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• Brew Crew Ball Mailbag #21: Reviewing the offseason and looking ahead
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Answering questions as spring training gets underway Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to the first Brew Crew Ball Mailbag of spring training! The Brewers kick off their quest for the 2023 Cactus Cup tomorrow afternoon against the Dodgers. Before that matchup, let’s dive into the pressing questions fans have at the onset of camp. cmow as...2023
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• NL Central Notes: Reynolds, Pirates, Brewers, Cubs
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said yesterday that he expects star Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds and club officials to resume discussions regarding a possible extension at some point soon. That Reynolds and the Pirates would resume talks is of little surprise. While the sides were around $50MM apart in previous discussions and Reynolds went…...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ on the other other hand
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Our gripping narrative continues as the spring advances toward the start of the games. The roster is in the best shape of its life. 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...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
Kris Bryant hopes to get back on the field this year | Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs didn’t do very well vs. the West last year. Unlike the Cubs vs. the National League East in 2022, the Cubs did extremely poorly against NL West teams last year. The Cubs went 10-25 against the five NL West teams in 2022, including a 7-0 sweep at the hands of the Dodger...2023
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• Brew Crew Ball Mailbag #21: Reviewing the offseason and looking ahead
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Answering questions as spring training gets underway Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to the first Brew Crew Ball Mailbag of spring training! The Brewers kick off their quest for the 2023 Cactus Cup tomorrow afternoon against the Dodgers. Before that matchup, let’s dive into the pressing questions fans have at the onset of camp. cmow as...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
Kris Bryant hopes to get back on the field this year | Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs didn’t do very well vs. the West last year. Unlike the Cubs vs. the National League East in 2022, the Cubs did extremely poorly against NL West teams last year. The Cubs went 10-25 against the five NL West teams in 2022, including a 7-0 sweep at the hands of the Dodger...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL East
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images There are some powerful teams in this division. Funny thing about these NL East teams. As good as they were last year — two 100-win teams and the eventual NL pennant winner — the Cubs played surprisingly well against them. They played at least .500 ball against all five NL East teams and swept the Phillies in the six-game season series. Overall, the Cub...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL Central
Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Here’s what to look for from the Cubs’ divisional opponents this year. Last year, I didn’t really have a chance to put together my usual “Know your enemy” series due to MLB’s lockout. But now we’re back to a normal Spring Training and season, so I can put together this series again and... Well, let me be honest. With the new balanced schedule the Cubs ...2023
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• Cub Tracks springs into action
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Baseball is almost here. 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 maximum fla...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What has to happen for the Rockies to “play .500 ball” in 2023, Part 2
Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 Last Tuesday, we explored some internal, returning factors that need to happen for Rockies owner, Dick Monfort’s pre-season prediction to become true in the upcoming 2023 season. Mainly, returning players need to return to the performances expected from them when they signed contracts, i.e ...2023
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• Eagles and Phillies take different routes to the same destination
Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Both teams are league champions, but achieved it in very different ways. The Philadelphia Phillies went to the World Series. The Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the Super Bowl. There was a time between 1983 and 2008 when writing those words concurrently would have been straight-up insane. The Phillies, outside of 1993, were mostly an also-ran, and...2023
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• 5 bold predictions for the 2023 Cubs
Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images In which I go out on the proverbial limb to forecast the year to come. I’ve written articles on this topic in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 and... well, if you click on those links you’ll see that not many of them actually happened. I skipped doing one last January because of the uncertainty of even having a season because of MLB’s ongo...2023
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• Tom Ricketts gave the green light and the Cubs made two major signings
Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Cody Bellinger and Jameson Taillon are now North Siders. For those of you who kept saying to Cubs management, “Do something!”, the Cubs absolutely did something Tuesday. Two somethings, in fact, signing Cody Bellinger to a one-year deal (with a 2024 mutual option) and Jameson Taillon to a four-year contract (and thanks to Josh for covering that when news ...2022
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• A closer look at the 2022 Cubs pitching production
Justin Steele had a breakthrough year in 2022, the Cubs will look for him to repeat that in 2023. | Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports ...and how it compares to the rest of the league During the playoffs I took a look at how Cubs position player value compared to the rest of the league in 2022 to get an idea of how close they were to competing in 2023. The results, well, weren’t great. From tha...2022
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
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• Sammy Sosa in Exile: There's Silence Rather Than Apology from Former Cubs Star
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"Takeaways To me, the revamped Chicago Cubs appear to be at least the second-best team in the NL Central."

