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The Cubs had an excellent week after dropping the first game of their series in Philadelphia. Following that loss, they reeled off five straight wins over the Phillies and Mets and outscored those teams 39-13 in the five games. So they got excellent pitching and lots of hitting, too. Here’s who was hot and not […]
There were no guarantees based on sequencing, but the Mets drew an awfully short stick for extra innings. You know, just how things go when your team is tailspinning. When Pete Crow-Armstrong struck out to end the ninth, it meant he’d be the placed runner to start the 10th. Once Caleb Thielbar escaped the top […]
And finally, Matthew Leach has the story of Twins reliever Kody Funderburk, whose wife Alicia is both pregnant and was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Through treatment, the doctors believe that both Alicia and baby will be fine.
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Todd Hollandsworth and a mighty host of others, plus more baseball stories, including more HOFers than you can shake a stick at. Today in baseball history: Cubs Birthdays: Todd Hollandsworth,* Mike O’Berry, Milt Wilcox, Willie Prall, Charlie Smith. Also notable: Dave Bancroft HOF. Today in history: […]
A no-hitter in South Bend. No, not the good kind. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs ran aground against the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 12-8. Starter Connor Noland got blitzed early today. He allowed five runs in the bottom of the first inning and two more in the third. Noland’s final line was seven runs on six […]
Honestly? I thought I was going to be writing another “The Cubs didn’t hit with RISP” recap and that the Cubs would lose this game by not scoring, because they went into the ninth inning 0-for-6 with RISP. Thank you, Cubs, for proving me wrong. Michael Conforto’s RBI double in the ninth tied the game […]
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Go get ‘em, Javier.
Sunday notes… Cubs lineup: Mets lineup: Javier Assad, RHP vs. Tobias Myers, RHP Javier Assad has made one really good start and one really bad one so far this year. He has not faced the Mets since April 30, 2024 and a lot of those guys aren’t on the Mets anymore. No current Met has […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 21 Cubs 2, Mets 1: Nico Hoerner’s sac fly gives the Cubs a series sweep Cubs vs. Mets, Sunday 4/19, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Sunday 4/19, 1:20 CT
Jameson Taillon did not look sharp early and then said as much during his postgame interview. But he got better as his start wore on. Just under half of Jameson’s starts as a Cub have been quality starts. We all know that not all quality starts are created equal. Without any digging, there are some […]
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Outfielder Dylan Carlson has re-signed with the Cubs and was assigned to Triple-A Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs scuttled the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 7-6. Jordan Wicks made a rehab start for Iowa today and got some good results. Wicks went three scoreless innings and gave up just one hit. Wicks struck out two and […]
It’s a strategy familiar to anyone who follows baseball. Middle innings, team rallying, left-handed hitter comes up. The team on defense sends in a left-handed reliever. The batting team counters with a right-handed pinch-hitter. That was the scenario in the bottom of the sixth on a sunny, but chilly Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The […]
Go get ‘em, Jamo.
Today’s roster move: Here Saturday notes… Cubs lineup: Mets lineup: Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Freddy Peralta, RHP Jameson Taillon’s three starts this year can be described as: Mediocre, decent and not so much. Even so, after allowing three home runs to the Pirates last Sunday, he stayed in the game, ate up some innings and […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 20 Cubs 4, Mets 2: Carson Kelly’s pinch home run wins the game Cubs vs. Mets, Saturday 4/18, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Saturday 4/18, 1:20 CT
The first part of this roster move, you already know, as the Cubs placed reliever Daniel Palencia on the 15-day injured list before Friday’s game with an oblique issue. Here’s how it happened (Bluesky link): No roster move was made Friday, as this happened very close to game time, so the Cubs played Friday’s 12-4 […]
Just like that, there is no real reason to parse scoring stats for the Cubs anymore. With 33 runs over their last three games and 47 over five, they are now up to 106 runs in 19 games (~5.6/game). Last season, over the whole season, they averaged about 4.9 runs per game. Summer weather and […]
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Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were scuttled by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 5-3. Vince Velasquez gave the I-Cubs a solid start as he allowed just one run on five hits over 4.2 innings. Velasquez walked four and struck out seven. Yacksel Rios pitched the bottom of the ninth, gave up a two-run home run and […]
The Mets came to Wrigley Field riding an eight-game losing streak in which they had been outscored 44-12. Those sorts of things are usually ripe for the losing streak team to break it, especially with the wind blowing out at the ol’ ballyard. Not in this one. The Mets looked like a team in disarray […]
Go get ‘em, Edward.
Friday notes… Cubs lineup: Mets lineup: Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Kodai Senga, RHP Edward Cabrera was really good his first two starts, not so much last time out against the Pirates. Even so, his outing last Sunday was decent. As a former denizen of the NL East, Cabrera has faced the Mets a lot. Last […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 19 Cubs 12, Mets 4: Home runs by Moises Ballesteros, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ lead to a blowout Cubs vs. Mets, Friday 4/17, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Friday 4/17, 1:20 CT