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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Matt Shaw walks it off

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs rookie had the first walk-off hit of his career. Matt Shaw, your table is ready. The Cubs third baseman, sent to Triple-A Iowa after a rough start to his 2025 season, has played excellent ball since returning. He’s played a solid third base and Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, went 2-for-5, including a game-winning single in the 11th inning. That...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 54

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs win the series opener 3-1 over the Rockies. I did secretly hope this series would be a little more “boring.” In one manner of looking at things, things were boring. The Rockies didn’t put up a ton of fight. More, they just hung around all day. Of course, that means that in the other way of looking at things, it wasn’t boring. Every p...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.314 — Nico Hoerner batting against German Marquez. 0.297 — Pete Crow-Armstrong batting against German Marquez. 0.295 — Seiya Suzuki batting against German Marquez. 0.295 — Luis Arraez batting against Max Meyer. 0.294 — Jackson Merrill batting against Max Meyer. 0.286 — Ryan [...2025
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• Cubs 3, Rockies 1: One down, two to go

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Cubs took care of business in the opener of a three-game series. The Cubs began a series against the worst team in baseball, the Rockies, at Wrigley Field Monday afternoon. These types of series can be called “traps,” in other words, trapping the better team into thinking it’ll be easy. The Cubs won 3-1 against a surprisingly tenacious Rockies te...2025
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The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.336 — Aaron Judge batting against Jack Kochanowicz. 0.312 — Paul Goldschmidt batting against Jack Kochanowicz. 0.298 — Brendan Donovan batting against Charlie Morton. 0.287 — Nico Hoerner batting against Carson Palmquist. 0.287 — Freddie Freeman batting against Gavin Williams. 0.283 &...2025
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• Cubs 11, Reds 8: Reese McGuire and the comeback Cubs do it again

Katie Stratman-Imagn Images That was... I’m not sure I even have words here. As you might imagine, I had an entire recap written, or nearly so, about how the Cubs couldn’t afford too many more starts like this from Ben Brown, and the team went into the sixth inning trailing 8-3. Eight unanswered runs made me proverbially rip up all that electronic text, and instead the Cubs had yet another...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 51

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images PCA keys a come-from-behind 13-6 win. For a minute there, you thought the stories would be the bad first inning for Matthew Boyd and the continuing implosion of Julian Merryweather. These aren’t those Cubs. This team has so much fight in it and so a 6-2 early deficit became a 13-6 win. Eleven unanswered runs over the game’s final three innings. I’ll mention...2025
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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images The Cubs center fielder had his second six-RBI game... in a week. This Cubs team is starting to do really special things. Seriously, the Cubs had no business winning Friday’s game, not after Matthew Boyd had a rare bad outing, not after Julian Merryweather had another lousy relief appearance, not after they went into the seventh inning trailing by four. And ...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Cardinals surge, but Cubs remain at top of the pack Welcome to the eighth 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 some teams! 1. Chic...2025
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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener

Miguel Vargas mashed two homers and a double in his four-hit outing, driving in all of the White Sox runs. | David Banks-Imagn Images Miguel Vargas was the only player to show up for the South Siders Things started out fun for the White Sox, but then gradually starting going downhill until the game snowballed into a complete disaster, falling to the Cubs in the first game of the Crosstown ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs offense was ineffective in a 3-1 loss. Worried is the wrong word. But the offensive malaise is lingering a bit longer than I expected. The Cubs have scored 27 runs over their last eight games. I don’t think there is any question that the injury to Ian Happ is part of the equation. The tailing off of Kyle Tucker is a piece of it. It’...2025
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• Marlins 3, Cubs 1: The Jameson Taillon question

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images What’s going on with the Cubs righthander? This recap of the Cubs’ 3-1 loss to the Marlins Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field is going to be fairly short and to the point. Partly, that’s because this game was the shortest of the year so far for the Cubs: Two hours, 11 minutes. As you know, I’m always a fan of shorter games. (More so, of course, if the C...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The anatomy of a comeback — the Cubs win 5-4. As is the usual case with a come-from-behind win, we’re going to talk a lot about WPA. The game was tied 2-2 in the seventh when Julian Merryweather took the mound. Julian didn’t have it. His fastball is down and he just isn’t effective at this point. This comeback story starts after Merryweather had allowed...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the Cubs’ unsung hero It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thank you for stopping by. Come on in and join us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beve...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Saturday 5/10, 6:15 CT

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series with the Mets. Today’s roster move: Here Saturday notes... TRYING TO END A LOSING STREAK: The Cubs have not lost more than three consecutive games since June 23-27 of last year, when they fell at home to the Mets, then lost three games at San Francisco. They have followed three losses in a row with a win three times ...2025
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• Cubs 7, Blue Jays 5: At last, a win in Canada
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Cubs ended a 14-year losing streak north of the border. TORONTO — It required six relievers (seven, if you count Luke Farrell on what was a bullpen day) and some timely hitting, but Wednesday night the Cubs ended a losing streak in Canada that had lasted more than 14 years. Sure, it was only a five-game Canadian losing streak (three in 2014, the first ...2022
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"After Nico Hoerner struck out, Pete Crow-Armstrong dumped a double to short left, giving the Cubs the lead [VIDEO]."

