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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 5 edition

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The Cubs had a good week, but that was tempered by the likely loss of Shōta Imanaga for a while. We don’t yet know what will happen with Shōta Imanaga, who will have an MRI today to determine the damage to his left hamstring. At that point we’ll know more about how long the Cubs will miss him. You know, this team does have some depth. When they lost Justin...2025
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• Peralta shines, offense does just enough in Brewers’ 4-0 victory over Cubs

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Big hits from unlikely sources get Brewers over the line Box Score After two ugly losses to their biggest rival, the Brewers turned to their ace, Freddy Peralta, to stop their three-game skid. Peralta responded with six fabulous innings, followed by three more good ones from the bullpen, and Milwaukee’s struggling offense did just enough — and capitalized on Ch...2025
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• Brewers 4, Cubs 0: Shōta Imanaga injured in dull loss

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images This was not a good Sunday for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs lost to the Brewers 4-0 Sunday afternoon, but that’s not the story of the game. The story is the hamstring injury suffered by Shōta Imanaga, who had matched Freddy Peralta with zeroes until there were two out in the bottom of the sixth. Here’s the situation. The Brewers had runners on first and seco...2025
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• MLB Week 5 Hot or Not: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with a franchise record, Rays and Nats losses add up

Bobby Witt Jr. approaches the visiting dugout at Steinbrenner Field before the Royals versus Tampa Bay Rays game on May 1. | Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Teams are starting to distance themselves at the top and bottom of their divisions a full month in It’s Sunday, so you know what that means. This week’s Hot or Not recap covers the fifth full week of the season, from April 27 to May 3. AL...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The homers just keep coming in a 6-2 win over the Brewers. The Cubs had been winning more frequently against right-handed starters than left. Jose Quintana had only allowed one homer. He had won all of his starts this year. And none of those things are true any longer. The Cubs took him deep three times in rapid succession, scoring six runs in all against ...2025
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• Cubs 6, Brewers 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images The Cubs center fielder homered for the third time in the last two games. Pete Crow-Armstrong has had a strange road trip. In the five games played so far, PCA has four home runs. That’s really good! But... those are his only hits on the trip, giving him a weird slash line of .190/.190/.762 (4-for-21) over the five games. Also, he’s only struck out once on the trip....2025
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• BCB After Dark: Is the Cubs offensive pace sustainable?

Michael Busch hits a grand slam against the Brewers in the second inning | Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The team has 202 runs in 33 games after a 10-0 rout of the Brewers It’s Saturday night at your Cubs indie pop-up where we’re pouring all your favorites as you head into the weekend. If you’re looking for a classic cocktail like an Old Fashioned we can mix up one of the best yo...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs explode in the the second and coast to a 10-0 victory. Friday night in Milwaukee, the Cubs scored two in the first to set the tone early, then lowered the boom with a seven-run second, featuring a Michael Busch grand slam. For those of you who aren’t longtime WPA guys, a quick summation. When the game gets lopsided early and stays that way th...2025
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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future

David Banks-Imagn Images How might these two teams match up as the season goes on? The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs kick off a three-game series in Milwaukee tonight, and as the season enters its second full month, I’d like to take stock of how these two teams have performed so far and what we might expect of them the rest of the way. I don’t mean any disrespect by leaving the Cincin...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Grade the Cubs first month

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you to grade the first month-plus of the season. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thanks for stopping by. We’re always glad to see you. Let us know if you need anything. There are still a few tables available. Bri...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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• Cubs 9, Pirates 0: Everyone digs the long ball

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs smashed four home runs. Shōta Imanaga left the game with an apparent injury, but should be fine. The Cubs had lost two in a row and not looked good doing it completing their most recent homestand. That’s why their offensive explosion against the Pirates Tuesday evening was especially nice to see. Cubs batters hit four home runs, part of a 13-h...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 5

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Cubs have another hot week, the rest of the division ... not so much Welcome to the fifth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank s...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."

• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 5 edition
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• Cub Tracks’ Cubs get medieval on Brewers

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The meatloaf looms and the Cubs are rolling along the boulevard with halberds and quarter-staves. W/ELCOME 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...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs bounce back with an impressive 8-3 win and take the series. Checks notes. Yep. The Cubs are better when Kyle Tucker hits. And hey, any time he and his teammates want to get to four homers, I’m here for it. I’ve talked about it in the past, and in fact just yesterday, four runs is a sweet spot. Teams with four runs win a solid majority of the ...2025
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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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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, April 14 edition

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A look back at the Cubs’ 4-2 record last week. Welcome back to “Three up, three down,” a review of the Cubs’ performance over the past week’s worth of games. The week was a success, with the Cubs taking four of six from two very good teams, the Rangers and Dodgers, and generally looking good doing it. The Cubs are 11-7 and still ha...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 18

