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• Cubs 10, Brewers 3: Moises Ballesteros and Kyle Tucker get it done

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The Cubs got their offense going and won the final game of the three-game series. You knew this Cubs team was in there somewhere, and it came out at the time everyone needed it most. The Cubs put together a varied offense, including nine hits, a home run and five walks, went 5-for-12 with RISP, and defeated the Brewers 10-3, moving back to within a game of...2025
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• Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (7/30/25): Cubs 10, Brewers 3 – Mo Baller Boosts Offense
The Cubs and Brewers met in the finale of their series at American Family Field on Wednesday afternoon. Chicago finally came through with runners in scoring position to salvage a victory and avoid the sweep Michael Busch got things started in style with a solo home run on the first pitch of the game by … The post Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (7/30/25): Cubs 10, Brewers 3 – Mo Baller Bo...2025
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• Freddy Peralta and the Brewers’ bullpen struggle, blown out by Cubs

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Freddy Peralta has a bad day, and the bullpen wasn’t much better Box Score The Brewers had a chance to sweep the Cubs and move into a commanding position in the NL Central with a win today. However, the Cubs would not go quietly. They hit the Brewers’ pitchers hard right from the start, and it was just an overall bad day as the Brewers dropped the series finale 10-3...2025
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• Brewers 9, Cubs 3: Hey, Jed! Time to bring in the reinforcements

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images And Ian Happ is headed to the injured list. This is not the way we had hoped this series would go. After an uncharacteristic bad outing from Matthew Boyd Monday, there was at least hope that Colin Rea could put together a good one Tuesday. Welp. Didn’t happen, and the Cubs also got poor relief work and some unusual bad defense from Pete Crow-Armstron...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 107

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Cubs were crushed by the Brewers, 9-3. If you watched the Cubs these last two days in Milwaukee and were prone to knee-jerk reactions, you’d stand pat with all of your prospect capital or shop in the clearance bin. You hate to ever use two games as any kind of litmus test. But on these two days, these are two teams headed in completely different...2025
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• Vaughn knocks in six as Brewers dismantle Cubs, but Chourio exits early

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The Brewers clinched the series with a 9-3 win, but we await further clarification on Chourio Box Score On May 2nd, the Cubs dismantled the Brewers. Quinn Priester pitched in that game and got beat up; he allowed seven runs in 4 1⁄3 innings, the Brewers lost 10-0, and the Cubs looked light years ahead of the Brewers. Tonight, with Priester back on the mound (ag...2025
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• Vaughn knocks in six as Brewers dismantle Cubs, but Chourio exits early
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Tuesday 7/29, 6:40 CT

Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series in Milwaukee. Today’s roster move: Here Tuesday notes... STARTING OUT IN MILWAUKEE: The Cubs’ loss last night dropped their record in first games of series at Milwaukee to 31-41. They were 28-27 after winning the opener of their first two visits in 2018. Then they lost three in a row, won once, ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 106

Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A rough day all around for the Cubs, who lose 8-4. I ended work for the day on a little bit of a high note, seeing the Jed Hoyer extension. We’re not alike if you don’t think that was the right thing to do. At least one national baseball website had the Cubs as their No. 1 team in their weekly power rankings. I’m dismissive of those o...2025
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• Brewers overcome early deficit to defeat Cubs 8-4

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images A big night for the offense makes up for ugly first inning We’d like to start this evening by acknowledging the loss of Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg, which was announced while these two teams were playing tonight. It’s a painful night for Cubs fans and baseball fans in general, and our best wishes go out to everyone who’s hurting tonight. Box Score When the Bre...2025
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• Game Thread #106: Milwaukee Brewers (62-43) vs. Chicago Cubs (62-43)

Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images A huge divisional series starts tonight in Milwaukee Tonight, the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs will begin one of the bigger regular-season series to come to Milwaukee. The division rivals come into this late-July series tied for first in the National League Central; the Brewers, who have been white hot for two solid months, were trailing the Cubs by 6.5 gam...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Red-hot Crew returns home for first time in second half The Milwaukee Brewers are set to face off with the Chicago Cubs in a three-game set beginning Monday evening at American Family Field, as the two teams will emerge from the series with a leader in the NL Central. Heading into the series, each team sits at 62-43 on the season, comfortably ahead of the Cincinnat...2025
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrates the hot run of his Toronto Blue Jays. | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Diamondbacks sell first, White Sox and Bucs surprise, and Jays gear up to buy Long-time, no-see! After a week off from our regularly-scheduled programming, the Hot or Not feature series is back. This recap covers the first full week back from the All-Star break from July 20-26. AL West Ho...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Friday 7/25, 6:40 CT