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"Nico Hoerner told Cubs."

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"Mike Tauchman led off with a walk and Nico Hoerner was hit by a pitch."

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"Nico Hoerner, finally healthy, is having the best year of his brief MLB career."

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"Additionally, Chicago placed infielder Nico Hoerner on the 10-day IL due to right oblique tightness and recalled righty Cory Abbott to start…"

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"The Chicago organization was also tied to Scooter Gennet recently, and Bastian notes that they’re considering left-handed options at second base to pair with right-handed-hitting options like Nico Hoerner and David Bote."

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"The Cubs selected versatile Nico Hoerner of Stanford 24th overall in the MLB Draft on Monday."

• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 51
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 47

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A 6-2 win and a sweep of the White Sox made for a good Sunday. It feels fitting for Pete Crow-Armstrong to be right in the middle of the defining inning of this game. He scored two of the first three runs in the game. He had a hand in the other scoring, though he doesn’t get an RBI for his aggressive baserunning and the opportunity (however i...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44
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• Marlins 3, Cubs 1: The Jameson Taillon question
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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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• BCB After Dark: A rebrand for Iowa?

Connor Noland | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you think the Iowa Cubs should change their name. Thank you for stopping by BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in and join us. We’re all celebrating a big Cubs win tonight. The...2025
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 2: Home runs by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki are enough

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images And Colin Rea turned in yet another excellent start. In the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings Monday night at Wrigley Field, the Cubs had just five baserunners, only two getting past second base. Fortunately, a five-run fifth featuring two-run homers by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki provided more than enough of...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images A 6-5 win for the Cubs. I imagine the words “because baseball” will be typed and read hundreds of times after this one. A rookie pitcher, a formidable opponent, a three game losing streak. Not the recipe for a win. Then Ian Happ gets a night off. Pete Crow-Armstrong in the leadoff spot? Justin Turner fifth? If we’re being honest, you weren’t confident. This was...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Saturday 5/10, 6:15 CT
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 51
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• Cubs 2, Marlins 1: Kyle Tucker’s bat heats up

Photo by Jared Lennon/Getty Images The Cubs outfielder, DH’ing the last two days, won the game with a three-hit day. Kyle Tucker, who’d been in a bit of a slump, had three hits and a home run for the second straight day, helping lead the Cubs to a 2-1 win over the Marlins. In so doing they took the series, as well as the season series, from the Fish. Let’s get right to it. Tucker was the s...2025
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Not the sweep we wanted

Miguel Vargas clubbed a solo shot in today’s loss, his third of the series — and was beaned by Brad Keller later in the game for it. | David Banks-Imagn Images South Siders are silenced again The Chicago Cubs have won their World Series, taking the third game of this series against the Chicago White Sox, 6-2. What started out as a competitive game early on quickly unraveled, and a team th...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 46

Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs take care of business in a 7-3 win. I know there are some who are looking for this team to just obliterate some of these lesser opponents. This week has not been a work of art. I see all of the things that you all do. And yet, the Cubs have won four of five. They remain one ahead of the surprising Cardinals. As an aside, I’m neve...2025
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• Chase Meidroth and Tim Elko shine, but the rest of the White Sox bats stay cold

The White Sox fall yet again to the pesky Cubs. | @SoxNerd The South Siders fall, 8-3 Another day, another loss. The Cubs take the second game of the Crosstown series, although the White Sox put up enough of a fight on Saturday to stay in the game until the halfway mark. Friends — Chase Meidroth decided to show up and show out by starting the game with a leadoff home run: you’ll never f...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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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
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• Chase Meidroth and Tim Elko shine, but the rest of the White Sox bats stay cold
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• Cub Tracks settles for meatloaf
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 4: Justin Turner walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images That is a headline you likely did not expect to read this year. Maybe I should write that players are “done” more often. No matter what happens with the remainder of Justin Turner’s tenure with the Cubs, we will always have the wonderful memory of his walkoff double — his first extra-base hit of the year! — that gave the Cubs a stirring comeback 5-4 walkoff w...2025
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• BCB After Dark: A rebrand for Iowa?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs tease a series win but come up short in a 6-2 loss. Today’s shocking fact is that the Cubs weren’t quite good enough against the Mets in New York in a series where they were without Justin Steele, Shōta Imanaga and Ian Happ. Ryan Pressly hasn’t worked out at closer and the Cubs are at the tail end of what has been and probably will remain the tou...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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• 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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• Cubs 3, Brewers 2: The comeback Cubs do it again

Mike Tauchman scores the eventual winning run in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports This game had just about everything, and the best part: A Cubs win! Wednesday’s game at Wrigley Field reminded me why I love baseball so much. Gorgeous weather. Meaningful baseball between two rivals for a playoff spot. Back-and-forth, great pitching, lousy pitching, good f...2023
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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, Tigers 4: The never-quit Cubs pull one out

