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The Baseball Writers Association of America announced the Rookie of the Year Award tonight and Braves catcher Drake Baldwin won the National League award over second-place right-hander Cade Horton of the Cubs. Baldwin received 21 first-place votes and 183 points. Horton received the other nine first-place votes and a vote total of 139. First baseman […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 26 days ago | 3 reads
In his end-of-season press conference this October, Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer implied that he’d be trying (this offseason) to extend some Cubs players beyond their current term of team control. And while any number of soon-to-be free agents came to mind (most notably, Nico Hoerner, a free agent after 2026), the guy he may have had most in mind is Pete Crow-Armstrong. In case you forgot , the Cubs attempted to extend Pete Crow-Armstrong last spring, juuuuuust before h...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 27 days ago | 2 reads
The first thing to know about this game is that it was an unusually warm day for April in Chicago. It was 85 degrees at game time, and wound up being 92 degrees, which is still, 45 years later, the highest temperature ever recorded in Chicago in the month of April. This was just the […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 27 days ago | 1 read
Some Chicago Cubs prospects bits for you today … The Arizona Fall League’s Fall Stars Game was this weekend, with Cubs catching prospect Owen Ayers hitting in the middle of the lineup. He’s still raking in the league overall, by the way, hitting .365/.529/.587. He has more than twice as many walks as strikeouts, and nearly as many extra-base hits as strikeouts. Owen Ayers rips a single to left field and hustles to second base on the error pic.twitter.com/oYrILtGIB8 — Brenda...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 27 days ago | 2 reads
Coming off last night’s Fall Stars Game, it’s a great time to check back in with the Cubs Boys of Autumn playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. The home run derby and the Fall Stars Game meant it was a short week for the Solar Sox with only four games […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 27 days ago | 1 read
It was expected, but now we know it’s officially happening: 27-year-old Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai will be posted by the Seibu Lions this offseason for MLB teams to make offers. He will be one of the most highly sought-after starting pitchers on the market, and the Cubs have been speculatively listed among the possible suitors. The posting process lasts up to 45 days, and historically, top Japanese players have been posted around the end of November, allowing negotiations to take place up ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 27 days ago | 1 read
As you’ll recall, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball last July while the league investigated charges that the two had rigged pitches as part of a gambling scheme. In fact, Ortiz was pulled from a planned start against the Cubs at Wrigley Field July […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 27 days ago | 3 reads
Hippo Vaughn re-ups and other stories. Happy birthday, Micah Bowie* and other former Cubs! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire. Today […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 27 days ago | 1 read
As the first snows of late fall hit the streets of Chicago there is still baseball out in the Arizona desert where it’s been mid-80s and sunny since I arrived on Thursday. Last night in addition to the perfect weather, visitors at the Cubs Spring Training home, Sloan Park, were also treated to quite the […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 28 days ago | 1 read
Many of you will likely remember Tim Blackwell, one of the typical “good field, no hit” catchers of the era. Blackwell usually sported a walrus mustache; that’s how I remember him. But as you can see in the photo at the top of this post, he wore a beard for a while as a Cub. […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 28 days ago | 1 read
Snow. Potential for lots of snow, apparently. Stay safe out there in the coming days, folks, if the storm doesn’t peter out. That first big snow blitz of the year always seems to make some drivers forget how to do anything, so you have to be a little extra careful. I’m not sure I actually see this sentiment out there that much: Super popular for people to say Kazuma Okamoto > Munetaka Murakami right now. I don't agree. 1. Murakami has age on his side 2. Murakami clearly has elite...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 28 days ago | 1 read
We cover the coverage like PCA covers center field. Pete was jobbed. Tatis ranked 37th in baseball with 8 Outs Above Average (OAA) while Crow-Armstrong tied with Witt for the MLB lead with 24 OAA. By MLB Statcast’s Runs Prevented metric, Crow-Armstrong led baseball with 22 while Tatis was 31st with 7. I mean, dayum. That’s cold. […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 28 days ago | 1 read
