. The Cubs poured it on and put away the Astros Saturday night in Houston. The Cubs scored right out of the gate, had a huge inning in the middle and then kept adding on late. The Cubs had one nice win in St. Louis earlier on this trip. This comes after a double digit game last weekend agains...2025
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• Kyle Tucker is a great hitter. His fielding? Not so much

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Tucker’s play in right field is... a little suspect. As a hitter, Kyle Tucker has been as advertised since his acquisition by the Cubs last offseason. Over the team’s first 81 games, exactly half the season, Tucker is batting .287/.395/.527 (86-for-300) with 16 home runs, 49 RBI and 57 runs scored. The .922 OPS is a bit better than his career...2025
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• Cubs 8, Cardinals 0: Now that’s more like it

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching, timely and varied hitting and excellent defense and ended their losing streak. The last week of Cubs baseball, before Wednesday night, had been... well, let’s just say not fun to watch. Wednesday, the team got back to the ways it had been winning previously. Matthew Boyd threw six shutout innings, the team scored ...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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• 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 Heroes and Goats: Game 83
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• Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Tucker, Carson Kelly are All-Star vote finalists

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Phase 2 of voting begins Monday. Three Cubs players have made the final round of MLB All-Star voting for this summer’s game, to be held at Truist Park in Atlanta July 15. Pete Crow-Armstrong led all National League outfielders with 3,021,265 votes and Kyle Tucker finished fourth with 1,794,776. The top six outfielders head to the final voting...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 6/13, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for two in a row over the Bucs. Friday notes... FRIDAY, NOT UNDER THE LIGHTS: This is the Cubs’ sixth Friday afternoon home game of the season. They won the first four before losing to the Reds on May 30. Since Aug. 8, 1988, when the lights were turned on at Wrigley Field, the Cubs are 253-204-1 in Friday day games, a winning pe...2025
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong go deep

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got some solid pitching and enough home runs to win. The wind was blowing in at Wrigley Field yet again Thursday evening, as it has seemingly for pretty much every home game this year. That didn’t matter to Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki, who both launched baseballs into the bleachers. Suzuki’s homer wound up the difference in ...2025
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• Complete eighth inning meltdown leads to 7-2 loss to White Sox

Jac went hitless. | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images A five-run outburst that was hard to watch. After a doubleheader cleared most of the bullpen yesterday, the Royals were scraping to pull together four good innings after Seth Lugo put down five shaky innings to keep the game close. Heading into the eighth inning, the game was tied at 2-2. Unfortunately, the bullpen was not up to the ta...2025
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• SB Nation Reacts survey: How many bases will Pete Crow-Armstrong steal this year?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Just how high can PCA go in the stolen-base category? 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. Pete Crow-Armstrong has stolen bases in bunches this year. He...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 57
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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?
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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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• The Short Porch has a look at Cubs rookie walkoffs

Matt Shaw and Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrate last night’s walkoff win | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Matt Shaw notched the first walkoff of his career last night at Wrigley Field. The 2025 Cubs are relentless, especially at scoring runs. That characteristic has been on display time and time again through this early season that has them leading the league in runs per game ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Jonathon Long, Christian Franklin lead I-Cubs to 7-5 win

Jonathon Long | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Iowa slugs past Columbus. Myrtle Beach outlasts Hickory. Right-hander Keegan Thompson went on the injured list. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs impounded the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 7-5. Kenta Maeda made his second Cubs start and like his first one, he struggled badly in the first inning. Tonight Maeda got hammered for five ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Where will you watch the 2027 All Star Game at Wrigley Field?

Pete Crow Armstrong salutes the crowd during the Crosstown Classic | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Reports suggest the Cubs will finally host the Midsummer Classic again! Welcome to your late night indie coffee shop and bar where we’re packaging the hottest tunes and the fanciest cocktails along with all of your favorite caffeinated beverages. We’re still serving up hot c...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45

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

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. It’s sad when two out of three is disappointing, but there you go. Expectations are high. 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, an...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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• BCB After Dark: Who should take Taillon’s spot?
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• Michael Busch named National League Co-Player of the Week

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs first baseman is on a tremendous hot streak. He shared this week’s honor. Michael Busch had himself quite a homestand. In addition to his three-homer game against the Cardinals Friday, he hit another home run and overall batted .565/.615/1.174 (13-for-23) over the six games with two double, four home runs, seven RBI and seven runs s...2025
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• Royals sign veteran pitcher Michael Fulmer to minor league deal
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Guardians preview, Thursday 7/3, 7:05 CT
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• Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Tucker named NL All-Star Game starters

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images At least two Cubs will be representing the North Side down in Atlanta. The starters for both leagues in the upcoming MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta were announced today and two Cubs, outfielders Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker, will be starting in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 15. Catcher Carson Kelly fell short to the Dodgers’ Will Smith in t...2025
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 2: A nice way to begin the homestand

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got good pitching and solid hitting and won the series opener from Cleveland. The Cubs returned to Wrigley Field Tuesday in need of sort of a pick-me-up after a 13-13 June and having lost seven of their last 11. They got exactly what they needed: Excellent pitching, both starting and relieving; timely hitting; and the usual good defe...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Houston Astros preview, Sunday 6/29, 1:10 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Sunday notes... SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE: This is the Cubs’ 28th series of the season. It is the ninth in which they lost the first game and won the second, including seven on the road, most recently before this series at Detroit and Philadelphia on their previous road trip. The Cubs have split the first two ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 83
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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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• 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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