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• Cub Tracks stove is still warming up

Photo by Western Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Maybe the Winter Meetings will shake things loose. This is the deadest offseason ever, so far. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cub...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will Matt Shaw get time at second if Nico Hoerner isn’t ready on Opening Day?

Matt Shaw takes batting practice during the Futures Game | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Shaw made a pretty good case this offseason Welcome back to your late night indie coffee shop where we’re wrapping up the week with all the beverages one could hope to hope for on a Thursday night. If you’re looking for some tea while you spill your tea to a friend, this is the place ...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin notches first hit

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Baldwin had a hit and an RBI in a comfortable win for USA baseball. USA Baseball is now 2-0 in games started by Drake Baldwin, and in his third game played Baldwin finally broke through with his first hit along with driving in a run. Baldwin’s RBI came in the United States’s four-run first inning, hit ground out scoring Colby Thomas for the final run of that inni...2024
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• Another Report Has Cubs in ‘Midtier Pitching Market’ While Possibly Dangling Hoerner, Bellinger
File this one under stuff we already know but will write about anyway because, well, there’s nothing else going on outside of Matt Shaw. As you’ve no doubt already read here and elsewhere, the Cubs will avoid the very top of free agency in favor of finding value around the margins when it comes to … The post Another Report Has Cubs in ‘Midtier Pitching Market’ While P...2024
• Baseball America announces their Top 10 Cubs prospects for 2025

Matt Shaw | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The highly-respected publication revealed their picks for the Cubs top prospects Baseball America, the venerated publication that has been ranking minor league prospects since the eighties, came out with their picks for the Top Ten Cubs prospects on Monday. While the actual rankings and scouting reports are behind a paywall (sub. re...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin appears in pinch hit role

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baldwin made outs in two big spots as Team USA came just short of a comeback against Venezuela. Venezuela and the United States played one of two incredible games in the 2024 WBSC Premier12 tournament, and Drake Baldwin had two critical opportunities to come through for the United States. Following a leadoff single in the eighth inning Baldwin...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin notches first hit
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• Cub Tracks in the driver’s seat

Photo by David Becker/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Roki Sasaki is posting. That could help define the market, whatever that really means. 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,...2024
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• A very early look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s where the Cubs stand payroll-wise as the offseason begins. Coming up soon, I’m going to begin my usual “Cubs free agent target” series. In the meantime, it’s time for our usual look at the Cubs’ 2025 roster, payroll and luxury tax as they stand just a couple of days into the 2024-25 free agent season. Before we get to the Cubs numbers and analysis,...2024
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• Cub Tracks saddles up

Dizzy Dean and other players pose as cowboys | Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Player movement, GM Meetings — the 2024-25 offseason is on the air. 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, overh...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Tenace elbow

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Just throwing that title out there. Things are picking up a little bit. 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 ba...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Grading Nico Hoerner

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what grade do you give Nico Hoerner It’s Tuesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. There’s no cover charge tonight. If you want to check anything, we can do that now. There are still a ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ business as usual

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The World Series is set and the evil empires battle for supremacy. 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 basebal...2024
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"Matt Shaw | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK With the 13th pick, Cubs took the Big 10 Player of the Year."

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• BCB After Dark: Will Matt Shaw get time at second if Nico Hoerner isn’t ready on Opening Day?
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• Baseball America announces their Top 10 Cubs prospects for 2025
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• Cub Tracks in the driver’s seat
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes Sasaki

Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The frenzy about Roki Sasaki has begun and everyone is talking about him. Predictions for the free agent market. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes is underway. Mark Feinsand looks at Sasaki’s situation and which teams are the favorites to sign Sasaki. Stephen J. Nesbitt explains the enti...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin notches first hit
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• Drake Baldwin makes Premier12 debut in Team USA blowout win

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baldwin didn’t have a great game, but the Americans run ruled the Netherlands Day two of the WBSC Premier12 saw the debut of Atlanta Braves top prospect Drake Baldwin, who started at catcher against the Netherlands right-handed starter. Baldwin did not have his best game, striking out in his first at bat and rolling a grounder over to first ba...2024
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• Drake Baldwin makes Premier 12 debut in Team USA blowout win