Braves Franchise History 1950 – Sam Jethroe of the Boston Braves is named as Rookie of the Year for the National League. Jethroe, at 31 years of age, is the oldest rookie to win the award. MLB History 1925 – The Brooklyn Robins claim Rabbit Maranville off of waivers from the Chicago Cubs. 1937 – […]
From Talking Chop | 28 days ago | 1 read
It’s Hot Stove season and the regular rumor mill of team and player option decisions is running hot. We know who has a qualifying offer and we’ll argue about who will accept those offers between now and November 18. Spoiler alert: Kyle Tucker is likely to decline the qualifying offer he got from the Cubs […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 29 days ago | 1 read
Every Cubs fan knows about the “Billy Goat Curse.” Every Cubs fan also knows, or should, that the “Billy Goat Curse” is nonsense, invented by a newspaper reporter more than 20 years after William “Billy Goat” Sianis’ goat was refused entry to Wrigley Field during the 1945 World Series. It’s made for some fun stories […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 29 days ago | 2 reads
We cover the coverage like PCA covers center field. This is all so theatre of the absurd, because we know all of the free agents will sign with the Dodgers for jewelry. I’ve heard that the Dodgers made an offer to 2027, seeking to buy the whole season, should there be one, and also optioned […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 29 days ago | 3 reads
A version of this story ran in 2021 on the anniversary date of this game. I repost it here, lightly edited, with some added notes on Dave Rosello’s career. Dave (sometimes called “Davey”) Rosello is a footnote in Cubs history. He played six years for the Cubs, mostly as a backup middle infielder, and batted […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 30 days ago | 1 read
With some of the early option and Qualifying Offer decisions behind us, MLB Trade Rumors has finally released their highly anticipated 2025 Top-50 MLB Free Agents with Predictions . It’s always one of my favorite articles of the offseason for its impressive prescience in both projected contracts and predicted suitors. The group over there (Tim Dierkes, Anthony Franco, Darragh McDonald, Steve Adames) really does a great job with it, and you should check it out in full. Like I said in the h...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 30 days ago | 1 read
With the Chicago Cubs making Shōta Imanaga a one-year, $22 million Qualifying Offer , I am somewhat comforted by the thought that Shane Bieber’s decision to take one year and $12 million, and Jack Flaherty’s decision to take one year and $20 million, were not necessarily harbingers that the market is going to be profoundly disrupted this offseason. More importantly, it heartened me that the Cubs are not going to be so precious about their spending that they couldn’t possibly justify $22 millio...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Perhaps some of you would view a Cubs signing of Dylan Cease as something that would “right a wrong” — that is, Cease was a major part of the deal that brought José Quintana to the Cubs, and Quintana generally wasn’t very good on the North Side, while Cease went on to have some very […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Leaves. So many leaves. Everywhere leaves. You look so pretty on the trees, but, on the ground, I could not hate you more. Some praise for Colin Rea, and for the Cubs for retaining him for 2026 with the option of 2027 . This is not a guy who turns many heads, but that’s not his job. Instead, Rea is a steady swing-man who can fill in at the back of the rotation if needed – which he was for most of the year – and he put up a 3.95 ERA in the process. It doesn’t stand out as being ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Braves History 1928 – The Boston Braves trade National League batting champion Rogers Hornsby to the Chicago Cubs for $200,000 and players Freddie Maguire (IF), Percy Jones (P), Lou Legett (C), Socks Seibold and P Bruce Cunningham. The hard-hitting Hornsby, who posted a .387 batting average with 21 home runs for the Braves, will enjoy […]
From Talking Chop | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Rajah arrives, Glenn Beckert packs his bags for San Diego, Bruce Sutter wins the Cy Young, Nomar Garciaparra* heads for Chicago, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Cubs 2025 Rule 5 Draft & Minor League Free-Agent Watch List 11/6 UPDATE : 26 Cubs MLB Rule 9 minor league 6YFA have been declared free-agents (pitchers Yency Almonte, Tom Cosgrove, Brad Deppermann, Austin Gomber, Chris Kachmar, Caleb Kilian, Zach Pop, A. J. Puckett, Tommy Romero, Joe Ross, Antonio Santos, and Mitchell Tyranski, catchers Pablo Aliendo, Ethan Hearn, Caleb Knight, Miguel Pabon, and Carlos Perez, infielders Reivaj Garcia, Corey Joyce, Nicky Lopez, Dixon Machado, Rafael Mo...
From The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog | about 1 month ago | 1 read
As the Cubs make a qualifying offer to Kyle Tucker that he will almost certainly decline, he takes home some hardware: Even while missing time with some injuries, Tucker batted .266/.377/.464 with 22 home runs and 25 stolen bases in 136 games for the Cubs. It was a calculated risk for Jed Hoyer to trade […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 1 month ago | 1 read