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• Is the rotation a divisional strength for the Brewers?

Brewers pitcher Tobias Myers and catcher Gary Sanchez | Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Where do the Brewers stack up against their division foes? The Milwaukee Brewers still have some questions, but what about the rotation? This group looks a lot different than it did a few years ago. If there’s any uncertainty about the lineup being an ...2025
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• Cubs Interested In Jesus Luzardo
The Cubs already added Matthew Boyd to their rotation this winter but remain interested in adding another prominent name (if not someone at the top of the free agent market) to a starter group that already includes Shota Imanaga, Justin Steele, and Jameson Taillon as the top three. Such trade and free agent targets as…...2024
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• Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts writes to Cubs fans

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs owner has sent out his annual missive to the fanbase. Every year, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts sends an email to Cubs fans summarizing the year just completed, and laying out his thoughts about the team going forward. Many of you, if you are a season ticket holder or on another Cubs email list, have probably received this email Friday morning. I ...2024
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• Cubs 9, Athletics 2: The bats come alive...

David Banks-Imagn Images ... and Shōta Imanaga strikes out a whole bunch of A’s. In the end, the final 13 games of the Cubs’ 2024 season might not mean much. Any postseason hopes hang by a very thin thread. Nevertheless, it’s always nice to see the Cubs smash baseballs all around and out of Wrigley Field, especially with recent batting struggles at home. Monday night, an 18-hit attack led ...2024
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• Cubs 12, Pirates 0: Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine on a no-hitter

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It’s the first no-hitter thrown by the Cubs at Wrigley Field in over half a century. You know, the Cubs might not make the postseason this year — and despite this 12-0 win over the Pirates they didn’t gain any ground on the Mets and Braves — but we will all have one wonderful, indelible memory to share all winter after Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Port...2024
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• Cubs pitch combined no-hitter vs. Pirates: Shota Imanaga throws seven shutout innings, bullpen completes game

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• Pirates 5, Cubs 3: That was one ugly, ugly loss

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Despite a great start from Jameson Taillon, the Cubs’ six-game winning streak came to an end. Let’s get this out of the way first thing. Jameson Taillon had thrown seven outstanding innings, 89 pitches, 61 strikes. Should he have thrown another one? The numbers say no. Taillon has thrown more than 100 pitches once this year, 105 vs. the Cardinals back in ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ pitcher clock

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Is Kyle Hendricks done? Writers consider his plight, and more. 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 co...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 19

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs ambush the Marlins and win 8-3. After a chaotic road trip, a relatively easy win was just what the doctor ordered to start this six game homestand. As is so often the case, the pendulum swings wildly. Despite two more games Wednesday and Friday where the starter failed to even start the sixth inning, the Cubs head into today’s doubleheader with a very ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Yu who?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Javier Assad ran out of gas and a Tatis tater ruined the night. 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, overheate...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ end of an era?

SI Model Chase throws out the first pitch. | Photo by David Banks/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. SI on the skids, Hader sets a record, Stroman bites the apple, and other stories. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023

Do not do this! | Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images Our final Asian Baseball Wrap: NPB Busy week, huh? First, Will Smith comes back. Then the Royals splash some cash at Seth Lugo. To make room, they traded Taylor Clarke to the Brewers and get some minor leaguers back in return. They also signed Chris Stratton (and have not yet made a corresponding move). I don’t think we’ve...2023
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• Braves News: Chadwick Tromp returns, season reviews, more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday The Braves brought back Chadwick Tromp on a minor league deal after non-tendering him Friday. This isn’t a huge splash, but Tromp is a guy who seems likely to see the majors for Atlanta again this season, as he is a perfectly competent third catcher with minor league options who can come up and...2023
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• Cubs free agent target: Shota Imanaga

Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images If not Ohtani or Yamamoto, how about the “other” Japanese pitcher? Shohei Ohtani is the top free agent in MLB this offseason. There are good reasons both pro and con to sign him; we covered that here last week. The same is true for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. He’s really good! He will also be really expensive! (Yes, I know some of you don’t c...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ let it rain

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A rain-shortened contest. Nobody hurt. 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 w...2024
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"As the Yankees consider the pitching market, left-hander Shota Imanaga is one of the many hurlers on the team’s radar, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post."

• Cubs Interested In Jesus Luzardo
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• Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts writes to Cubs fans
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• Cubs 12, Pirates 0: Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine on a no-hitter
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• Shōta Imanaga and a baseball moment of zen

Shota Imanaga delivers a pitch against the Guardians on Monday night | Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s take a moment to appreciate the little things I’m not gonna lie to y’all, baseball in 2024 has been quite the roller coaster for this Cubs fan. There are moments that have thrilled, like Michael Busch’s perfect walk off in the rain. There have been moments tha...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 8

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs came up empty on Saturday, losing 4-1. When things are going good, you just want them to stretch out to infinity. Of course, nothing works that way. The Cubs came up pretty empty on Saturday. They did manage seven hits and drew three walks. Depending on the quality of the contact through the game, the timing and the sequencing, that kind of ou...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ where the great ones run...

