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Moisés Ballesteros had an excellent start to his 2026 season, serving mostly as the Cubs designated hitter. Over his first 25 games this year, “Mo Baller” batted .387/.435/.710 (24-for-62) with five doubles, five home runs, 16 RBI and 12 runs scored. Unfortunately, he then went into an extended slump. Since that great start he’s batting […]
When the Blue Jays were last at Wrigley Field in August 2024, thousands of Jays fans followed them to Chicago. I found them to all be passionate fans, but also friendly and unfailingly polite. As we are near the beginning of summer travel season, I’d expect more Jays fans at Wrigley again this weekend — […]
Good morning. I hope you’ve already checked out the owners-proposed changes to the draft by now.
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Blake Parker, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1846 – First officially recognized baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules) – NY Nine defeats the NY Knickerbockers 23-1 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and other stories as well. Today in baseball history: Cubs […]
I’m sure there will be an article on it after it is officially announced, but the Cubs transactions page notes that catcher Moisés Ballesteros has been demoted to Triple-A Iowa. South Bend right-hander Mason McGwire was activated off the development list. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Pirates), 11-8. Will Sanders gave the […]
As part of the current collective bargaining agreement talks, Major League Baseball has proposed a radical overhaul of the MLB Draft. The changes include not only the introduction of an international draft (which MLB has been advocating for a while) but the end of draft eligibility for high school players and the ability to trade […]
Last night the Cubs were able to take a series from the Colorado Rockies after winning 8-6 at Wrigley Field. However, the devil was really in the details of this particular victory. The Cubs were up 8-2 when the game was turned over to the bullpen, who surrendered a total of four runs in the […]
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. Earlier this week, I posted this SB Nation Reacts survey asking you which of the Cubs’ three injured starters, […]
Last week, I wrote this article proposing that the Cubs match a lot of other teams and move all their night game start times to 6:40 p.m. Currently, the Cubs have that starting time for night games in April, May and September, and begin night contests at 7:05 p.m. in June, July and August. Now, […]
Even when this team actually wins and wins a series, it ends up being vaguely disappointing. The Cubs won Wednesday night to salvage a split in the season series and a win in the Wrigley portion of the series. The Cubs outscored the Rockies in Denver 14-13, but only managed one win. The Rockies and […]
The Cubs finally had an offensive explosion Wednesday, after what seemed like weeks when the bats weren’t working. Dansby Swanson’s two-run homer highlighted a seven-run second inning. Now, something like this should generally make the game an easy win. The Cubs, though, did not do that, eventually letting the Rockies come to within two runs […]
Today’s Reflections I thought this was more important than anything I have to say: Great story. Great man. And certainly more positive than anything I could write about. Yes, PCA is on a monster run — a reverse-cycle, three leadoff home runs in four games (as of Tuesday) and back to his usual stellar defensive […]
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Left-hander Victor Zarraga was sent to the rookie ball ACL Cubs from Low-A Myrtle Beach. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs snuck past Indianapolis (Pirates), 6-5 in ten innings. Paul Campbell gave the I-Cubs five strong innings, allowing just one run. Unfortunately, he came out for the sixth and gave up three runs before getting pulled. […]
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Go get ‘em, Javier.
Wednesday notes… Cubs lineup: Rockies lineup: Javier Assad, RHP vs. Sean Sullivan, LHP Javier Assad has had two straight outstanding outings, first after coming into a game at Wrigley Field in an emergency after Jameson Taillon was injured, then in a start against the Giants last Friday in San Francisco, where he threw six shutout […]
Cubs 8, Rockies 6: Dansby Swanson homers in a seven-run second 2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Matt Shaw is the Superhero vs. the Rockies Cubs vs. Rockies, Wednesday 6/17, 7:05 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Wednesday 6/17, 7:05 CT
The world’s biggest sporting event is underway across the continent and the sports vibes are elite. We’ve already seen some classic World Cup upsets with Spain unable to score against Cabo Verde. We saw a thriller between Netherlands and Japan that ended 2-2. But I think my favorite thing that has happened in the World […]
Another day, another disappointing Cub performance. If you didn’t understand the concept of momentum and the next day’s starting pitcher, this season is hammering it into you. The Cubs have a bunch of back of the rotation pitchers, and so each day is like flipping a coin. On one side, there is adequate starting pitcher […]
You know, it would seem that the Cubs are somewhat lucky to even be in the position they’re in — two games over .500 and one game out of the last wild card spot, 74 games into the 2026 season. That’s because Cubs starting pitchers have been getting injured at an alarming rate. Tuesday night […]
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Plenty to get into in our midweek news roundup. We’ve got the return of future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander, who has been out over two months and will finally be back with the Tigers this coming weekend. We have reactions to the first round of All-Star voting, as well as a […]
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Andrew Chafin, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1915 – Zip Zabel comes out of the Chicago Cubs bullpen with two outs in the 1st inning to face the Brooklyn Robins. Zabel wins the game in the 19th inning, 4-3, in the longest relief effort in major league history, […]
Catcher Owen Ayers was named Southern League Player of the Week. Outfielder Josiah Hartshorn was named Midwest League Player of the Week. The Cubs acquired right-hander Yosver Zulueta from the Mariners for cash. Zulueta joined Triple-A Iowa. Right-handers Ryan Jensen and Zac Leigh were demoted from Triple-A Iowa to rookie ball ACL Cubs. That’s (I […]
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