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"Lefty holds NL Central-rival Brewers scoreless in 2nd St."

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"Milwaukee Brewers clinch NL Central title for third time with victory over Mets"

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"Who is the team to beat in the NL Central? It just might be the Reds"

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"NL Central Notes: Bryant, Stearns, Hader, Pirates, Reds"

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"Darvish signing gives Cubs edge in NL Central"

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"Champs are in: Cubs clinch NL Central crown"

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"Risky to count out Cards in NL Central"

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"As Robert Pace of FOX Sports explained, NL Central foes the Pittsburgh Pirates, St."

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"Strengthening the staff will go a long way toward getting the team out of the NL Central basement and back to competing with the Cardinals and Pirates."

• Brew Crew Ball Mailbag #21: Reviewing the offseason and looking ahead
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Answering questions as spring training gets underway Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to the first Brew Crew Ball Mailbag of spring training! The Brewers kick off their quest for the 2023 Cactus Cup tomorrow afternoon against the Dodgers. Before that matchup, let’s dive into the pressing questions fans have at the onset of camp. cmow as...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
Kris Bryant hopes to get back on the field this year | Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs didn’t do very well vs. the West last year. Unlike the Cubs vs. the National League East in 2022, the Cubs did extremely poorly against NL West teams last year. The Cubs went 10-25 against the five NL West teams in 2022, including a 7-0 sweep at the hands of the Dodger...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL East
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images There are some powerful teams in this division. Funny thing about these NL East teams. As good as they were last year — two 100-win teams and the eventual NL pennant winner — the Cubs played surprisingly well against them. They played at least .500 ball against all five NL East teams and swept the Phillies in the six-game season series. Overall, the Cub...2023
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• Cub Tracks springs into action
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Baseball is almost here. 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 maximum fla...2023
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• ZiPS projects Brewers to win 83 games, finish second in NL Central
Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports The Brewers young outfield looks to breakout in 2023 The ZiPS projections for the 2023 season have been released, with Milwaukee projected to win 83 games and finish second in the NL Central. The Brewers have done a solid job retooling this offseason, while still managing to cut costs. Their big move was a three-team deal to acquire William Contreras from the Br...2023
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• Cub Tracks is shaping up
Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Take a load off. Take a load for free. Put the weight on me. 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-brew...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What has to happen for the Rockies to “play .500 ball” in 2023, Part 2
Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 Last Tuesday, we explored some internal, returning factors that need to happen for Rockies owner, Dick Monfort’s pre-season prediction to become true in the upcoming 2023 season. Mainly, returning players need to return to the performances expected from them when they signed contracts, i.e ...2023
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• The Trey Mancini signing by the numbers
Trey Mancini bats at Wrigley Field last July | Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs added an intriguing 1B/OF option on a two-year deal One of the very few things I was looking forward to with the 2023 Cubs was seeing how Matt Mervis would do at first base after a truly impressive progression throughout the minors during 2022. It really seemed like there was no need for the Cubs to m...2023
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• Do the Cubs have a realistic chance of winning the NL Central?
Getty Images Wait, hear me out. This offseason, the Cubs have signed more major-league free agents not on their team previously than any other MLB ballclub. (The Mets technically signed more, but a couple of them were re-signings of their own free agents.) Will that make enough of a difference for the Cubs to compete for the division title? You already know the key signings and acquisition...2023
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• Cub Tracks goes, we go
Photo by Warren Wimmer/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Dexter didn’t leave, prospect palooza, and other stories. 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, st...2023
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• Brew Crew Ball Mailbag #21: Reviewing the offseason and looking ahead
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Answering questions as spring training gets underway Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to the first Brew Crew Ball Mailbag of spring training! The Brewers kick off their quest for the 2023 Cactus Cup tomorrow afternoon against the Dodgers. Before that matchup, let’s dive into the pressing questions fans have at the onset of camp. cmow as...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ on the other other hand
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Our gripping narrative continues as the spring advances toward the start of the games. The roster is in the best shape of its life. 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...2023
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• NL Central Divisional Balance Breakdown

