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• Pirates 2, Cubs 1: A pitcher’s duel gone wrong

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Cade Horton outpitched Paul Skenes, but the Cubs lost anyway. Let’s try to look at the Cubs’ 2-1 loss to the Pirates in 10 innings Friday this way: If there was one game in this series they might have been destined to lose, it was the game where Paul Skenes started for Pittsburgh. On the other hand, the Cubs did have four hits off Skenes and got him out of the game...2025
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• Here’s Why Michael Busch Isn’t Starting Against Lefties
Michael Busch boasts a .267/.363/.510 slash line with 11 homers and a 146 wRC+ that puts him eighth among all first basemen when it comes to creating runs. Yet he’ll sit in back-to-back games and has only gotten 34 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers while Justin Turner picks up semi-regular starts despite a 67 wRC+ … The post Here’s Why Michael Busch Isn’t Start...2025
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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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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Wednesday 6/11, 12:05 CT

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR (OR MAYBE IN OCTOBER): Today’s game will be the last of the regular season between the Cubs and Phillies. June 11 will be the fourth-earliest date they have met for the final time in a full season. The rivalry began in 1883. The earliest by far was on April 18, 2001, when they met in a...2025
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• Cubs 8, Phillies 4: Ian Happ’s two homers lead a long-ball barrage

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs homered four times and evened up the series. Ian Happ appears to be starting one of his patented hot streaks. After a home run in Monday’s loss, Happ went deep twice Tuesday in Philadelphia. That, along with long balls from Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch, helped the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Phillies Tuesday evening. The...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Would you do it over again?

Brad Mills-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you would still make the Michael Busch trade. It’s Tuesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit a while. We’re all celebrating the win tonight. There’s no cover charge. Let us know if we can do anything for you....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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• Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals preview, Wednesday 6/4, 5:45 CT

Brad Mills-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win in Washington. Wednesday notes... STREAKING: The Cubs are 15-4 in their last 19 games. Since 2000, they have been better only in seven spans of 16-3: two that overlapped in 2015 and five, four overlapping, in 2016. They were last 15-4 from July 18-Aug. 6, 2023. They also had 15-4 spans Sept. 12-Oct. 2, 2022, and May 14-June 2, 2021. ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 60

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Cubs continue to roll with an 8-3 win in Washington. I talked over the weekend about the Cubs and answering challenges. The Washington Nationals are still rebuilding. They aren’t Mt. Everest. Also, winning on the road is hard. The Nationals are under .500 at home, but they aren’t the Rockies. Also, even the Rockies have six wins at home (and a two-...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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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 59

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs take the series from Reds with a 7-3 win. It’s always funny to me when finding my story feels like a visit to the psychiatrist. I’ve been flipping things over for a while and I feel like I’ve had a very patient psychiatrist who just patiently just kept asking for me to tell them more. Maybe scribbling a few notes, but not particularly interjec...2025
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• Cubs 7, Reds 3: A fine helping of meatloaf

David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs won the series behind good pitching from Jameson Taillon, three hits from Pete Crow-Armstrong, and a Michael Busch home run. After dropping the first game of this series to the Reds and looking kind of flat doing it, the Cubs won Saturday behind stellar pitching, and then took the offensive tack on Sunday, with a varied attack that included 10 hits, a coup...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 55

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs win 4-3 in 11 innings. If Monday’s night made part of Cubs fandom antsy, then a lot of skin was crawling Tuesday night in Chi-town. Always hear me clearly, I’m not throwing it back just because it may not have been a fully satisfying victory. There was a lot of good. No one gifted the Cubs a win. Certainly, over 162 games, there will be games w...2025
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Heartbreak in extras

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images The Rockies took the Cubs to 11 innings, but it wasn’t enough. Given that it was a cold evening in Chicago with the wind blowing in from Lake Michigan, a low-scoring affair seemed in the cards for Game 2 of the Colorado Rockies-Chicago Cubs series. When the game ended in extras, the Cubs had walked off the Rockies in extras, 4-3 The offense was better but not ...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."

