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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future

David Banks-Imagn Images How might these two teams match up as the season goes on? The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs kick off a three-game series in Milwaukee tonight, and as the season enters its second full month, I’d like to take stock of how these two teams have performed so far and what we might expect of them the rest of the way. I don’t mean any disrespect by leaving the Cincin...2025
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• The Cubs had an unusual starting time last week. So did the Angels — and their players were angry

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images There’s an explanation, and it’s part of the CBA. You might have noticed that the scheduled 6 p.m. CT starting time for last Wednesday’s Cubs/Dodgers game at Wrigley Field didn’t match any usual night-game time for a game during the week. Those are usually 6:40 p.m. CT in April, May and September, and 7:05 p.m. CT the rest of the year. (Hint, Cubs: Many...2025
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• The Rant – Chicago Cubs Podcast: Cubs Stay Hot at Wrigley, Bullpen Concerns Overshadowed by Offense, Phillies Series Preview – Episode 152
The Chicago Cubs continue their hot start to the 2025 regular season with a 16-10 record. They just swept the Los Angeles Dodgers to take the season series, and I would not have believed that was possible following the Tokyo series. Yet here we are. The bullpen for the Cubs continues to be a major … The post The Rant – Chicago Cubs Podcast: Cubs Stay Hot at Wrigley, Bullpen Concerns Overshad...2025
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• Some Dodgers fans decided to try and take over Wrigleyville

W flags flying in the bleachers during the Rangers series | Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen/MLB Photos via Getty Images I hope they enjoyed being swept. The Cubs play at one of the destination ballparks in America, which is truly an amazing experience most of the time for Cubs fans. We not only get to watch our favorite team in a beautiful setting, we also get to interact with thousands of fans...2025
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• Dodgers’ Landon Knack in Washington D.C. With Team Following Blake Snell Going on IL

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Landon Knack is in Washington D.C with the team. Knack was optioned to Triple-A following the Tokyo Series, but joined the Dodgers on their trip to Japan. More news: Kiké Hernandez Shuts Down Haters After Roki Sasaki’s Third Career Start for Dodgers Well, Landon Knack is in DC. https://t.co/5HzMbcLhgt— Fabian Ardaya … The post Dodgers’ Landon Knack in W...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Game Thread

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Nats look for the sweep against the Dodgers Whew! What a past couple of days for Nats baseball, after coming into this Dodger series thinking the absolute worst. The Nationals seem to be clicking as a team. You can see on the player’s faces how much this early April series means to them. What’s better news than beating the Dodgers? C.J. Abrams is back! After his ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 26

RVR Photos-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Tokyo Series that wasn’t, and other stories for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Jose Vizcaino* and other Cubs! 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...2025
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• Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman Provides Major Update on Rib Injury After First Games Back

Freddie Freeman was a last-minute scratch from the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Opening Day lineup in the Tokyo Series. The first baseman was dealing with rib discomfort in the same area he broke his rib in the postseason. With Freeman’s injury and outfielder Mookie Betts battling an illness, the Dodgers started the 2025 season without two …...2025
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• WATCH: MLB Stars Crash Wedding Photos in Japan After Historic Tokyo Series
Justin Turner and Pete Crow-Armstrong crashed a couple’s wedding photos at Tokyo Sky Tree during the team’s visit to Tokyo to open the season....2025
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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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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 19, 2025

Photo by Aryanna Frank/MLB Photos via Getty Images MLB.com examines one player in each camp that is making the biggest impression, with pitcher Daniel Lynch IV representing the Kansas City Royals. There aren’t too many roster battles for the Royals this camp, but Lynch has made the biggest one — the fifth starter battle — at least an interesting conversation. His spring ERA jumped to 3.21 ...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ time is about to begin

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Many people feel that Thomas Boswell was onto something when he said time begins on Opening Day. 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, ov...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Tokyo story

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images The Dodgers take Japan, but Mookie Betts isn’t feeling so good. Some season previews. Everyone is looking for healthy pitching. And other MLB news. Good morning. I’m now convinced the Hanshin Tigers are the best team in baseball. The big news that came out of Tokyo last night is that Dodgers star Mookie Betts will miss both games against the Cubs with a...2025
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Camp Cuts, Breakout Game, More

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta’ ace takes his place on the mound once more. Sunday was a busy day on many fronts for the Braves, from the announcement of exciting returns to new names to follow throughout 2025. Here are the main happenings from today... Braves News Spencer Strider will make his much anticipated debut on Monday, his first appearance since he le...2025
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• Tokyo travelogue: Street scenes in Shinjuku

Shinjuku train station | Al Yellon I spent the last partial day of my trip just hanging around the city. TOKYO — When you read this, or at least at the time it’s going to post, I’ll be only a few hours from landing at O’Hare Airport. This will be the longest Monday ever, as I had a full morning and early afternoon in Tokyo, and the flight left at 6:20 p.m. Japan time. It’s scheduled to lan...2025
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• A Tokyo travelogue, and Tuesday at the Tokyo Dome