Jim Bowden recently created a stir by posting potential league/divisional changes as a result of adding two new teams. This would relocate the Pirates to the “Mid-Atlantic” division, along with the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals and the expansion Charlotte baseball team....2023
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• A few more thoughts about MLB expansion, realignment and scheduling
Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports It’s gonna happen — but not for a while yet. Some of the comments to my post yesterday about the new balanced MLB schedule turned to the idea of MLB realignment, so I thought I’d address that again here today. The last time I wrote on this topic was last summer, after Commissioner Rob Manfred made some comments about expansion. Manfred had made those comm...2023
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• What effects will the new balanced MLB schedule have on play this year?
Are we going to see more scenes like this at ballparks in 2023 due to the balanced schedule? | Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports In some cases, not much. In others, though... Last week, I came across this interesting article by Mike Petriello at MLB.com. He looks into the possible effects of the upcoming balanced schedule on the postseason. To refresh your memory, starting this year all team...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 21
Happy birthday, Brian Schlitter! | Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The Good Kid, the College of Coaches, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore a...2022
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• Tom Ricketts gave the green light and the Cubs made two major signings
Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Cody Bellinger and Jameson Taillon are now North Siders. For those of you who kept saying to Cubs management, “Do something!”, the Cubs absolutely did something Tuesday. Two somethings, in fact, signing Cody Bellinger to a one-year deal (with a 2024 mutual option) and Jameson Taillon to a four-year contract (and thanks to Josh for covering that when news ...2022
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• A closer look at the 2022 Cubs pitching production
Justin Steele had a breakthrough year in 2022, the Cubs will look for him to repeat that in 2023. | Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports ...and how it compares to the rest of the league During the playoffs I took a look at how Cubs position player value compared to the rest of the league in 2022 to get an idea of how close they were to competing in 2023. The results, well, weren’t great. From tha...2022
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• On Matt Mervis and flipping the switch
Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Should the Cubs give Mervis the first base job next year, or explore other options? It’s no secret that the 2023 Cubs are expected to be more competitive than the 2022 Cubs. Ownership and management have made this point reasonably clear already, and surely the fan base expects an improved product on the field next year. Ah, improved. That...2022
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• 2022 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 156
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs move to 8-1 over their last nine games with the sweep of the Phillies. There are some times where I think baseball is so predictable and I feel that even if I don’t know exactly what is going to happen, that I have a feeling for largely what will happen. I assure you none of those things that I know or even feel, no hunch, nothing that said that t...2022
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• MLB used multiple different baseballs again in 2022, and you’ll never guess where they wound up
Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports The continued shenanigans with the baseball are bad for the game During the Winter Meetings we all got a big laugh at Jon Heyman tweeting that “Arson Judge” was heading to the San Francisco Giants. A much bigger story dropped at almost exactly the same time when Bradford William Davis reported on Dr. Meredith Wills’ latest round of research for Insider, re...2022
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• A few more thoughts about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts
Marquee Sports Network The channel’s live game presentation still leaves much to be desired. Back in June, I wrote this article with some thoughts I had about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts. It wasn’t pretty. I had hoped things might change, but little did. The game broadcasts are still borderline unwatchable. Before I continue, I want to tell you that in the 17 years Bleed ...2022
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• A brief history of Chicago Cubs neutral site games
The Cubs and Pirates shake hands after the 2019 Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Yes, it’s Iowa. And the Cubs will take part in the second Field of Dreams Game. The Cubs and Reds will participate tonight in the second MLB Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa. The game begins at 6:15 p.m. CT and will be televised on Fox-TV (full national b...2022
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• Theo Epstein won’t blame Cubs ownership for lack of resources
The Chicago Cubs are off to a rough start this season after an offseason that promised much but ultimately didn’t result in many big moves. Amid questions over whether the Ricketts family’s ownership has done enough to help the Cubs remain competitive in an increasingly difficult NL Central, team president Theo Epstein dismissed those concerns on Monday. There are a lot of fans who would’ve wanted...2019
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• Goldschmidt, Carpenter are both looking for answers
