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How to fix the MLB Futures Game
Major League Baseball has played a Futures Game featuring top prospects every year since 1999 as part of All-Star Game festivities. It began as a seven-inning affair and was lengthened to nine innings from 2008-18, but since 2019 has reverted to the seven-inning format. Many future stars have played in this game. Then-Cubs prospect Kyle […]
SB Nation Reacts survey: Where will the Cubs finish the regular season?
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. This week’s SB Nation Reacts question is a simple one. Josh asked you a variation of this […]
MLB News: All-Star Game, Jordan Walker, Home Run Derby, Olympic baseball
Happy Wednesday, everyone! The big events of the All-Star break have come and gone, with the amateur draft, the Futures Game, the Home Run Derby, and the ASG itself all behind us. As we head towards the latter half of the season, our attention will turn toward the trade deadline and which teams are going […]
Chicago Cubs history unpacked — July 15
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Chris Denorfia, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1973, California Angels ace Nolan Ryan hurls his second no-hitter of the season in taming the Detroit Tigers, 6-0. Ryan fans 17 batters, the most ever in a nine-inning no-hitter, including eight straight, but only one over the […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Where will the Cubs finish this year?
It’s Tuesday night of All-Star Week here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the heat. There’s no cover charge. We’ve still got a few tables available. The hostess can seat you now. Bring your own beverage. BCB After […]
2026 MLB All-Star Game: Pete Crow-Armstrong gets a hit, but the NL gets shut out
The American League entered this night as winners of 11 of the last 13 All-Star Games, the exceptions being a National League win in 2023 in Seattle and last year’s swing-off in Atlanta, with Kyle Schwarber the swing-off hero and MVP of the game. That continued Tuesday evening as the AL thoroughly dominated the NL […]
2026 MLB All-Star Game, Tuesday 7/14, 7 p.m. CT
First pitch for the 2026 All-Star Game is officially scheduled for 7 p.m. CT, but you know how that goes, could be a bit later than that after all the pre-game festivities. The game will be broadcast over the air on Fox-TV, so check your local listings for the Fox affiliate in your market. Dodgers […]
A Statcast preview of the MLB All-Star Game
It’s been 30 years since Philadelphia has hosted the All-Star Game, but as the country marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it’s hard to imagine a better host for tonight’s festivities. Only one current Chicago Cub will take the field tonight for the National League squad, but with Pete Crow-Armstrong […]
MLB Draft recap: Cubs embrace spin, power in 2026 Draft
The 2026 MLB Draft is now over and if they all sign, there will be 21 new members of the Cubs family. Scouting director Dan Kantrovitz said before the draft that the Cubs would work on the weakness on the pitching side of the Cubs farm system and boy, did they ever. With 21 picks […]
2026 Cubs mid-season grades
What if I had told you on Opening Day that all of the following would happen to the Cubs before the All-Star break? Why, you’d probably have said that team would be in last place in the NL Central and on their way to a 90-plus loss season, right? All of those things DID happen. […]
Chicago Cubs news — Bregman, Busch, Boyd, Assad
Today’s Reflections *The Bregman Weekend* I don’t like to name games, and this probably won’t catch on, but it was a Big Weekend for Alex Bregman. There were articles talking about him going into a deep dive during the All-Star break to fix all that is broken just a few days ago. It turns out […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Did you watch the Home Run Derby?
It’s All-Star Week at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the heat. Your name is on the guest list. The dress code is casual. We’ve still got a few tables available. The hostess will seat you now. Bring your […]
2026 MLB Home Run Derby, Monday 7/13, 7 p.m. CT
Major League Baseball signed a bunch of new TV contracts this year. As a result, the Home Run Derby is being carried exclusively on Netflix. If you don’t subscribe to Netflix, well, you’ll just have to follow along here. Here are the eight participants: Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper will certainly be the hometown favorites […]
A Statcast preview of tonight’s Home Run Derby
At its core, the Home Run Derby is a vibes event. Eight large men try to hit a baseball extremely far, we “ooooh and ahhhh” at the majestic dingers. You do not need Statcast to enjoy it. That said, the past few years there has been an alternative Statcast broadcast to focus on bat speed, […]
Chicago Cubs update: Alex Bregman, Pete Crow-Armstrong, starting pitching
The Cubs finished the “first half” (actually, first 59.3 percent) of the 2026 schedule on a high note, taking four fo six on a road trip to Baltimore and Cincinnati. That gives the Cubs a 27-23 road record, one of the better road marks in MLB to date. And of their 66 remaining games, 35 […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Alex Bregman is the Superhero vs. the Reds … again!
Perspective Check: Four teams have more wins than the Cubs, two teams have as many wins as the Cubs. The Cubs enter the All-Star break in the top Wild Card spot. They are now only one loss behind the Braves and five behind the Brewers. They are on pace for 91 wins. A quirk about […]
MLB News Outside The Confines: There’s a Draft in here
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Chicago Cubs history unpacked — July 13
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to DJ LeMahieu, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1896 – Ed Delahanty hits four home runs, but it’s not enough as the Phillies lose to the Chicago Colts, 9-8. “Big Ed” is the second man to hit four homers in one game in the National League, after Bobby Lowe two […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: Kepley leads South Bend past Kernels, 5-2
If I can just rant about something, MLB knows that one of the things that draws in younger fans is the idea of new, young talent coming into the game. So why do we then play the Futures Game on a Sunday morning (OK, early afternoon Eastern Time) opposite an entire slate of MLB games […]
Cubs 8, Reds 4: Alex Bregman’s big day includes a three-run homer
One Cubs player who probably isn’t all that happy with having four days off for the All-Star break could be Alex Bregman. Bregman homered for the second straight game, a three-run blast that gave the Cubs a four-run lead in the seventh inning. He went 3-for-5 with four RBI on the afternoon. The Cubs hung […]
Cubs vs. Reds, Sunday 7/12, 12:40 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Matthew.
Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Sunday 7/12, 12:40 CT
Sunday notes… Cubs lineup: Reds lineup: Matthew Boyd, LHP vs. Andrew Abbott, LHP Matthew Boyd was outstanding in his last start, which was the first game of this road trip in Baltimore. He threw six shutout innings and struck out seven. In three starts since his return from the IL: 1.72 ERA, 1.340 WHIP, 13 […]
Cubs vs. Reds Sunday 7/12 game threads
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Alex Bregman is the Superhero vs. the Reds … again! Cubs 8, Reds 4: Alex Bregman’s big day includes a three-run homer Cubs vs. Reds, Sunday 7/12, 12:40 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Sunday 7/12, 12:40 CT
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Alex Bregman is the Superhero vs. the Reds
Perspective Check: Four teams have more wins than the Cubs. Two teams have as many wins as the Cubs. The Cubs are on pace to win 90.4 games. Fangraphs projects the Cubs at 87 wins. On the one hand, that feels like a bucket of cold water being dumped on them. On the other, most […]
Cubs 5, Reds 3: Alex Bregman’s two-run homer completes a comeback
The Cubs defeated the Reds 5-3 Saturday night on the strength of homers by Carson Kelly and Alex Bregman, the latter a two-run blast. Those helped the team come from behind in the sixth and seventh innings. But before I get to all of that, can I say that this team needs Daniel Palencia back […]
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