Al Yellon Here’s how I spent my Monday and Tuesday in Japan. TOKYO — This is a big city, much bigger than Chicago. In fact, by most estimates the Tokyo megalopolis is the largest in the world, around 37 million people. The city of Tokyo itself is about 14 million, the rest is six neighboring “prefectures,” as they call them here. One way to get an idea of how large this city is, is to go t...2025
• Hanshin Tigers 3, Cubs 0: Welcome to Japan, Cubs fans!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images The Cubs offense was mostly silent in this exhibition game. But there were lots of other things to see and do in Tokyo. TOKYO — The Cubs took the field at the Tokyo Dome Saturday afternoon (Japan time) against the Hanshin Tigers and fell flat. The Tigers’ top prospect, 20-year-old lefthander Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings against Cubs hitters, l...2025
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"Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game Tokyo Series against the Cubs because of an illness that's lingered for the past week."

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"These two signings, in particular, have to be the reason the Cubs were chosen to face the Dodgers in next March’s Tokyo Series, thus putting four top Japanese players on display in their home country, along with Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto."

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"Last week, the PWHPA announced the postponement of its Tokyo Series and Switzerland's top leagues made the decision to play in empty arenas."

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• A few final thoughts about the Tokyo Series

Outside the Tokyo Dome before the first Cubs/Dodgers game | Al Yellon Baseball did pretty much everything right here — and they should do more of it. I returned to Chicago on the longest Monday ever — leaving Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 6:20 p.m. local time and arriving at O’Hare at 4:05 p.m. CT. That gave me a full Monday in Tokyo and allowed me to arrive home to catch the last few innings ...2025
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• Cub Tracks returns to form

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped one at Sloan Park, thanks in part to Michael King’s good pitching and their quiet bats. 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, ov...2025
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani

Al Yellon The Cubs participated in the games, but they still have a long way to go in Japan. TOKYO — The window display you see above is in a random store in the Shibuya District in Tokyo. The Shibuya Crossing is one of the most famous spots in Tokyo; I wrote a bit about it the other day. But it’s not just in random stores in Shibuya where you see images of Shohei Ohtani. It’s literally e...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 19, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 18, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Jac will be hitting dingers in Arkansas. Anne Rogers writes that Jac Caglianone will begin this season in Northwest Arkansas. “I think I showed what I’m capable of,” Caglianone said. “I went out here just wanting to perform. Get to know everybody. Get comfortable out here. And I think I did that. Definitely learned a lot. Being aroun...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Dodgers at Tokyo series preview

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Twenty-five years after the Cubs faced the Mets for two in the Tokyo Dome, they’ll play a pair against the Dodgers in the same Japanese venue. Usually, series previews here at BCB post a few hours before the series opens. But this series will be played halfway across the world at the Tokyo Dome, with the first pitch of both games scheduled...2025
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• The Cubs had an unusual starting time last week. So did the Angels — and their players were angry
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• A few final thoughts about the Tokyo Series
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• Mookie Betts reveals scary amount of weight he lost with mystery illness

Mookie Betts sat out both of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ games in the Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs last week as he deals with an illness, and the star outfielder has lost a disturbing amount of weight as a result....2025
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• Dodgers 4, Cubs 1: Walkathon

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images You cannot win games walking that many opposing hitters. TOKYO — I don’t know how many times I’ve said this, but walks will just kill a baseball team. Yes, the Cubs didn’t provide much offense and that’s another story, but the five walks Shōta Imanaga and Ben Brown issued in the first five innings of this game resulted in most of the Dodgers runs, and the de...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ southbound Suarez

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Forget about the Tokyo Series. Try to win this one. 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 c...2025
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• WATCH: MLB Stars Crash Wedding Photos in Japan After Historic Tokyo Series
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• Tokyo travelogue: Sunday at the Imperial Palace grounds, Ueno Park and Akihabara

Some of the cherry blossoms are out early | Al Yellon These are all iconic places in the Japanese capital. TOKYO — Sunday was another gorgeous day here, with unlimited sunshine and temps in the low 70s. It’s weather I wish I could bring back for Opening Day in Chicago, but... well, you know how that goes. I have a LOT of photos to share with you today, hope you enjoy all of them. The first...2025
• Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez Compares Latin, Japanese Baseball Fans Following Tokyo Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers returned to the city after making their season debut overseas. The Dodgers’ trip to Japan was full of memorable moments, including the team’s historic Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs. More news: Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Believes Yoshinobu Yamamoto Could Win Cy Young This Year Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki …...2025
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• Video of Shohei Ohtani smashing a home run in Japan will give you goosebumps

This is something else. The Tokyo Dome was packed to the rafters to see the Dodgers and Cubs compete in the Tokyo Series, and Shohei Ohtani didn’t disappoint. A 5th inning home run was met with one of the best crowd reactions you’ll ever hear. That Shohei swing. #TokyoSeries pic.twitter.com/ca4BHlOFg9— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 19, 2025 This was the absolute dream moment that all ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Betts (illness) out for Tokyo Series; lost 15 pounds
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• MLB games today: Cubs vs Dodgers in Tokyo Series today