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baldwin didn’t have a great game, but the Americans run ruled the Netherlands Day two of the WBSC Premier 12 saw the debut of Atlanta Braves top prospect Drake Baldwin, who started at catcher against the Netherlands right-handed starter. Baldwin did not have his best game, striking out in his first at bat and rolling a grounder over to first b...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes Sasaki
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• Eight Cubs prospects make MLB Pipeline’s Top 100

Matt Shaw | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK No team has more Top 100 prospects than the Cubs. MLB Pipeline, the official prospect arm of MLB dot com, updated their Top 100 prospects list at the end of the season. They have listed eight Cubs among the best minor league prospects in baseball. Those eight prospects are: 22. Matt Shaw INF 34. Owen Caissie OF 42. Cade Horton RHP ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa falls to Louisville, 17-10

Kevin Alcántara | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK The I-Cubs lose a run-fest. The Smokies close out their regular season. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost by a touchdown to the Louisville Bats (Reds), 17-10. Or maybe that was the Cardinals and the Cyclones. Starter Brandon Birdsell was battered for five runs on seven hits over 3.2 innings. Birdsell walked two, hit one bat...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s the top prospect?

James Triantos | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the Cubs’ top prospect. It’s the end of another week here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come and in and sit with us. Your name is on the guest list. We’ve got a table waiting for you. The sho...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Owen Caissie homers twice and Cam Smith extends his home run streak to 6

Owen Caissie | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Owen Caissie homers twice. Cam Smith homers yet again. The Smokies and South Bend win on walk-offs in extras. David Bote has cleared waivers and has joined the Iowa Cubs. Everyone wins today. And Charleston is sick to death of Cam Smith. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs poached the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 4-2. Jordan Wicks started on a r...2024
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• Discussing How Cubs May Handle Matt Shaw’s Leg Kick Moving Forward

Greg Huss of North Side Bound quipped recently that kids will grow up imitating Matt Shaw‘s leg kick, to which I replied such a move might be genetic because the kick has reportedly led to multiple pregnancies already. Those reports are probably false, but there has been some mild alarm among fans when it comes … The post Discussing How Cubs May Handle Matt Shaw’s Leg Kick Moving...2024
• Former Braves prospects Ceballos, Didder, star in Day One of WBSC Premier 12

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Ceballos and Didder both had the deciding swings in their national team’s opening wins Team USA opted for a lineup without the Atlanta Braves star prospect Drake Baldwin, and they could have used his offense as they fell to Puerto Rico 1-0. In fact it was former Brave Sabin Ceballos, traded to the Giants this summer, that sunk the United States, hitting a ho...2024
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• BCB After Dark: More to come from Bellinger?

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks how you feel about Cody Bellinger coming back next season. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you stopped by this evening. We always have a table reserved for you. The show will start shortly. Let us know...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ swept away

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. These last two games were indicative of an early fall. 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, and ...2024
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 3: David Bote, star man

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs infielder is making a bid for the Opening Day roster. MESA, Arizona — I keep telling you guys that David Bote has a real chance to make the Cubs this year, and he put another point on the board in his favor when he hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against the Guardians Sunday. That gave the Cubs the lead and proved to be the winning blow in a ...2024
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• Welcome to the Cubs family, Matt Shaw! (And Jaxon Wiggins!)
Matt Shaw | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK With the 13th pick, Cubs took the Big 10 Player of the Year. The 2023 MLB Draft started tonight and with the 13th pick in the first round, the Cubs selected shortstop Matt Shaw of Maryland. Shaw was the Big 10 Player of the Year this past season and the 2022 Cape Cod League MVP. Shaw’s biggest asset is his bat. He’s the all-time ...2023
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• Cubs 10, White Sox 6: Here comes the sun...