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs play on the South Side of Chicago. Friday notes... ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs are 27-23 on the road, compared to 33-19 as the home team and 33-17 at Wrigley Field. However, their .540 winning percentage on the road is tied with the Astros, also 27-23, for the best by any team. The Brewers are .538 (28-24); the Dodgers, .532 (25-22);...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 97

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs start the second half with a 4-1 win. A quick heads up to start, I will be on vacation beginning today through next Saturday. All things equal, I should be writing next Saturday’s recap as my next one. That’s the game on July 26. Al is graciously filling in for me while I’m gone with a brief form of this. Expect standings to return somewhere around ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 95

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Cubs bounce back behind Matthew Boyd in a 5-2 win. This team has been all over the place lately. World beaters one day and embarrassing the next. I’ve noted several times that as their starting pitching goes, so goes the game. That was evident here again. Matthew Boyd was dominant and until very late in the game, they dominated the game. This one had a nic...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs offense revives in a 9-0 trouncing of the Pirates. After Phillies pitching stifled the Cubs offense for the most part over the weekend, it was a refreshing sight to see the Cubs offense come out in force Tuesday night. It was what you hoped would happen and happen it did. After being mowed down the first time through the order, the Cubs offens...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ don’t make a habit of this

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Cubs lose to Diamondbacks in a game that doesn’t count but feels bad nonetheless. 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, s...2025
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• It's quiet

So, are you enjoying your 3-day, 4-day, 5-day holiday weekend?This is the time of the year that it gets quiet in my neighborhood (save for the forthcoming fireworks). Everyone clears out for the lake or the campsite or whatever people that I can't relate to do. I went for a walk earlier today and saw one guy trimming the curb and two teenage girls playing tennis. That was it.I don't have th...2023
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"Michael Busch grounded to first for the first out, but then Dansby Swanson tripled, tying the game 3-3 [VIDEO]."

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"Pete Crow-Armstrong can get some more time in Triple-A to start this season or Crow-Armstrong can play center while Bellinger plays first base and give all three starting outfielders a day off from playing defense from time-to-tim while Michael Busch (or someone else) plays first base."

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"The Dodgers are going to promote prospect Michael Busch, reports Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times."

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"The Dodgers have selected catcher Diego Cartaya, infielder Michael Busch and outfielders Andy Pages and Jonny DeLuca to the 40-man roster, per a team announcement."

• Cubs 10, Brewers 3: Moises Ballesteros and Kyle Tucker get it done
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• Freddy Peralta and the Brewers’ bullpen struggle, blown out by Cubs
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 107
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• Game Thread #106: Milwaukee Brewers (62-43) vs. Chicago Cubs (62-43)
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 105

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs hang on for a 5-4 win over the Sox. Clearly you guys just needed me to get back in the country. The Cubs were on a four-game winning streak when I left. They dropped four of five while I was outside of the States. Then they’ve won two in a row since I got back. As near as I can tell, I will also be traveling the week of the Wo...2025
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline
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• Royals 8, Cubs 4: We’ll never be Royals

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs looked pretty flat and lost the series to the visitors from Kansas City. Okay, I’ve already probably given you an earworm with that headline, so you might as well listen to the song while you read this recap of the Cubs’ 8-4 loss to Kansas City: The Cubs played long ball with the Royals. Unfortunately, four were hit by the visitors, all of the...2025
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• Bat Speed: Does it Matter? - July 23, 2025
Despite measuring at or below the 20th percentile in Bat Speed, each of these five hitters have solid power production in 2025. What gives? Does Bat Speed matter? Is it part of the bigger picture of what predicts power? Jury is still out, but here's five hitters making hay despite swinging a "slow" bat. Taylor Ward OF LAA Another Rodney Dangerfield of the MLB, Ward gets no respect, just long ball...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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• Cubs 10, Brewers 3: Moises Ballesteros and Kyle Tucker get it done
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• Freddy Peralta and the Brewers’ bullpen struggle, blown out by Cubs
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• Brewers 9, Cubs 3: Hey, Jed! Time to bring in the reinforcements
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• Vaughn knocks in six as Brewers dismantle Cubs, but Chourio exits early
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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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• White Sox 12, Cubs 5: Shōta Imanaga gets pounded

Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images Yikes. The Cubs knew they could pick up a game on the Brewers in the NL Central standings before this one even started, because the Marlins rallied late in an afternoon contest Friday and defeated Milwaukee 5-1. Welp. The Cubs offense came out flat against Adrian Houser — who, I hope, might be in the Cubs rotation next week — and Shōta Imanaga got hit ea...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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• Freddy Peralta and the Brewers’ bullpen struggle, blown out by Cubs
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• Vaughn knocks in six as Brewers dismantle Cubs, but Chourio exits early
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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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• MLB Draft open thread: There will be three new Cubs tonight

Kade Anderson | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The 2025 MLB Draft is today. Join us to see who the Cubs will take. It won’t be Kade Anderson (pictured). The 2025 MLB Draft starts tonight at 5 p.m. CT with rounds 1 through 3. The Nationals are on the clock. The Cubs have the 17th pick of the first round. You can watch the draft on MLB Network or the first round on ESPN. The draft will also be av...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 90

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs crush the Cardinals in the series finale. We begin where I ended yesterday. Let’s take the momentum back, win the series and leave the Cardinals battered on their way out. Mission accomplished. With all due respect, the Cubs left no question who the better team was this week. Baseball being baseball, that doesn’t mean it will be that way for the entire r...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 89

David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs bullpen has a rare bad game, resulting in an 8-6 loss. Every time your bullpen falters late and costs you a game, it is unfortunate. This one feels a little more unfortunate. Obviously, you hate to ever yield the Cardinals even an inch. But more so, this weekend has been Michael Busch’s explosion weekend. Four homers in two days. Seven hits. Six runs driv...2025
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 6: Well, that was ugly, despite another great game from Michael Busch

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images A stirring comeback went for naught when the Cubs bullpen blew up in the eighth. The Cubs bullpen has been so good this year that having an inning like the one Brad Keller had in the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 8-6 loss to the Cardinals is, frankly, shocking. It turned on one play in that inning, and I’ll get to that, but first things first. The Drew Pom...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 88

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Bombs were flying out of Wrigley Field in an 11-3 rout of the Cardinals. Heroes and Goats warning, this is one of those days where WPA might feel less than entirely satisfying. Something I’ve said for so long that I was saying it before I was even the one writing this feature. When the game gets lopsided quickly, whatever happens first tends to set the order...2025
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• Cubs 11, Dodgers 10: This team never quits!

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs won their second bonkers game of this homestand. The Cubs were behind... and then, suddenly, they weren’t. And then they built a nice lead... and then, blew it and wound up behind in the late innings. Then, just as they did in Friday’s crazy game at Wrigley Field, this Cubs team came back. They forced extra innings and Ian Happ’s 10th-inning single complet...2025
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Sweep!

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs got timely hitting, solid pitching and good defense and swept the South Siders. Perhaps now, the Cubs will go on a long winning streak, like the Cardinals and Twins have already this year. The Cubs defeated the White Sox 6-2 on a beautiful, if a bit chilly, May afternoon at Wrigley Field. That gave them a sweep of the three-game series and a 5-1...2025
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• Cubs News: Cubs sign Cody Bellinger

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The long-awaited deal has happened as Cody Bellinger returns on a three-year deal with opt-outs The Chicago Cubs and Cody Bellinger have agreed to a three-year, $80 million deal for the outfielder/first baseman to return to Chicago, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. BREAKING: Centerfielder Cody Bellinger and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a three-...2024
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• Cubs 9, Rangers 5: Now that’s more like it

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Cubs rallied in the ninth and finally put one in the win column. The Cubs had trouble scoring runs all series against the Rangers, and then they worked a bunch of ninth-inning walks into a game-winning rally. The Cubs thus won their first game of 2024, 9-5 over the defending World Series champions. It was not easy, though. The Cubs began this game wel...2024
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• Cubs 6, Diamondbacks 2: The long ball, the relievers and a very weird 100-pitch start from Ben Brown

David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs pounded the long ball early and then got some solid relief pitching. The Cubs started out Saturday just like they had ended Friday, pouring on lots of runs and home runs, despite a temperature 25 degrees colder at Wrigley Field. Home runs by Michael Busch and Seiya Suzuki led a six-run onslaught off Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen in the first two innings ...2025
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• Cubs 8, Dodgers 1: Two out of three is... actually really good

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs waited out rain and pummeled the visitors from L.A. The Cubs beat the Dodgers convincingly Sunday afternoon, 8-1, taking two of three from the team that was supposed to just rip through everyone this year and dominate the sport on the way to a World Series championship. Oh, that’s not how it works? Right, exactly: That’s not how it works. And t...2024
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• Cubs 6, Cardinals 2: The complaint department is closed!

