Rick Sutcliffe rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?

Kyle Hendricks waves to fans after being pulled from his last game at Wrigley Field | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The late night coffee shop wonders if Kyle Hendricks is a vestige of a bygone age of pitchers Welcome late night/early morning Cubs fans and friends to the indie coffee shop Josh lends us for the latter part of the week. There’s coffee and lattes if that’s your jam, ther...2024
Read about Kyle Hendricks news
• Cub Tracks’ you’ve got to let me know

#Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Decision time is coming up soon. 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, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. No artificial inte...2024
Read about Cub Tracks news
• Baseball history unpacked, October 23

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. David Ross is signed, Rick Sutcliffe lets out a Cy, 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 and various narratives to...2024
Read about Michael Reaves news
• This Day in Braves History: Braves defeat the Dodgers in game 6 of NLCS to advance to the World Series

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1991 - Mark Lemke hits his second triple of the game in the ninth inning and then scores on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Willard to give the Braves a 3-2 win over the Twins in Game 4 of the World Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdfoMKVCtM8 1996 - The Braves jump out to a 6-0 lead at Fulton County Stadium, but w...2024
Read about World Series news
• Here are some Cubs player chains that connect three players through multiple decades

Ryne Sandberg, Fergie Jenkins and Billy Williams at Wrigley Field on Opening Day 2024 | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Another fun trip down memory lane. Yesterday I showed you a chain of players who were Cubs teammates going back to the beginning of the National League in 1876. It was inspired by this tweet: The news that Clayton Kershaw will come back in 2025 reminds me that Greg...2024
Read about Ryne Sandberg news
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Cubs blow out the Padres 13-0 in NLCS Game 1

Al Yellon It was a festive, glorious day at Wrigley Field. The division clinched in Pittsburgh, the 1984 Cubs headed home. Before the season’s final series, the scoreboard guys had some fun to show everyone walking by Wrigley Field how proud they were of this N.L. East division title team, as I posted earlier this week: Al Yellon Wrigley Field, Sept. 27, 1984 The C...2024
Read about Wrigley Field news

• Baseball history unpacked, October 23
2024

Read about Michael Reaves injuries
• Baseball history unpacked, October 2

Rick Sutcliffe’s greatest game? | Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The second-best Playoff game for the Cubs, ever, 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 plen...2024
Read about White Sox injuries
• Cub Tracks’ end of the road

Welcome, Kevin Alcantara! | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. El Jaguar comes for coffee, the Cubs drop two out of a three-game trip, and the season is mercifully almost over. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
Read about Cub Tracks injuries
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The division clincher in Pittsburgh

The video board at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh after the Cubs clinched the N.L. East title | Al Yellon The Cubs ended 39 years of losing... and Rick Sutcliffe threw a masterpiece. The Cubs made the postseason four straight years from 2015-18, and then a fifth in the abbreviated pandemic season in 2020, making it five playoff years in six. That’s something that had never previously h...2024
Read about Leo Durocher injuries
• Cub Tracks’ uphill both ways

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Well, they’re keeping things interesting. The Cubs are going to have to meatloaf the next two games to remain in the chase. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, g...2024
Read about Cub Tracks injuries
• Baseball history unpacked, August 7

Don Larsen | Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Don Larsen and others. One of the biggest doubleheader sweeps in Cubs history occurred on this date in 1984. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at base...2024
Read about Ban Johnson injuries
• Baseball history unpacked, July 29

John Baker | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Baker Game, Jon Garland heads south, and other stories. Happy birthdays to Tyson Miller and a throng of Cubs. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorfu...2024
Read about Jonathan Daniel injuries
• Baseball history unpacked, July 19

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Phil Cavarretta! More birthdays and more 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 and various narratives to follow as they unfold over t...2024
Read about Christy Mathewson injuries
• Baseball history unpacked, June 21

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to the Red Baron. Jim Bunning’s perfect game, 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 and v...2024
Read about MLB Photos injuries
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Rick Sutcliffe trade