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images .... and it wasn’t all right. But the Cubs won anyway. MESA, Arizona — The normally sure-handed Pete Crow-Armstrong got a bit messed up by a bright, sunny afternoon at Sloan Park Friday afternoon, losing two baseballs in the sun that helped lead to a four-run White Sox inning. The Cubs, though, came back from that with the big blow a three-run homer from Owe...2024
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• Cubs 6, Brewers 1: Some pitching performances of note

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images There will be some interesting bullpen choices this year. With much of the attention of Cubs fans today on the re-introduction of Cody Bellinger as a member of the team (and don’t expect to see him in a game before next week), and most of the Cubs regulars not making the trip to the Brewers’ spring home in west Phoenix, I wanted to ta...2024
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• Cubs 9, Mariners 5: Everyone digs the long ball

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs homered three times and defeated the Mariners. The other split squad lost to Arizona. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs got some solid pitching (despite the score) and three home runs led the team to a 9-5 win over the Mariners at Sloan Park. In the first inning, Seiya Suzuki singled with one out and one out later, Dansby Swanson walked. Garrett Cooper follo...2024
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• Giants 7, Cubs 3: Justin Steele injured, but says he’s okay

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports That’s a sigh of relief. And the “other split squad game” was crazy. MESA, Arizona — Justin Steele took a line drive off his leg in the second inning of the Cubs’ 7-3 loss to the Giants Friday afternoon at Sloan Park and then walked off the field gingerly, but under his own power. Cubs fans were, obviously, worried. Then Steele sent out this message: I’m okay...2024
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• Cubs trade target: Juan Soto

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images What would it take to acquire the Padres slugger? I’m going to preface this by saying simply: I do not want to make this trade, nope, no matter which players are involved. Let’s stipulate: Juan Soto is a great hitter. No question about it. One of the top five hitters in baseball. He’s only 25, and just turned that age about a month ago. Any team should wa...2023
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• Cubs prospects make midseason Top 100 lists from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline

Pete Crow-Armstrong | Dylan Heuer Two major publications updated their top prospects lists this week. Two major publications, Baseball America and MLB Pipeline, both updated their Top 100 prospects lists to include recently-drafted players. And while the two lists are quite different, both lists include several Cubs prospects. Both organizations agree that Orioles shortstop Jackson Hollida...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ Kansas City blues

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another road game. The usual symptoms, the usual suspects., 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 wri...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ pen names

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. How do you sell relief? Still no Bellinger. 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, overhe...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin notches first hit
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes Sasaki
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• Former Braves prospects Ceballos, Didder, star in Day One of WBSC Premier 12
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• Cub Tracks’ end of the road

Welcome, Kevin Alcantara! | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. El Jaguar comes for coffee, the Cubs drop two out of a three-game trip, and the season is mercifully almost over. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
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• MLB Pipeline has six Cubs prospects in their updated Top 100 ranking

Moises Ballesteros bats in this year’s Futures Game | Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The future would appear to be bright. MLB Pipeline posted its updated Top 100 prospects list today and the Cubs are well-represented. In fact, it’d be seven if Pete Crow-Armstrong hadn’t graduated to the major leagues this year. Here are the six, and their rankings. Matt Shaw, No. 25 Shaw, ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver’s changeup was dominant, but the Bulls clocked him for three home runs It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a weekly report as I’ve been working on the draft and the our top 30 list, but it’s time again to talk about the observations over the past week in the Atlanta Braves minor league system (or past two, or three, wherever I see fit to...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ no fun club

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Another day, another series loss. Imanaga quality start wasted. 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’ te...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Bullpen blues

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will end up leading the Cubs in saves this season We’re open for business here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. There is no cover charge and the dress code is casual. We still have a few tables...2024
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• Cub Tracks C’s the future

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The young Cubs are showing why they’re held in such high regard. These are indeed interesting times. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ end of an era?

SI Model Chase throws out the first pitch. | Photo by David Banks/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. SI on the skids, Hader sets a record, Stroman bites the apple, and other stories. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
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• BCB After Dark: I Don’t Know is on third

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will play the most third base for the Cubs in 2024. It’s anothe week here at BCB After Dark: the swingingest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so thankful—and a little bit amazed—that you braved the weather to make it here tonight. Come on in and warm up. L...2024
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Jeimer Candelario

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The switch-hitting third baseman is a possible keeper as a bridge between Patrick Wisdom and Matt Shaw. He’s at just the right age where a couple of years at a small raise might be appealing. His bat and glove have good value. A former Cub farmhand, 6’1”, 221 lb. Jeimer (pronounced Jay’mer) Candelario is a first/third sacker the Cubs got from the Washin...2023
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• Cub Tracks bounces back
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Nice comeback victory for the suddenly exciting Cubs. Birthday presents and more, read on! 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’ t...2023
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