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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 65

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Cubs lose 4-0 in Detroit and drop the series to the Tigers. I will say, it’s one heck of a thing following and covering a team when I actually have to go and look to find the last series loss. It was just short of one month ago, May 9-11, against the Mets in New York. So the Tigers, Mets, Giants (in Chicago), the Phillies (in Chicago), the Padres and t...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 64

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images The Cubs thunder their way to a 6-1 win to even the series. Baseball is silly sometimes. The Cubs actually had more hits Friday. Of the seven hits the Cubs managed Saturday, five of them left the yard. Of course, that has everything to do with a pitcher who not only who has overwhelming stuff, but also manages contact. That was the case on Friday, but ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 61

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The Cubs drop a close one in Washington, 2-0. The Cubs against left handed starting pitching this year have been very hit or miss. I wasn’t surprised that talented young MacKenzie Gore shut the lineup down, particularly without Kyle Tucker in the lineup. It remains intuitive that the Cubs would perform worse against lefties since it greatly neutralizes Pet...2025
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• The Short Porch is thinking about Pete Crow-Armstrong and pitchouts

PCA runs to third base during Tuesday night’s game | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Cubs centerfielder continues to put pressure on teams when he’s on the bases. If you are a fan of checking out leaderboards, have I got some leaderboards for you. Entering play today, 60 games into the season, your WAR leader in the National League is Pete Crow-Armstrong. That’s true whether you’...2025
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• BCB After Dark: How am I doing?

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot asks if you what it would take for you to give Cubs team president Jed Hoyer an extension. It’s another evening here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see you. Come in and join us. There’s no cover charge. Tell us if you need anything. Th...2025
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• A Speculative Starting Second Baseman? - June 4, 2025
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• The Short Porch thinks Michael Busch should face more lefties

Michael Busch at the plate on Sunday | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs first baseman is too important to the offense to be in a platoon The Cubs have had one of the strongest offenses in baseball by just about any metric you care to use this season. Their wRC+ of 120 indicates that they are 20 percent better than the league and park adjusted average at run creation...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 58

Photo by George Gaza/MLB Photos via Getty Images Cubs pitching locks down the Reds in a 2-0 win. The Cubs also lost Shōta Imanaga during that stretch of games. The Cubs have answered just about every challenge. I fully expect them to play a competitive game today. I wish I’d gone just a little harder with this projection. Really, I don’t need any back pats. But I did want to start out wit...2025
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• MLB Week 10 Hot or Not: Cleveland and San Francisco’s pitching carries, Atlanta’s offense is abysmal

MacKenzie Gore shuts out the Cubs last Wednesday. | Alyssa McDaniel/MLB Photos via Getty Images Several teams have needed elite pitching to compensate for weak hitting Hello, June! Entering the 10th week of the season, MLB has fully ramped up and is approaching its most exciting period of the summer. This week’s recap covers games from June 1-7. AL West Hot: Houston’s relievers need to b...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 64
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• Cubs 7, Reds 3: A fine helping of meatloaf
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 58
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 57
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 56

Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images Cubs pitching brings home a 2-1 victory and a series sweep. I’m choosing to embrace this team’s ability to win different games. Over the weekend in Cincinnati, the offense carried the load for the team over and over again. In Tuesday night’s game, baserunning felt key. Every run that scored in a one run win was by a runner who had stolen a base. With two...2025
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• The Short Porch is thinking about Pete Crow-Armstrong and pitchouts
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 52

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Cubs stumble early again and come up short on a comeback in a 6-4 loss. It’s been years since I was anywhere close to a “watch 162 games closely” person. There definitely was a point in life where if at all possible I was either watching or listening. A combination of parenting and adulting along with a dose of really bad Cubs baseball pushed me to so...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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• Cub Tracks talks the talk

Matt Marton-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Cubs win 5-2 over the fighting Fish. Swanson and Suzuki thought deep thoughts. 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 cold-brewed overnight for ...2025
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• Cubs 6, Mets 5: Cade Horton’s debut is a success