Getty Images This deal set the tone for the rest of the 1984 season. The Cubs’ 1984 starting rotation wasn’t all that strong at the beginning of the season, and got weaker when Dick Ruthven had shoulder surgery in May. That helped lead general manager Dallas Green to trade for Dennis Eckersley near the end of May. But another rotation starter, Scott Sanderson, also had injury issues in ear...2024
Read about Dennis Eckersley injuries

• Baseball history unpacked, May 8

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ryne Sandberg wins a game, no-hitters and other performances on a busy day in history. 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 and vario...2024
Read about Michael Reaves
• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
2015

Read about Cactus League

2024
"Rick Sutcliffe and Ron Darling were the starting pitchers on an overcast afternoon that featured a near-full house of 32,403 (remember, the capacity of Wrigley in 1984 was just a bit over 36,000)."

2023
"The 15th strikeout of the game, of Alou, tied the Cubs’ team record for a nine-inning game, which had been set by Dick Drott in 1957 and tied by Burt Hooton in 1971 (in just his second big-league start) and Rick Sutcliffe in 1984."

2022
"Then, Boog will ask his broadcast partner (generally Jim Deshaies, Rick Sutcliffe or Ryan Dempster) whether he had ever had a similar thing happen during his career."

2020
"Rick Sutcliffe: I'd donate my ESPN salary to aid MLB restart"

2018
"He became the first pitcher since Rick Sutcliffe in 1987 to do all that while not allowing a run."

2017
"Rick Sutcliffe remembers that Oriole Park at Camden Yards had an old soul, a true baseball soul, months before it was even open."

2016
"Rick Sutcliffe, who started Game 1 of the 1984 National League Championship Series for the Cubs, unofficially opened Chicago's fifth trip to the NLCS with Saturday's ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field."

2015
"Baseball Tonight noted Arrieta is the first Cubs hurler to win 20 before anyone else in the majors since Rick Sutcliffe did so in 1984."

• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
2024

Read about Kyle Hendricks trade rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, October 23
2024

Read about Michael Reaves trade rumors
• This Day in Braves History: Braves defeat the Dodgers in game 6 of NLCS to advance to the World Series
2024

Read about World Series trade rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, October 2
2024

Read about White Sox trade rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, August 7
2024

Read about Ban Johnson trade rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, July 29
2024

Read about Jonathan Daniel trade rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, June 21
2024

Read about MLB Photos trade rumors
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Rick Sutcliffe trade
2024

Read about Dennis Eckersley trade rumors
• Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Monday 4/1, 1:20 CT

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs play the first of 81 games at Wrigley Field. Monday notes... THE WEATHER: Rain might, just might, hold off until mid-afternoon. Here’s the point forecast for Wrigley Field. And here’s the local radar for you to keep handy: CUBS VS. ROCKIES: This is the earliest date on which the Cubs ever have played the Rockies. The previous earliest was April 8...2024
Read about Chicago Cubs trade rumors
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Gary Matthews/Bob Dernier trade changed everything

Getty Images The Cubs struggled through a painful spring training, and then Dallas Green made a deal that defined the 1984 team. The Cubs lost 91 games in 1983, two more than they had in 1982, the first year of “Building A New Tradition” under Tribune Co. and general manager Dallas Green. In fact, they had hovered around .500 as late as June 19, when they were 30-32, but went 41-59 the res...2024
Read about Fergie Jenkins trade rumors

• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
2024

Read about Kyle Hendricks stats
• Baseball history unpacked, October 23
2024

Read about Michael Reaves stats
• This Day in Braves History: Braves defeat the Dodgers in game 6 of NLCS to advance to the World Series
2024

Read about World Series stats
• Baseball history unpacked, August 7
2024

Read about Ban Johnson stats
• Baseball history unpacked, July 29
2024

Read about Jonathan Daniel stats
• Baseball history unpacked, July 19
2024

Read about Christy Mathewson stats
• Baseball history unpacked, May 8
2024

Read about Michael Reaves stats
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Gary Matthews/Bob Dernier trade changed everything
2024

Read about Fergie Jenkins stats
• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1985

