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Reds 17, Cubs 9: The pitching and defense forgot to show up Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Monday 3/2, 2:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Monday 3/2, 2:05 CT Cubs vs. Reds at Goodyear preview, Monday 3/2, 2:05 CT
Monday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Reds lineup: Jameson Taillon will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled today: Porter Hodge, Jack Neely, Collin Snider and Connor Schultz. Brady Singer will start for the Reds. Other Reds pitchers scheduled today: Brandon Williamson, Sam Moll, Yunior Marte and Sam Benschoter. Today’s game is on […]
Today we look at one of the Cubs’ veteran relievers. Phil Maton has been around for a minute. He was drafted in the 20th round by the Padres in 2015, and debuted with the same club two years later. He’s piched for six teams over nine years, having amassed 23 wins, 20 losses, boasting a […]
In today’s installment of our daily thrice weekly occasional spring series, I wanted to ask about the World Baseball Classic. Exhibition games kick off tomorrow, WBC squads facing off against MLB teams. The Jays host Team Canada at their usual 1:07pm ET spring timeslot. Canada then visits the Phillies on Wednesday before flying to Puerto […]
The Dodgers are going to win 130 games and blow away the NL West. Of course they’re not going to do that. Isn’t that what was said about the Dodgers last year? They won exactly one more game than the Cubs did. Obviously they’re the favorites to win their division again, as they have done […]
Happy Birthday to Reese McGuire* and other former Cubs, fighting amongst themselves, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire. […]
For the second game in a row, it only took two batters for the White Sox to score via the long ball. This time it was Edgar Quero’s turn. Alex Bregman returned the honor off Anthony Kay in the bottom of the first. Both of the first-inning homers were kind of cheap, not getting to […]
MESA, Arizona — The Cubs’ 5-1 loss to the White Sox on another very hot afternoon was painfully reminiscent of some Shōta Imanaga starts last year. Imanaga threw 47 pitches in 2.2 innings. Three of those pitches left the yard, solo homers by Edgar Quero, Austin Hays and Braden M0ntgomery, two of whom will likely […]
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Go get ‘em, Shōta.
Do you think players trying to make the team or holdovers trying to keep their jobs care as much that the opponent is the Cubs as fans do? They probably have other things on their minds, but thumping That Other Team in Town back in the first Cactus League game was sure fun for us. […]
White Sox 5, Cubs 1: Here we go with Shōta Imanaga and the home runs again Overflow thread: Cubs vs. White Sox, Sunday 3/1, 2:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. White Sox, Sunday 3/1, 2:05 CT Cubs vs. White Sox at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/1, 2:05 CT
MESA, Arizona — Sunday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: White Sox lineup: Shōta Imanaga will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled today: Hunter Harvey, Grant Kipp, Luke Little, Corbin Martin, Hoby Milner and Caleb Thielbar. Former Cub Anthony Kay will start for the White Sox. Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network, […]
It’s chock-full Sunday. You’ll need at least a coffee. The Cubs Spring Training Crew approaches the .500 threshold. Good news about Justin Steele heads up the list — he’s ready to shove. Bad news about former Cub Dan Serafini, who has been found guilty of murder and won’t be seeing daylight anytime soon. The Cubs […]
The Dodgers were a split squad Saturday, but many of their regulars played against the Cubs, among them Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernández. And three Cubs pitchers who are all in the mix for swingman/relief/starter roles threw very well and the Cubs defeated the Dodgers 6-2. And today, if you missed […]
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Go get ‘em, Colin.
Involved in their first split-squad day of the year, the reigning champs will play simultaneous games against the Cubs and Rangers, with Justin Wrobleski facing Chicago and prospect Jackson Ferris pitching against Texas. Saturday Game info Saturday Game info
Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Dodgers, Saturday 2/28, 2:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Dodgers, Saturday 2/28, 2:05 CT Cubs vs. Dodgers at Glendale preview, Saturday 2/28, 2:05 CT
Saturday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Dodgers lineup: Colin Rea will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled today: Javier Assad, Jeff Brigham and Ben Brown. Justin Wrobleski will start for the Dodgers. Other Dodgers pitchers scheduled today: Edwin Díaz, Ronan Kopp, Tanner Scott, Patrick Copen, Wyatt Mills and Jerming Rosario. The Dodgers […]
The Dodgers play two games at the same time on Saturday afternoon. Here is their roster for the home game of that split-squad schedule, against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch. Lineup Miguel Rojas 2BFreddie Freeman 1BWill Smith CMax Muncy 3BTeoscar Hernández LFJames Tibbs RFKeston Hiura DHNoah Miller SSMichael Siani CF Justin Wrobleski gets the […]
We are now a bit over a week into Spring Training games and at last, Friday’s game featured just about everyone who will be in the Opening Day lineup March 26 (except Seiya Suzuki, who’s already back in Japan for the start of the World Baseball Classic). There aren’t many question marks about the Cubs […]
No TV, no radio. Absolute BS. Baseball teams can afford to take the loss in order to promote the game. But they won’t. And it isn’t going to get better. For the cost of an NRI longshot or, even better, some minuscule portion of CEO salary, these games could be made available to you and […]
MESA, Arizona — Friday was Edward Cabrera’s first outing in a Cubs uniform and it was a great success. Cabrera retired all six Guardians batters he faced, striking out three. He threw 20 strikes in 31 pitches and had six swings-and misses. The bullpen did a good job, too — well, with one exception, I’ll […]
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