Get more than just MLB games today. Get the key dates from the MLB offseason, World Series recaps, and much more....2025
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• IIHF cancels six tournaments, Swiss Leagues postpone playoffs amid coronavirus outbreak
The IIHF has cancelled four men's U18 events and two women's tournaments amid the continued outbreak of coronavirus. Last week, the PWHPA announced the postponement of its Tokyo Series and Switzerland's top leagues made the decision to play in empty arenas. The post IIHF cancels six tournaments, Swiss Leagues postpone playoffs amid coronavirus outbreak appeared first on TheHockeyNews....2020
• Cubs bringing No. 1 prospect Shaw to Japan for Tokyo Series
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• Cubs Leave Keegan Thompson Off Tokyo Series Travel Roster
The Cubs are not carrying reliever Keegan Thompson among the 31 players on their Tokyo Series travel roster, writes Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times. Thompson is out of options and needs to be on the MLB team or removed from the 40-man roster. While the Cubs don’t need to make any transactions until next Tuesday’s…...2025
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• Why Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers is bad for baseball

Photo by Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers are dominating in a way that cannot be good for the game’s future. By now, you’ve heard about Japanese star righthander Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers. It does seem like a foregone conclusion, doesn’t it? All of the meetings with other teams and travel to some cities besides Los Angeles seem like the proverbial dog-an...2025
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• H&J 114 – Tout Wars, Tokyo Series and Tiers
Brett and Scott talk through the best bats in fantasy baseball The post H&J 114 – Tout Wars, Tokyo Series and Tiers appeared first on Pitcher List....2025
• Sometimes It Hurts- Preseason Prep- March 17, 2025
Happy St. Patrick's Day! The Luck o' the Irish hasn't been with several teams and players so far in Spring Training as a rash of injuries has hit them. The first game that counts will be tomorrow when the Dodgers and Cubs face off in Tokyo. SS Mookie Betts may not be playing in the two games of the Tokyo Series. He has been suffering an illness that has forced him to miss the exhibition games tha...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2025
Roki Sasaki SP LAD Sasaki will make his MLB debut March 19 against the Cubs in the second game of the Tokyo Series, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports. His splitter has caught the eye of hitters, though not their bats. Turns out he's got just 518 rpm on the splitter; the lowest rpm on a splitter of 2024 was 577 rpm. Slow is good when it comes to RPM on a splitter, but his 96.3 mph on ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Saturday 3/29, 7:10 CT

Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images It’s the third of a four-game series. Saturday notes: NOT OFF TO A GOOD START: This is the 27th season since 1901 that the Cubs have started 1-3, but the ninth since 2000. The previous three were 2014, 2019 and 2023. They have started 1-4 in 16 seasons, including 2014 and 2019. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) MORE ON THE LOSSES: The Cubs’ lopsided loss last night dr...2025
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• Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Says Mookie Betts’ Illness Was Getting ‘Concerning’

Mookie Betts was on the sidelines with an illness for more than two weeks. The eight-time All-Star outfielder finally returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup on Tuesday. Betts, who lost approximately 20 pounds while battling the illness, developed symptoms before the Dodgers’ trip to Japan for the Tokyo Series. The Dodgers organization decided to …...2025
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• Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman Provides Major Update on Rib Injury After First Games Back
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• Dave Roberts Calls 2025 Dodgers ‘Most Talented Roster’ He’s Had

The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the season overseas without two of their best players. The Tokyo Series featured a two-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs, despite a noticeable absence from both Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in the lineup. More news: Dodgers’ Mookie Betts Has Lost Nearly 20 Pounds, Can’t Eat Solid Foods Amid Brutal …...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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• Cub Tracks has the vapors

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs will be heading to Japan for some strangeness with the Dodgers. The guys in the picture are on the trip roster. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground fr...2025
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• ‘Monetize Shohei Ohtani’ – Former Prez Raises Alarms on Dodgers and MLB’s Shocking Plan Before Tokyo Series
Someone revealed something shocking about the Los Angeles Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani. What is it?...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who should close for the Cubs?

Hodge pitches the ninth inning against the Reds in September | Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs will head to Japan on Wednesday Welcome to your late week, late night indie coffee shop where we are listening to some easy going tunes while we serve up all your favorite beverages. If you’re looking for a local craft beer we’ve got you covered. If a cup of tea or decaf coffee is your pleasure...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ for Pete’s sake

Michael Sarrazin and Barbra Streisand In ‘For Pete’s Sake’. | Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The world is his oyster, and we just live in it. 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, a...2025
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• Cub Tracks fills in the blanks

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The surging Cubs face the Royals in a rare spring training night game tonight. 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 ...2025
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• Atlanta Braves 2024-25 important offseason dates

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Every major date to circle on MLB’s offseason calendar With the World Series coming to a close and the Atlanta Braves themselves wasting no time in getting their offseason wheeling-and-dealing started, now is a pretty good time to take a look at the most important dates to keep an Eye on October 31: Free Agents File All eligible players ar...2024
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