Jerry Mumphrey bats for the Astros in 1985 | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images This was a year of little Cubs action on the trade market. The 1985 Cubs, determined to do better than their NLCS loss in ‘84, roared out to a great start. They were 35-19 on June 11 and led the N.L. East by four games. What could possibly go wrong? Everything, at least pitching wise. Five Cubs starters — R...2023
Read about George Gojkovich stats
• This Day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario helps send Atlanta back to World Series

Photo by Michael Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1991 - Mark Lemke hits his second triple of the game in the ninth inning and then scores on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Willard to give the Braves a 3-2 win over the Twins in Game 4 of the World Series. 1996 - The Braves jump out to a 6-0 lead at Fulton County Stadium, but watch it slip away as Jim Leyritz hits a game-tying, thr...2023
Read about Eddie Rosario stats

• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
2024

Read about Kyle Hendricks
• Next!

Completing the 1970 Topps set wrapped up a project that I have been thinking about for years and for a number of those years didn't seem possible.I've wanted to finish all of the Topps '70s flagship sets for a long time, probably since fairly early into my blogging career. That's when I finished all the '80s sets, before moving on to the early '70s, and now I've got 1970 through 1991 c...2024
Read about World Series
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Gary Matthews/Bob Dernier trade changed everything
2024

Read about Fergie Jenkins
• 40 years later, let’s celebrate the 1984 Chicago Cubs

A sign at Three Rivers Stadium on the day the Cubs clinched the NL East in 1984 | Al Yellon The team that broke the franchise’s 39-year postseason drought deserves to be remembered, all year long. As 1984 dawned, all Chicago Cubs fans knew this about their favorite team: They hadn’t made the postseason since 1945, and That failure had included some epic collapses in the 1960s and 1970s Ne...2024
Read about Chicago Cubs
• Baseball history unpacked, October 2

Adam Greenberg gets his chance at bat | Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The sad tale of Adam Greenberg 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 and vario...2023
Read about White Sox
• BCB After Dark: Can the Cubs’ Clark Kent be a playoff Superman?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Javier Assad will get a playoff start. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us for a while. There are still a few open tables and your name is on the guest list. If you’ve got an umbrella, ...2023
Read about Nuccio DiNuzzo
• BCB After Dark: Reinforcements

Kenny Lofton | SetNumber: X69419 TK3 The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who was the best mid-season acquisition in Cubs history. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Let’s keep tonight’s good times rolling. Come on in and celebrate with us. Free entry to any Cubs fan. Grab a table before they’re ...2023
Read about White Sox
• Cub Tracks’ Smyly faces
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Read all about it! #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Drew Smyly looks history in the eye, settles for a one-hitter. The Cubs’ bats erupt again. 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, ...2023
Read about Cub Tracks
• Outside The Confines: Wash your hands!
Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The Rays finally lose, but they still look good. A Yankees pitcher needs to wash his hands. A Giants pitcher signs an extension. And more news from MLB. Good morning Monday. The Rays finally lost on Friday, ending their winning streak to start the season at 13. Then they lost again on Saturday in Toronto before winning the final game of the series to go to ...2023
Read about Emma Baccellieri
• BCB After Dark: Opening Eve
The late-night/early-morning club for Cubs fans asks who will be the Cubs MVP this year. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the hippest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’ve done it folks. We’ve made it through another off-season. Come on in and celebrate with us. There’s no cover charge and we’ll always find room for you. Your name is on the guest list f...2023
Read about Miles Mastrobuoni

• Jake Arrieta 1st Pitcher in 2015 to Reach 20 Wins: Latest Details and Reaction
2015

Read about Jake Arrieta
• #TBT: 1984 Cubs clinch first crown in 39 years
The Cubs coasted to a 4-1 victory behind Rick Sutcliffe, who would go on to win the National League Cy Young Award that season. His performance stands out as one of the Cubs' best -- not only because he struck out nine and didn't allow a run past the fifth inning, but also because it ended the Cubs' 39-year playoff drought....2015
• Today in Cubs history: Celebrating the day Kerry Wood struck out 20 Astros
DANIEL LIPPITT/AFP/Getty Images It happened 25 years ago today. It’s hard to believe a quarter-century has gone by since Kerry Wood’s incredible 20-strikeout game at Wrigley Field against the Astros. But here we are, and so today I’m re-posting the article I wrote five years ago on this memorable game’s 20th anniversary. It happened 25 years ago today, Wednesday, May 6, 1998. It really wa...2023
Read about Kerry Wood
• Cub Tracks’ Smyly faces
2023