Photo by Kent J. Edwards/Getty Images The Cubs survived two Brett Baty homers and defeated the Mets. Cade Horton’s ERA (6.75) after one MLB game doesn’t show it, but his debut Saturday against a very good Mets team was a success. His only real mistake in four innings was a three-run homer by Brett Baty. (Baty homered again later off Julian Merryweather.) Horton struck out five and the Cubs...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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• 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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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Wednesday 6/11, 12:05 CT
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• Cubs 8, Phillies 4: Ian Happ’s two homers lead a long-ball barrage
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• MLB Week 10 Hot or Not: Cleveland and San Francisco’s pitching carries, Atlanta’s offense is abysmal
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers preview, Sunday 6/8, 12:40 CT

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win. DETROIT — Sunday notes... RUN PREVENTION: In the three games of their series at Cincinnati on May 23-25, the Cubs gave up 20 runs: six, six and eighth. Since then, they have allowed only 24 more runs, in 11 games — and six of those 24 came in a single game, with only 18 in the 10 others, including just 13 in the last seven: 0, 3...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ type casting

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Cubs win 7-1 behind a barrage of blasts and the steady right hand of Jameson Taillon. Danger, Will Robinson! The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. All of the players in MLB are pros. Any given team can beat you. Good teams WILL beat you, if ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers preview, Friday 6/6. 6:10 CT

Photo by Alyssa Howell/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s a weekend matchup of two first-place teams, who both come in with the best record in their respective leagues. DETROIT — Friday notes... CUBS vs. TIGERS HISTORY: This is the 15th series between the Cubs and Tigers. It is only the third that will begin with both teams having winning records. The previous two also were at Detroit. In ...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs 6/4 Game Thread
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 53

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Cubs comeback magic continues in an 11-8 win. On your Memorial Day, while you are remembering the fallen heroes that make the life that you are used to possible, how about also thinking of a couple of other blessings? First, you aren’t a Reds fan. The Reds were a trendy pick the last couple of years as a team on the upswing. That fandom wakes up this Mon...2025
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Sweep!
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• BCB After Dark: Is Matt Shaw coming back?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you think Matt Shaw will return to be the Cubs’ third baseman this season. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see you. Come on in and sit with us. Your name is on the guest list. We still have a few good ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 16

Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images The offense was stifled in Los Angeles, as the Cubs lose 3-0. This is a frustrating one to write. That cover photo should be Matthew Boyd. Coming off of two strong starts against quality opponents, in his third start he drew the defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. And that’s not any ordinary defending champion, that team is a poor man’s All-Star team...2025
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• Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 3: You keep me hangin’ on

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Cubs had another shaky ninth inning, but a great play by Dansby Swanson nailed down the win. I’m gonna make a little teeny tiny suggestion here. Maybe it’s not such a great idea for the Cubs to keep signing former Astros relief pitchers. We went through a roller-coaster ride with Hector Neris last year until he was let go, and the Ryan Pressly Era hasn’t begun...2025
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• Dodgers 6, Cubs 3: Let’s have an overreaction party!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images As a Dodgers official I rode down in an elevator with after the game said, “It’s just two games.” TOKYO — You could look at it the way I noted below the headline. Or you could look at the Cubs’ 6-3 loss to the Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome, a sweep the Dodgers completed without two of their best players (Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman) and utterly panic as t...2025
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• Cubs 4, Astros 3: Getting the job done

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Dansby Swanson’s three-run homer highlighted a four-run first inning that the Cubs made hold up for another win. It wasn’t the best of games. Cubs hitters struck out 12 times. Some sketchy defense helped lead to a Houston run. The Cubs had only one hit after the fourth inning. And yet, the Cubs put a large crooked number on the board in the first inning f...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Convention: It’s all about Cody Bellinger

Cody Bellinger celebrates a hit in August | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Will it finally move the Cubs front office to make a big deal? A week ago it looked like fans might be bringing pitchforks and torches to Cubs Convention. In fact, 24 hours before the 37th annual winter gathering of Cubs fans kicked off in downtown Chicago I was wondering what the turnout would look like. A st...2024
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