Predicting the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers to win the National League Central and West divisions, respectively, in 2018 would’ve been far from a hot take as recently as a couple months ago. After facing off in the NLCS as division winners last year, their rosters appeared primed to do more of the same this season.The Cubs are in better shape than the Dodgers right now (and there’s still a...2018
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• NL Central notes: Nottingham recalled, Senzel to fill Reds' void?
The Brewers will recall catcher Jacob Nottingham from Triple-A Colorado Springs before tonight’s game, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports. It’ll be the first taste of the Majors for Nottingham, who was acquired by Milwaukee in the trade that sent Khris Davis to Oakland. The 23-year-old Nottingham has had two rough seasons in Milwaukee’s system, posting a sub-.700 OPS at Double-A in both 2016 and 2017...2018
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• NL Central Notes: Lorenzen, Kang, Gosselin, Cardinals, Gonzales
Reds righty Michael Lorenzen’s August 19 home run soon after the death of his father Clif was the most notable highlight of the team’s season. But Lorenzen’s father was troubled by substance abuse, and their relationship was complex, as the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Zach Buchanan writes in a long piece about what that home run meant. After Lorenzen’s…...2017
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers a Year Too Late to Make Moves They Need Now
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• Jose Reyes to Be Activated by Mets: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Cubs Affirm Status as MLB Favorites with Impressive Sweep of Nationals
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• Champs are in: Cubs clinch NL Central crown
The road wasn't as smooth this time around, but the destination was surely as sweet. For the second straight season, the Cubs are National League Central champions....2017
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• Why the New York Mets Will Be Unstoppable in the Postseason
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• Wacha's win widens gap in NL Central
A showcase matchup between two of the game's top young pitchers resulted in another close game between the NL Central's best teams -- but not a crisp one. Defensive miscues dotted the evening, though it was the Pirates who gave away a little bit more and, as a result, dropped seven games behind the division-leading Cardinals with St. Louis' 4-2 win on Wednesday...2015
• Wacha's win widens gap in NL Central
A showcase matchup between two of the game's top young pitchers resulted in another close game between the NL Central's best teams -- but not a crisp one. Defensive miscues dotted the evening, though it was the Pirates who gave away a little bit more and, as a result, dropped seven games behind the division-leading Cardinals with St. Louis' 4-2 win on Wednesday...2015
• Cards rout Bucs in Game 2 to clinch Central
It has been an extraordinary season for the Cardinals, so why wouldn't they raise a third consecutive NL Central pennant in extraordinary fashion? That was the case on Wednesday night, when lefty Tyler Lyons filled an emergency with the best start of his career and was backed by Jason Heyward's third-inning grand slam as the Cardinals personally knocked out the Pirates, 11-1....2015
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• Cards rout Bucs in Game 2 to clinch Central
It has been an extraordinary season for the Cardinals, so why wouldn't they raise a third consecutive NL Central pennant in extraordinary fashion? That was the case on Wednesday night, when lefty Tyler Lyons filled an emergency with the best start of his career and was backed by Jason Heyward's third-inning grand slam as the Cardinals personally knocked out the Pirates, 11-1....2015
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• NL Central finish an unprecedented scenario
What the Cardinals, Pirates and Cubs did atop the National League Central this season is unprecedented. Since the start of the divisional era in 1969, never before had the teams with the three best records in baseball all finished in the same division....2015
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• Cards down Bucs to extend NL Central lead
Behind seven shutout innings from Jaime Garcia and with the help of one beneficial bounce, the Cardinals nabbed a 4-1 win over the Pirates at Busch Stadium on Saturday. The victory boosted the Cardinals' National League Central lead to 6 1/2 games over Pittsburgh, which now sits just three games in front of the pursuant Cubs for the top NL Wild Card spot....2015
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• Cards down Bucs to extend NL Central lead
Behind seven shutout innings from Jaime Garcia and with the help of one beneficial bounce, the Cardinals nabbed a 4-1 win over the Pirates at Busch Stadium on Saturday. The victory boosted the Cardinals' National League Central lead to 6 1/2 games over Pittsburgh, which now sits just three games in front of the pursuant Cubs for the top NL Wild Card spot....2015
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• Cardinals earn 100th win to clinch NL Central
Cardinals earn 100th win to clinch NL Central...2015
• NL Central home of MLB's top three records
NL Central home of MLB's top three records...2015
• Cubs thump D-backs, regain NL Central lead
Jake Arrieta pitched six quality innings and Javier Baez smacked a three-run homer as the Cubs captured the series with the D-backs and moved a game ahead of the second-place Cardinals with a 7-2 win Sunday afternoon at Chase Field....2017
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• Cubs hold off valiant Nats rally to win opener
