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I’ve always been a fan of Dansby Swanson. He plays elite defense and, up to this year, his bat always played well enough. This season, Swanson got off to a very slow start. He had a decent run for a few weeks in April, then went into an extended slump that had him batting .175/.281/.306 […]
Meet the Mets Well it was unsurpringly ugly yet again at Citi Field. The Mets gave up 20 runs in the doubleheader while scoring eight to get swept in the two games by the Cubs. The pitching was awful, the defense was atrocious, and the offense left a bit to be desired, but hey at […]
Today’s Reflections It feels SOOOO good to put Dansby Swanson’s name first on the Cub Tracks page! Tuesday night, he had a two-run home run and an RBI double, followed by a three-run homer and a grand slam in Game 1 Wednesday afternoon. In his last five games (through Game 1 of the doubleheader), Swanson […]
Spend enough years following one franchise and you risk losing the ability to tell its quirks from the league’s. The dysfunction starts to feel like physics. This is just how it works, you tell yourself, because you have no other team’s daily weather to measure it against. You can be loyal to an outlier for […]
The Cubs have lost this season almost as often as they've won. But the defense has always been breathtaking.
On Wednesday, Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson put together one of the most productive offensive days you’ll ever see in MLB. By the time the dust settled, he had completely rewritten his season stat line. Swanson entered the day with…
The Chicago Cubs are in pure desperation mode when it comes to finding pitching, and their most recent roster move reflected exactly that. The Cubs claimed right-hander Bryse Wilson off waivers from the Phillies, designating righty Christian Roa for assignment in a corresponding 40-man move. A Rotation in Crisis Earlier the same day, the Cubs placed both Edward Cabrera and Ben Brown on the injured list, Cabrera with a hamstring strain and Brown with a neck strain. That left Chicago witho...
Yesterday, the Chicago Cubs swept the New York Mets in a doubleheader where they scored 10 runs in each game, and where the Mets committed a whopping six errors in the nightcap. After enduring the brutal losses in front of their home fans, the Mets ended the day 12 games under .500 and nine games […] The post The David Peterson Trade Was a No-Brainer for the New York Mets appeared first on Just Baseball .
The Cubs simply couldn’t afford to wait any longer. After adding both Edward Cabrera (hamstring/adductor) and Ben Brown (neck) to the 15-day injured list on Wednesday, the Cubs struck a […]
The Chicago Cubs do not need to treat the 2026 trade deadline like an emergency, but they have earned the right to act. At 43-37, third in the NL Central, seven games behind the Milwaukee Brewers and essentially tied with the St. Louis Cardinals by winning percentage, the Cubs are buyers without being in blockbuster-or-bust […] The post 3 sneaky Cubs’ 2026 MLB trade deadline targets to chase appeared first on ClutchPoints .
It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thank you for taking time out to visit with us. We always like to see a friendly face. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. The hostess will seat […]
The New York Mets reached another low Wednesday, and starting pitcher Sean Manaea did not try to soften the reality after a doubleheader sweep. The Mets dropped both games to the Chicago Cubs, extending its losing streak to five games and falling to 34-46. The nightcap became the uglier result, a 10-5 loss shaped by […] The post Sean Manaea paints a brutal picture of Mets locker room after loss to Cubs appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Fresh off their sixth straight loss and third straight to the Cubs, the Mets traded lefty David Peterson to Chicago in exchange for corner infield prospect Cole Mathis. Peterson, who will turn 31 later this year, has a 6.09 ERA on the season in 60 innings split between the bullpen and the rotation in his […]
The New York Mets traded left-handed pitcher David Peterson to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
The Chicago Cubs jumped the trade deadline by more than a month on June 24, acquiring left-handed starter David Peterson from the New York Mets. MORE: Former Mets prospect, 30, retires: ‘Thank you for the best and worst moments of…
After turning in an error-filled effort against the Chicago Cubs so frustrating that even ESPN MLB Insider Jeff Passan was dunking on them on social media, the New York Mets have decided to make a trade, sending pitcher David Peterson to the NL Central. The catch? Peterson is heading to the Cubs, so he won’t […] The post Mets trade David Peterson to NL Central club amid brutal season appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Chicago Cubs are finalizing a trade to acquire left-handed pitcher David Peterson from the New York Mets. Jeff Passan reports. Trade news: The Chicago Cubs are acquiring left-hander David Peterson from the New York Mets, sources tell ESPN. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 25, 2026 Passan writes: “Trade news: The Chicago Cubs are acquiring […] The post BREAKING: Cubs Acquire 2025 All-Star From New York Mets appeared first on HEAVY .
Right-hander Kenten Egbert was promoted from High-A South Bend to Triple-A Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs hunted down the Buffalo Bison (Blue Jays), 18-11, thanks in large part to an 11-run fifth inning. Will Sanders started and collected the win, improving to 4-0 on the year. Sanders gave up three runs on four hits […]
The New York Mets’ nightmare 2026 season hit another low Wednesday night at Citi Field, where a defensive collapse wasted a four-homer performance and turned a winnable game into another brutal loss for a stunned Citi Field crowd. The Mets committed six errors in Game 2 of its doubleheader vs. the Chicago Cubs, fueling a […] The post Jeff Passan drops hammer on Mets after 5 error game vs. Cubs appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The New York Mets are finding new ways to lose in 2026. They were embarrassed by the Chicago Cubs in both games of a doubleheader, losing by a combined score of 20-8.Their performance against the Cubs had the Mets’ broadcast talking about the state of the team in the bottom of the ninth, with the […] The post Mets Broadcasters Call Out Team During Sloppy Loss to Cubs appeared first on HEAVY .
You don’t owe the Mets anything, and the way they’re playing, they clearly don’t feel that they owe you a professional performance. Mets infielders combined to commit a staggering six errors in a game that saw their team lose to the Cubs for the second time today and the third time in as many games […]
The New York Mets received another painful reminder Wednesday of a trade that continues to follow the franchise, this time during the first game of a doubleheader at Citi Field. Pete Crow-Armstrong helped the Chicago Cubs keep pressure on New York, turning a former trade decision into another damaging sequence. As Crow-Armstrong rounded the bases, […] The post Disheartened Keith Hernandez sounds off on Mets’ Pete-Crow Armstrong trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Milwaukee Brewers are 48-29 on the season and preparing to play the last game of their series against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday evening. Having already clinched a series victory by winning the first two games, the team announced that reliever Abner Uribe will serve his one-game suspension for his May 26 incident against [...]
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Mets lineup Carson Benge – LFFrancisco Lindor – SSBo Bichette – 3BMark Vientos – 1BMarcus Semien – 2BFrancisco Alvarez – CEric Wagaman – DHA.J. Ewing – CFBrett Baty – RF SP: Sean Manaea – LHP lineup Pete Crow-Armstrong – CFMatt Shaw – LFSeiya Suzuki – RFAlex Bregman – 3BMichael Busch – 1BNico Hoerner – 2BCarson […]