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Cubs Minor League Wrap: South Bend scores another 24 runs in Wisconsin
Left-hander Jordan Wicks was activated off the injured list and assigned to Triple-A Iowa. So not much changed for him from his rehab assignment. Left-hander Caleb Thielbar started a rehab assignment for South Bend. So great news from South Bend (or Appleton, technically). You might want to close your eyes for the other games. Iowa […]
Cubs vs. White Sox, Saturday 5/16, 6:10 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Jamo.
Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Saturday 5/16, 6:10 CT
Saturday notes… Cubs lineup: White Sox lineup: Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Davis Martin, RHP Jameson Taillon threw well in his most recent start, Sunday at Texas, allowing only one run in 5.1 innings. Best of all, he didn’t give up a long ball in that game, just the second time this year he’s done that. […]
Cubs vs. White Sox Saturday 5/16 game threads
White Sox 8, Cubs 3: What the heck, Jameson Taillon?!?!?!? 2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 46 Cubs vs. White Sox, Saturday 5/16, 6:10 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Saturday 5/16, 6:10 CT
The Cubs are walking all over the league
The Cubs drew six walks in Friday’s 10-5 win over the White Sox. That’s the 18th time this year, in 45 games (or 40 percent of games) that the Cubs have drawn at least six walks. The season high is 10, in a 7-4 win over the Phillies April 21. If you’re thinking that’s a […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45
If you were concerned either that the Cub offense wouldn’t return to form or about how long it would be before it did, then Friday night was a comforting game. The pitching was a little rough around the edges. Most concerningly, they allowed three homers. But that Cub offense had 14 hits and drew six […]
Cubs 10, White Sox 5: Carson Kelly leads an offensive explosion
You knew this Cubs team wasn’t going to be in a hitting drought forever, and they chose one of the best times to come out of that slump, in front of a packed house on the South Side where close to half the crowd was Cubs fans. The Cubs went out to an early lead, […]
Chicago Cubs news and notes — Happ, Brown, Imanaga
Today’s Reflections Please. Jed. Just re-sign Ian Happ ASAP. You have to look at what he’s doing with bat-to-ball contact compared to how much he swings and misses pitches. Barreling-the-bat percentages aren’t my forte, but Happ been doing so at an over 18-percent rate, which puts him in the top 12 in baseball, ahead of […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: South Bend rolls to a 9-0 win
Catcher Henniel Alcala was promoted from the rookie ball ACL Cubs to Low-A Myrtle Beach. Alcala was 7 for 15 with three doubles and a home run in Mesa on the young season. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost their fifth-straight, 4-3 in 11 innings to the Nashville Sounds (Brewers) Jordan Wicks gave the I-Cubs […]
Cubs vs. White Sox, Friday 5/15, 6:40 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Edward.
Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Friday 5/15, 6:40 CT
Friday notes… Cubs lineup: White Sox lineup: Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Sean Burke, RHP Edward Cabrera was going along pretty well this year, then he got hit hard by the Rangers last Saturday. Of concern as well: After allowing no home runs in his first four starts covering 22.2 innings, he’s now served up seven […]
Cubs vs. White Sox Friday 5/15 game threads
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45 Cubs 10, White Sox 5: Carson Kelly leads an offensive explosion Cubs vs. White Sox, Friday 5/15, 6:40 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Friday 5/15, 6:40 CT
On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
The White Sox are over .500 this late in the season for the first time since 2022. Thus, the Cubs should not underestimate them. They might not be a great team, but they are certainly improved over what they were the last couple of years. For more on the White Sox, here’s Chrystal O’Keefe, managing […]
A brief history of the Cubs/White Sox Crosstown Series
Interleague play began in 1997, so 2026 will be the 30th season of MLB teams playing outside their own “league.” In reality, Major League Baseball became one league in 1999 when the positions of league president were eliminated and the umpiring crews were merged. The National League and American League still exist, of course, but […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44
The Cubs might have looked worse in this series than they have in any series since the one at Cleveland in early April. There were series losses to the Pirates (cumulative score 12-10 Pirates advantage), the Dodgers (22-10) and Rangers (10-7) in the interim. So maybe that Dodgers one was worse than the Cleveland series […]
Cubs 2, Braves 0: Ben Brown and the bullpen get the job done
The Cubs are still having trouble scoring runs, as you likely saw in the team’s 2-0 win over the Braves Thursday evening in Atlanta. But with Ben Brown’s second straight excellent start and solid work from the bullpen, two runs was enough to win the game and end the Cubs’ four-game losing streak. The Cubs […]
MLB News: CBA, salary cap, Rays stadium deal, Cal Raleigh, Jose Suarez trade, Shohei Ohtani Cy Young
Happy Friday, everyone! Hopefully, it’s been a good week, and you’re set to enjoy your weekend. To ease you into the final day of the week, we’ve got an assortment of baseball news for you to enjoy. We’re taking a look at the early discussions regarding the CBA and a potential salary cap, the new […]
Chicago Cubs history unpacked, May 15
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Bill North, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, for example, in 1935 – Lou Gehrig steals home in a 4-0 Yankee win over the Tigers. It is his 15th and last steal of home, all of which were double steals, and other stories as well. Plus, since there […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: South Bend explodes for 25 runs vs. Wisconsin
Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were silenced by the Nashville Sounds (Brewers), 6-5. Starter Doug Nikhazy struggled with control tonight, walking seven batters in just 3.1 innings. But he kept the Sounds to only two hits and two runs. He struck out four. Luis Peralta pitched the seventh inning, gave up an unearned run on […]
Cubs vs. Braves, Thursday 5/14, 6:15 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Ben.
Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves preview, Thursday 5/14, 6:15 CT
Thursday notes… Cubs lineup: Braves lineup: Ben Brown, RHP vs. Chris Sale, LHP Ben Brown threw exceptionally well last Friday against the Rangers, throwing four no-hit innings, with 31 strikes in 46 pitches, allowing just one walk. He’ll likely be allowed to go a bit farther tonight, though I wouldn’t expect more than maybe 65 […]
Cubs vs. Braves Thursday 5/14 game threads
Cubs 2, Braves 0: Ben Brown and the bullpen get the job done 2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44 Cubs vs. Braves, Thursday 5/14, 6:15 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves preview, Thursday 5/14, 6:15 CT
Reading the CBA leaves: Baseball is heading for a catastrophic collision
It’s been a tremendous season of Cubs baseball so far with the team putting together two 10-game winning streaks and still in the midst of a 15-game home winning streak before Memorial Day. Neither of those events have happened since 1935, and you know when a team with a 150-year history is doing things that […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 43
After matching their season-high 10-game winning streak, the team has now followed with a season-high four game losing streak. Spoiler alert, the last (full) season where the Cubs didn’t have a losing streak longer than four games was back in 2003. I didn’t take pen to paper (or make a spreadsheet), but the Cliff’s Notes […]
Braves 4, Cubs 1: Shōta Imanaga shines again, but the offense is still missing
Shōta Imanaga is pitching like the ace everyone hoped he would be. Imanaga threw seven outstanding innings (and one batter into the eighth, and that inning led to the Cubs’ undoing), the third time this year he’s thrown seven. But Phil Maton could not hold a 1-1 tie together and the Cubs lost to the […]
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