Even as the Cubs have hovered around .500 this season, the Nationals are treating this four-game series as a measuring stick against the defending World Series champions. And this scene at Nationals Park is serving as a potential postseason preview, with the National League East winner currently slated to match up with the winner of the NL Central in October. And the opener certainly delivered the...2017
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• Crew sweeps Cubs to sit 2 back in NL Central
Mission accomplished for the Brewers. Travis Shaw smacked a two-run homer to back Zach Davies, who won his Major League-leading 17th game, and lift the Brewers to a 3-1 victory over the Cubs. With the win, Milwaukee completed a sweep of the weekend series, and it is now two games behind Chicago in the National League Central....2017
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Cubs' Hype-Filled Roster Still at Least a Year Away from MLB Success
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• Playoff-Clinching Pittsburgh Pirates a Dark-Horse Threat in October
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• Brew Crew Ball Mailbag #21: Reviewing the offseason and looking ahead
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL East
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL Central
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Modern edition
This is a fairly recent game, but it was surprisingly difficult to figure out. This is a fairly recent photo taken at Wrigley Field. As such, it should have been easy to sleuth out, right? Not so much, and here I’m going to show you my work. First, you can see that the bleachers have been expanded, but there is no Toyota sign in left field. This dates the photo from 2006 through the first couple o...2023
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• Cub Tracks springs into action
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• ZiPS projects Brewers to win 83 games, finish second in NL Central
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• 2023 MLB Team by Team season preview
Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report this week. Major League Baseball will utilize a balanced schedule for the 2023 season meaning that the Atlanta Braves will see all 29 other teams in the league. With that in mind, over the next six weeks, we are going to be rolling out a full 30-team preview for the upcoming season. We will roll these o...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ time marches on
Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Musings about the Cubs’ prospects for next season. 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 writ...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 8
Gabby Hartnett | Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The “Homer in the Gloaming” and other Cubs legends. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plent...2022
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• NL Central Notes: Contreras, Mikolas, Brewers
Willson Contreras “wasn’t bothered at all” by trade speculation during the offseason, and if anything, the catcher was flattered by other teams’ interest. “The rumors didn’t bother me,” Contreras told The Athletic’s Patrick Mooney and other reporters. “It’s the other way — those rumors make me proud because of where I come from, everything that…...2021
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• Extension candidates: NL West
We don’t really know whether or to what extent extension talks will continue during the coronavirus hiatus. But as I wrote recently, it seems reasonable to think they’ll be explored. Some may already have advanced nearly to completion before the global pandemic broke out. While we might have to wait to learn who the targets are and see what deals get done, there’s a silver lining: more time for ra...2020
• Extension candidates: NL Central
We don’t really know whether or to what extent extension talks will continue during the coronavirus hiatus. But as I wrote Tuesday, it seems reasonable to think they’ll be explored. Some may already have advanced nearly to completion before the global pandemic intervened. While we may have to wait to learn who the targets are and see what deals get done, there’s a silver lining: more time for ramp...2020
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• White Sox might be favorites to land Manny Machado
Could the White Sox now be the favorites to land Manny Machado? Despite whispers of a mystery team being involved in Machado’s market, the Sox, Yankees and Phillies were known to be the three clubs most heavily pursuing the free agent infielder. However, with the Yankees addressing their infield needs elsewhere and the Phillies perhaps now in the driver’s seat to sign Bryce Harper, it leaves the W...2019
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• NL Central Notes: McCutchen, Brewers, Greene, Reds
Andrew McCutchen’s NL Player Of The Month-winning performance in June ended over a year of frustration at the plate for the longtime Pirates star, ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick writes. The hot streak also reinvigorated trade speculation about McCutchen’s future, and he reiterated to Crasnick that he wants to stay in Pittsburgh. Bucs GM Neal Huntington stated…...2017
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• NL Central Notes: Wong, Nova, Brewers, Reds
Cardinals GM John Mozeliak and manager Mike Matheny have both heaped praise onto second baseman Kolten Wong this winter, writes Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, further suggesting that the 26-year-old isn’t likely to be traded. Wong’s name surfaced in rumors earlier this winter and has come up in speculation that has been linked…...2016
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers a Year Too Late to Make Moves They Need Now
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