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Cubs thump the Rockies. More players cut. Taillon has a back issue. 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...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ spring in, fallout

Al Yellon Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Pitchers and catchers reporting day Wednesday. Most position players are in camp as well. 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 ba...2024
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• Pirates Showed Interest In Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga’s 45-day posting window closes today, meaning the Cubs will likely announce his reported four-year contract in the near future. It’s known that the Chicago outbid a field of interested parties including at least the Giants, Angels and Red Sox, although multiple reports in the final days of Imanaga’s free agency suggested there were…...2024
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• A few more thoughts about Shōta Imanaga, new Cubs lefthander

Photo by Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Japanese star should be a solid addition to the Cubs rotation. We waited quite a long time this offseason for the Cubs to make a major free-agent signing. As of today, we stand just 44 days from the team’s first Spring Training game and just 78 days until the Cubs open the 2024 season in Arlington, Texas against the World Series ch...2024
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• Cardinals 5, Cubs 4: The complaint department is OPEN

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images This space intentionally left blank because otherwise it might have bad words in it. As most of you know, I have been watching Cubs baseball for more than 60 years. In that time I’ve seen a lot of bad baseball and a lot of losing. Most of the time, I can slough off the losses, been there, done that, seen it before. This one pissed me off. The Cubs should ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Games 20 & 21

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images A disappointing split with the Marlins. Saturday baseball with a quick turnaround to Sunday baseball, so we’re going to roll through this pretty quickly today. The storyline is obvious on this day. The Cubs earned a disappointing split with the Marlins. On the one hand, a split in a doubleheader is pretty much expected. That’s true even when, as it was...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 19
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 14

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Shōta and some homers for the win. That’s more like it! The Cubs have been a little sloppy over the last few days. But a whole lot more of it came together Saturday night. Shōta Imanaga was slightly less dominant that he’d been in his first two starts, but was still very good. The offense wasn’t quite as relentless as it has been at times. But, they slugged t...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 8
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• Cubs vs. Dodgers at Glendale preview, Saturday 3/2, 2:05 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images This will be the only meeting between these two clubs this spring. Who will start on Opening Day for the Cubs? Here’s what Craig Counsell told the Tribune’s Paul Sullivan: “Let’s get through the rotation one more time and then maybe I can give some more guidance,” Counsell said before Friday’s Cubs-Sox game on a sun-splashed afternoon at Sloan Park. The ope...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ work in progress?

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. In which we have vowel movements. 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 ...2024
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• Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts writes to Cubs fans
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• Shōta Imanaga and a baseball moment of zen
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• Cub Tracks’ let it rain
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• Cub Tracks’ happy campers?

Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Cubs split-squad split the games. Matt Shaw is the real deal. So is Shota Imanaga. 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 ba...2024
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• SB Nation Offseason Simulation: The fake 2024 Cubs

David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports All the SB Nation sites got together for some simulated wheeling and dealing. Each November, the SB Nation sites get together and fly through the entire baseball offseason in two days with our annual offseason simulation. What follows is an annotated summary of deals, signings, and discussions. Enjoy! In prior years, the simulation goals have been easy: supplem...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ Belli dance and other steps

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, served just the way you like them, hot off the grill. Free Agency beckons. Get your popcorn here! 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 ...2023
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• Cubs 5, Rockies 0: Shōta Imanaga shines in the rain

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got the game in and got a great pitching performance. Let me get this out of the way first. Last Friday I wrote this article saying the Cubs should postpone Opening Day — right then. The forecasts were dire. But they got the game in, though it rained pretty hard from about the seventh inning on. So, mea culpa, they played, got Opening Day in — ...2024
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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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• The Cubs have signed Shōta Imanaga

Shōta Imanaga pitches for Japan during the WBC championship game last March | Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images At last, the Cubs have entered the 2024 free-agency chat. The Cubs were the last team to add a major leaguer to their 40-man roster this offseason with the waiver claim of catcher Brian Serven from the Rockies. Oh... you didn’t really think this article was about that, did you? ...2024
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• Cubs 8, Marlins 3: Jameson Taillon dazzles in season debut

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images And the Cubs put together a solid, varied offense and won again. Every Cubs fan was, I suspect, waiting to exhale when Jameson Taillon made his 2024 season debut Friday afternoon. Coming off a back issue and with only two rehab starts, what would Taillon look like? If Friday’s outing is any indication, it looks like we’re getting the Taillon of the second...2024
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• Cubs To Sign Shota Imanaga
The Cubs are in agreement with NPB left-hander Shota Imanaga on a deal, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today (X link). The contract is pending a physical. More to come....2024
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• Latest On Shota Imanaga
3:55pm: Chris Cotillo of MassLive reports that the Sox are considered a “long shot” to get Imanaga. 3:45pm: Star NPB left-hander Shota Imanaga will see his 45-day posting window come to a close on Thursday, meaning it’s only a matter of days before the 30-year-old will decide on his first big league team. Bidding for…...2024
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• Cubs 12, Pirates 0: Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine on a no-hitter
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• Yankees Interested In Shota Imanaga
As the Yankees consider the pitching market, left-hander Shota Imanaga is one of the many hurlers on the team’s radar, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Imanaga would essentially be a backup plan if the Yankees can’t sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who has long been cited as one of the Bronx Bombers’ top…...2023
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• Cubs 9, Athletics 2: The bats come alive...
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• Pirates 5, Cubs 3: That was one ugly, ugly loss
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 19
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• Cubs 8, Marlins 3: Jameson Taillon dazzles in season debut
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 8
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• Cub Tracks’ C you later

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Opening Day 2024! 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-bre...2024
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• Cub Tracks ‘ how tweet it is

Shota Imanaga — lots to like so far. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. The Cubs’ new pitcher is already popular. The Cubs Convention is ON. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, groun...2024
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• Mets Interested In Jung Hoo Lee
Most of the offseason buzz surrounding the Mets has focused on their pursuits of pitching, but USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that the Amazins also have “strong interest” in outfielder Jung Hoo Lee. Between New York’s known interest in Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga, and now Lee, it is clear that the Mets are taking a…...2023
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