Read about Cub Tracks
• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
2015

Read about Cactus League
• 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
Read about Marquee Sports
• Baseball history unpacked, June 21
Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Lou Gehrig retires, the Red Baron’s birthday, 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 and various narrative...2023
Read about George Gojkovich
• Cubs 8, Pirates 3: A tale of three games
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... with a tiny little dash of complaint department at the end. There were three different sub-plot games within the Cubs’ 8-3 win over the Pirates Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh, a win that gave the Cubs both the series win and a 10-9 edge in the season series over the Bucs. It’s the first time in franchise history the Cubs have won the season series from...2022
Read about Justin Berl

1. White Sox

2. World Series

3. Red Sox

. . .

3623. Rick Sutcliffe

• Cub Tracks’ you’ve got to let me know
2024

Read about Cub Tracks
• Baseball history unpacked, October 23
2024

Read about Michael Reaves
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Cubs blow out the Padres 13-0 in NLCS Game 1
2024

Read about Wrigley Field
• Cub Tracks’ end of the road
2024

Read about Cub Tracks
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The division clincher in Pittsburgh
2024

Read about Leo Durocher
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: Jody Davis slams the Mets

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs catcher put the exclamation point on a key win. The Cubs’ 20-10 August had given them a 5½-game lead in the NL East, and they had extended that lead by two games with an 8-4 start to September. Still, the pesky Mets nagged at the Cubs’ heels, and as they came to town for a three-game series September 14, the Mets trailed by 7½ games ...2024
Read about MLB Photos
• Cub Tracks’ uphill both ways
2024

Read about Cub Tracks
• Baseball history unpacked, July 19
2024

Read about Christy Mathewson
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Rick Sutcliffe trade
2024

Read about Dennis Eckersley
• The Rundown: Busch & Bellinger Power Cubs Past Pads, Imanaga Shoves Again, Hendricks Rehabbing, MLB Warns Teams About Draft Loophole
The 1984 Cubs are still my all-time favorite team, and Shōta Imanaga is starting to rustle up memories of Rick Sutcliffe. The Red Baron came to Chicago with George Frazier and Ron Hassey from Cleveland for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks and went 16-1 with the Cubs en route to winning … The post The Rundown: Busch & Bellinger Power Cubs Past Pads, Imanaga Shove...2024

• Baseball history unpacked, October 23
2024

Read about Michael Reaves rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, October 2
2024

Read about White Sox rumors
• Cub Tracks’ end of the road
2024

Read about Cub Tracks rumors
• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1984

Rick Sutcliffe | Getty Images This was a watershed year for Dallas Green in making deals. The Cubs had regressed, a bit, from their 1982 record of 73-89 to 71-91 in 1983. They hired Jim Frey as manager, a World Series-winning guy, and hopes were a bit higher in 1984. The first trade Green made that calendar year turned out to be a difference-maker. March 26: Acquired Gary Matthews, Bob Der...2023
Read about World Series rumors
• Cub Tracks’ work in progress

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, served just the way you like them, as hot links. Trade speculation and prospect reports today. RIP Dorothy. 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, steeped in writers’ tears...2023
Read about Cub Tracks rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, October 23

Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Quite a glare he had, Jack Coombs. He was a Cubs nemesis for a long time, way back in the day. Plus many other events in this episode. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centr...2023
Read about World Series rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, October 2
2023

Read about White Sox rumors
• BCB After Dark: Can the Cubs’ Clark Kent be a playoff Superman?
2023

Read about Nuccio DiNuzzo rumors
• BCB After Dark: Reinforcements
2023

Read about White Sox rumors