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports After a devastating grand slam tied things up, the Cubs got to work and came out on top. All’s well that ends well, and the Cubs ended this series well with a 6-4 win over the Tigers, but I’ll ask you the question, and you can vote in the poll. After Jameson Taillon loaded the bases in the sixth inning, then retired the next two hitters, would you have taken...2023
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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 9, Rangers 6: Seven in a row!
Edwin Rios | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League. Adrian Sampson and the Cubs did not start this game well, trailing 6-2 after just three innings. But a few of the sub Cubs had nice days at the plate and that resulted in a 9-6 Cubs win over the Rangers, the team’s seventh straight victory. Wins and losses, obviously, mean nothing in Sp...2023
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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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• The Cubs should sign Nico Hoerner to a long-term deal
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports This could save the team lots of money in the long run. Nico Hoerner, finally healthy, is having the best year of his brief MLB career. In 101 games and 387 plate appearances, he is batting .304/.351/.429 with 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 12 stolen bases. He’s also solidified a claim as the Cubs’ starting shortstop, playing solid defense at th...2022
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• Cubs 10, Pirates 1: Takin’ care of business

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Cubs got another strong team effort and won the series in Pittsburgh. When the Cubs departed for the just-completed seven-game road trip to Detroit and Pittsbugh, my feeling was that they needed to go 5-2 to keep pace with, or improve their position on, other postseason contenders. With Sunday’s well-played 10-1 win over the Pirates, the Cubs did just ...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAD) Ohtani's path to back-to-back 50/50 seasons began on Wednesday in Japan when the Dodgers' superstar blasted his first home run of the regular season, a towering fly off a 99-mph fastball that was initially ruled fan interference but later overruled via replay review. Ohtani finished the 2-game Tokyo series with three hits, including two extra-base hits, and two walks in 10 ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 19, 2025
Drake Baldwin (C-ATL) appears likely to open the 2025 campaign as Atlanta's starting backstop. That is interesting news from a fantasy standpoint given Baldwin's status as the organization's top prospect. As a 23 year-old last season, he batted .276 with 16 dingers, 88 RBI, and 58 runs scored across 551 total PA at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He showed strong command of the plate with a 13% ...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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• Preseason Prep - March 4, 2025
Yankees Back Half of the Rotation is Suddenly Uncertain While the Top of the Yankees rotation looks as solid as ever, injuries have made for some opportunities at the back half. Clark Schmidt has yet to pitch in the spring due to a back injury and has been limited to bullpen sessions although he is expected to get into a game soon. Schmidt had a breakout half-season last year with a 2.85 ERA / 3....2025
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• I’ll Buy Your Mirror, Nico
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) Little Nico Hoerner said he could play middle or corner or any of the field's orifices, After a meeting in David Ross's office. He stuck out his thumb, Indicating hitchhiking or he could play with aplomb, And said, "Eric Sogard sucks, so here I am.'" Not sure that's how the poem...2021
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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again
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• Cubs 2, Marlins 1: Kyle Tucker’s bat heats up
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• Cubs 14, Marlins 1: You get a hit! And you get a hit! And you, and you...

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The Cubs had some fun with the bats in Miami. One thing that can get a team back on track after a rough loss like the one Monday is to come back the next day and absolutely annihilate the opposition. And that’s exactly what the Cubs did, with a 21-hit attack that matched their season high. From BCB’s JohnW53: They had 21 at Sacramento on March 31 while ...2025
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Sweep!
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Not the sweep we wanted
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Sunday 5/18, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series sweep. Sunday notes... STREAKING: The Cubs have won seven straight games against the White Sox, their longest run of success in the 148-game, 29-year regular-season rivalry. The Cubs have swept only four of the 37 three-game series vs. the Sox: at home in 1998, 2004 and 2008, and on the South Side in 2007. They ha...2025
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Sweep!
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• BCB After Dark: Unsung hero?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons

David Banks-Imagn Images There’s something else that this signing would do for the Cubs. With Kyle Tucker off to a great start with the Cubs, the chorus of voices urging Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts to open up the team wallet and sign Tucker to an extension before he hits free agency has gotten louder. While there’s no question about Tucker’s abilities on the field — he’s hitting the way he ...2025
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• Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more

Al Yellon The Commissioner gave a wide-ranging interview over the weekend. Over the weekend, Commissioner Rob Manfred gave a long interview to the New York Times, which you can read in its entirety here (article unlocked). I know it’s sport around baseball to mock and make fun of Manfred, but he did give some candid answers to questions surrounding the sport, and it’s useful for us to take...2025
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• Cubs 10, Athletics 2: Sweep!

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs had themselves some fun in Sacramento. During the Cubs’ 10-2 demolition of the Athletics Wednesday afternoon, I got a text from a friend of mine: “Maybe the Cubs should move to Sacramento.” Well, of course that’s a silly notion, but the Cubs sure seemed to enjoy hitting in Sutter Health Park, where they smashed eight home runs and outscor...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ spring training speed bump

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another game, and the regulars played very little. Domestic Opening Day looms. 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...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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• BCB After Dark: Which new Cub will have a big impact?

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks, other than the obvious choices, which new Cub will have the biggest impact? It’s another evening at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come in and get warm. We can take your coat for you. There are still a few tables available, ...2025
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