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Cubs win 4-2 and take the series from the Dodgers in LA. When does being on the Sunday night national broadcast suck less? When you are in California. I mean, it is certainly possible the game would have been a Sunday “afternoon” game in Los Angeles. But for me over here in Florida, them playing a game that only ended around 10 p.m. local time wa...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ blankety-blank

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs unlimbered themselves at the Dodgers’ expense and look to steal away with the meatloaf this evening. 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...2025
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• Watch: Michael Busch Blasts Opposite Field Home Run
The Cubs didn’t score in the series opener against the Dodgers, but Michael Busch made sure that wasn’t the case on Saturday night. He launched a 2-2 fastball into the left-field bleachers, marking the first home run Rōki Sasaki has allowed in his rookie season. Busch was drafted by the Dodgers in 2019 and made … The post Watch: Michael Busch Blasts Opposite Field Home Run appeared first on ...2025
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 5 edition
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• Brewers 4, Cubs 0: Shōta Imanaga injured in dull loss
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• MLB Week 5 Hot or Not: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with a franchise record, Rays and Nats losses add up
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future
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• Cubs 4, Phillies 0: A (Colin) Rea of sunshine on a rainy Friday at Wrigley Field

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs waited out a long rain delay and produced a satisfying win. Yet another rain delay hit Wrigley Field Friday afternoon, the second of this homestand. This time, play didn’t begin until after the delay, and the result was better than on the previous rain day last Sunday. Colin Rea and four relievers combined on a four-hit shutout and the Cubs got...2025
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• Cubs 7, Dodgers 6: Sweep!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs won this brief two-game set — and the season series — from the supposedly mighty Dodgers. I told you this was a good Cubs team! They spotted the Dodgers a lead, came back to take a one-run advantage, blew that lead partly on bad defense, then came back again and held on with solid relief pitching to defeat the Dodgers 7-6 Wednesday e...2025
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• Peralta shines, offense does just enough in Brewers’ 4-0 victory over Cubs
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• Brewers 4, Cubs 0: Shōta Imanaga injured in dull loss
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34
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• Brewers embarrassed by early Cubs offensive explosion

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images A deflating 10-0 loss opens this big three-game series Box Score In a game that was over almost before it started, the Chicago Cubs made a strong statement to the Milwaukee Brewers. The red-hot Cubs offense spat on Pat Murphy’s idea to use Tyler Alexander to open for Quinn Priester and jumped all over Brewers pitchers who looked unfit for the moment. After a second-...2025
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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future
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• BCB After Dark: Grade the Cubs first month
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• BCB After Dark: Is Matt Shaw coming back?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs win a wacky, wild one 11-10. I looked at my wife in the eighth inning. I said it’s 10-7 and the Dodgers bullpen is really good. Then I said, there have been 17 runs scored, I don’t know how anyone can assume there won’t be more scoring. That’s also about the time I started muting some people on social media. I’ve already written this year and many times ...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ penmanship

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, -3four days a week, rain or shine. A battle of the bullpens turned a tight game into a slugfest. One of the best games I’ve seen in a while. 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 #ML...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 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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• Cubs 8, Rangers 6: The power barrage continues

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs sent more baseballs out of the yard Sunday at Sloan Park. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs hosted many of the regulars from the defending World Series champion Rangers and put the hurt on them, hitting two home runs and smashing several other extra-base hits in an 8-6 victory. Since March 9, including split-squad games, the Cubs are 8-1. (Not that spring wins...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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• MLB Week 5 Hot or Not: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with a franchise record, Rays and Nats losses add up
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Saturday 5/3, 6:10 CT

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Saturday notes... MILESTONE INCOMING: Win or lose tonight, the Cubs will make some team history. A victory will bring their total to 5,000 at National League parks since 1876, the league’s inaugural season. They have lost 5,703 games at NL parks since 1877. .A defeat would be their 5,000th at an NL park since 1901, s...2025
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• Game Thread #33: Milwaukee Brewers (16-16) vs. Chicago Cubs (19-13)

Mark Hoffman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Brewers and Cubs open season series in Milwaukee The I-94 Series. The Craig Counsell Series. The Colin Rea Series. The “Hey, We Don’t Like You Guys But We Will Sell You Our Season Tickets For Way More Than They’re Worth” Series. For the first time this season, the Brewers and Cubs meet as the two clubs vie for supremacy in the National Leag...2025
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• Cubs 8, Pirates 3: Seiya Suzuki leads a home-run barrage off Paul Skenes

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs did something off Skenes that had never before been done by any team. After the Cubs lost Wednesday evening, with Paul Skenes looming on the horizon, a series loss might have been possible. “Not for this Cubs team,” said Cubs hitters. They smashed four home runs, three of them off Skenes — in one inning, the fifth. Dansby Swanson, Kyle Tucker ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Grade the Cubs first month
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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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