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Good evening from all of us here at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re all getting excited around here as the season is about to start. Come on in and sit with us for a while. We’ll waive the cover charge. We’ve got […]
Tonight, ESPN’s Jeff Passan broke the news that Cubs fans have been waiting for. We have no details as of yet on the length of the deal or how much money Pete Crow-Armstrong will get. Bob Nightengale reports that it will be more than $100 million, which is a safe report, honestly. Most observers have […]
Spring training is over! The Yankees wrapped up the exhibition portion of their season with a big win over the Cubs down in Arizona — 8-3 is your final. Let’s talk about it so we can turn our attention to the stuff that will matter in pursuit of #28. Gerrit Cole had a power pitcher’s […]
The Cubs’ final spring training game was a clunker, an 8-3 loss to the Yankees at Sloan Park. So this is going to be a very short game recap, as the team’s focus turns to the 2026 season opener Thursday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs scored both of their runs on solo homers. Alex Bregman […]
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Go get ‘em, Edward.
There’s very “last day of school” vibes around today, with the final spring exhibition before Opening Day tomorrow, wrapping up this two-game set with the Cubs from Arizona. After a one-inning, 10-pitch spring debut last week, Gerrit Cole will get the ball ahead of a likely rehab assignment to try and tune up for a […]
Tuesday notes… Here are today’s particulars. For the third straight day, neither team’s lineup was available at posting time. I assure you that will change starting Thursday. Edward Cabrera will start for the Cubs. Gerrit Cole will start for the Yankees. As noted above, there’s no TV today. There will be a radio broadcast on […]
Yankees 8, Cubs 3: And now, on to the regular season Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Tuesday 3/24, 2:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Tuesday 3/24, 2:05 CT Cubs vs. Yankees at Mesa preview, Tuesday 3/24, 2:05 CT
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We’re just two days from Opening Day of the 2026 regular season. The Cubs will face the […]
Coming off their third consecutive NL Central crown, the Brewers are once again among the most-doubted teams, as many pundits have picked the Cubs to leapfrog Milwaukee. For the third straight offseason, the Brewers traded a key arm (Corbin Burnes before 2024, Devin Williams before 2025, and now Freddy Peralta) while also losing a few […]
Breaking news late Monday night: Pete Crow-Armstrong is signing a long-term extension to remain a Cub. Josh has details. The Opening Day 26 has just about solidified. Javier Assad will stretch out in Iowa. Ben Brown made the squad. Megham Montemurro has camp cuts* {$}. Game results: Cubs 15, Yankees 6. Al has details. Miscellaneous: […]
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With the Yankees already heading out west for the opening series of the regular season against the Giants, they decided to make a little pit stop along the way. On Monday, the Yankees were in Arizona to end their spring season, stopping for a pair of games against the Cubs. As for the opener of […]
The Cubs met the Yankees in an Arizona spring game for the first time in 75 years and left the visitors wishing they hadn’t bothered. In front of a full house at Sloan Park that included many Yankees fans, the Cubs exploded with three home runs in an 18-hit attack that defeated the visitors 15-6. […]
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Go get ‘em, Shōta.
The Yankees have wrapped up their 2026 spring training slate in Florida, as they prepare to begin the new season on Wednesday. However on their way out to San Francisco for Opening Day, they’ve made a little pit stop at the Cubs’ spring complex. Today and tomorrow, the Yankees are in Arizona to wrap up […]
Cubs 15, Yankees 6: Michael Busch, Alex Bregman and Matt Shaw all go deep Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Monday 3/23, 2:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Monday 3/23, 2:05 CT Cubs vs. Yankees at Mesa preview, Monday 3/23, 2:05 CT
Monday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Neither the Cubs nor the Yankees starting lineups were available at press time. Shōta Imanaga will start for the Cubs. Carlos Lagrange will start for the Yankees. No TV today. There will be radio broadcasts on WSCR The Score and also the Yankees radio flagship, WFAN 660 AM. MLB.com […]
After months of waiting, Opening Week is finally upon us, and the Nationals’ 2026 regular season campaign will finally kick off Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. It will be the second time they’ve kicked off a season on the road against the Cubbies, with the last time coming in 2012, when […]
In the spirit of BCB After Dark, done ably by Josh and Sara (and Sara promises to return to After Dark this season), I am today beginning a new occasional feature: BCB This Morning. What is BCB This Morning? Basically, it’s an article intended to stimulate discussion when I don’t have a specific topic to […]
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Today in baseball history: Gary Matthews Jr. is traded to the Cubs, and other stories. Cubs Birthdays: Peaches Graham, Cy Slapnicka, Johnny Moore, Pat Bourque, Mike Remlinger, Joel Peralta. Today in history: *pictured.
Cubs right-hander Cade Horton, who shapes up to be the No. 2 starter after Matthew Boyd begins the season, had an excellent six-inning outing against the Brewers Sunday at Sloan Park. Okay, so it was against a team of Brewers minor leaguers, as all the MLB Brewers had departed for Milwaukee Sunday, as they have […]
Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers wrapped up their Cactus League slate in Mesa, Arizona on Sunday afternoon, as they took a rough 12-0 loss at the hands of the Chicago Cubs. Is this a worrying loss? Perhaps even less than other spring training games, which are already of very little concern. In this one, the […]