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs gave St. Louis an early lead, then came back and won. After Saturday’s debacle, the way Sunday’s game began did not put any Cubs fan in a good mood. They stranded RISP in the second inning, then Justin Steele made one bad pitch to Masyn Winn with a runner on and the Cardinals led 2-0. Thankfully, the Cubs played the rest of the game the way the...2024
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• Cubs 5, Diamondbacks 3: Hayden Wesneski saves the day

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports The righthander, just called up from Iowa, shut the door on the D-backs. The Cubs summoned bullpen reinforcements from Triple-A Iowa for Wednesday’s game, having had almost all their relievers throw a lot of pitches over the last few games, including two extra-inning games in Arizona. That was not only a smart thing to do, it paid off in the rubber game of this...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Alcantara or Gallen?

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which starting pitcher you’d rather the Cubs trade for. It’s Wednesday evening 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 we can do anything for you. The hostess will seat you now. Th...2025
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• A Speculative Starting Second Baseman? - June 4, 2025
Nick Gonzales, 2B, Pittsburgh Pirates Gonzales made his return from the IL and played in only his second game of the season. He went 1-3 with a K and one hard hit ball. With 2B being so desolate, I consider Gonzales a savvy pre-emptive add. He went 7 HR and 5 SB in 387 PA's last year, but it was only his second year in the bigs, and as a 26 year old, you can speculate that he should still be takin...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 16, 2025
Nolan Schanuel If you play in a super deep league and find yourself desperate at the Corner Infield spot, consider Schanuel. He had a sneaky good 2024, displaying some of the best discipline and contact skills in all of baseball. His .343 OBP is driven by a 11.2% walk rate, thanks to only whiffing at 14% of the time (96th Percentile) and only chasing 21.5% of the time (91st Percentile). Even thoug...2025
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• Freddy Peralta and the Brewers’ bullpen struggle, blown out by Cubs
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• Vaughn knocks in six as Brewers dismantle Cubs, but Chourio exits early
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• Brewers overcome early deficit to defeat Cubs 8-4
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• Game Thread #106: Milwaukee Brewers (62-43) vs. Chicago Cubs (62-43)
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline
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• 2025 Cubs midseason grades

Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here are my assessments of Cubs player performances so far this year. As befits a first-place team, most of them are pretty good. The Cubs really couldn’t have done much better so far this year. They have three All-Stars, two of them starting players. They’re in first place in the NL Central, though by just one game, and have had une...2025
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 6: Well, that was ugly, despite another great game from Michael Busch
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Wander Franco is sentenced. The injured lists keep growing. A look back at the first half and ahead to the second. And other MLB news. Good morning. I think we have the All-Star Game balloting covered around here already. So I’ll skip that. Rays infielder Wander Franco was found guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and sentenc...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 27, 2025

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. will play for Team USA! The Royals acknowledge the need to get better, writes Anne Rogers. “We’re all in this together,” said manager Matt Quatraro. “We’re not pointing fingers at anybody. Nobody’s blaming anybody. There’s no fault. We need to get better. We’re going to keep working at it. We’re going to prepare, we’re going to compete, we’...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 77

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images A little trouble in paradise: The Cubs lose 14-6. A little while back, I dropped my Cubs DEFCON to 4. I saw warning signs that suggested a slump might be coming. If you aren’t following me every day, I’m not in possession of any magic formula or inside info. The last time I saw the signs, I was dead wrong and they turned it on a dime and started dominating ag...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 75

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Cubs pitching lets down in a 9-4 loss to the Mariners. With a day game Saturday after a Friday loss, you’ll pardon me if this one is pretty brief. I’m going to start with some data around runs scored. The Cubs are 17-0 when they score eight or more runs. To be clear, the story there is that they’ve reached that mark 17 times. They are 7-3 when they score exactly ...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs 6/4 Game Thread

MLB The Nats look to even the series against the best club in the National League, the Chicago Cubs The Nationals look to bounce back after a rough 8-3 loss last night to the red-hot Chicago Cubs, who, after winning 3 in a row and 8 of their last 10, sit atop the National League with a 38-22 record. Starter Trevor Williams only made it 4 1⁄3 innings, giving up 5 runs on 5 hits with one wal...2025
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