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2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Ryan Rolison is the Superhero vs. the Giants
The sweep wasn’t meant to be. This is another of what I always end up using “in fairness” to describe. As in, in fairness, Logan Webb is a very good pitcher. As in, in fairness, it’s really hard to sweep a team in its own park. As in, it felt like a few feet here […]
MLB News Outside The Confines: Scotland invades Fenway Park
Good morning. Here’s what all of you who have been watching the World Cup, NBA Finals or Stanley Cup have missed while you weren’t watching baseball. There were also some boos for “Sweet Caroline” for reasons explained here. The English picked it up after the Red Sox played in the London Series. Sometimes, for as […]
Chicago Cubs history unpacked — June 15
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Hall of Famer Billy Williams, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1938 – Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds stuns the baseball world by pitching his second successive no-hitter in five days, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0, as Brooklyn plays the first night game ever at Ebbets Field. […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: Hartshorn homers again, ho hum
I’m running out of things to say about Josiah Hartshorn. The only thing I can really compare him to is Kris Bryant, but Bryant was coming out of college and was 22 when he hit .355 with 22 home runs in 68 games for Double-A Tennessee in 2014. Left-hander Luke Little was demoted to Double-A […]
Giants 5, Cubs 1: Colin Rea is not quite good enough
SAN FRANCISCO — The Cubs had what appeared to be a good game plan against the Giants. With the top of their lineup being mostly left-handed, Craig Counsell decided to use Ryan Rolison as an opener, then follow with scheduled starter Colin Rea. The Giants countered by leading off Matt Chapman. But Rolison disposed of […]
Cubs vs. Giants, Sunday 6/14, 2:10 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Colin.
Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Sunday 6/14, 2:10 CT
SAN FRANCISCO — Sunday notes… Cubs lineup: Giants lineup: Ryan Rolison, LHP vs. Logan Webb, RHP Ryan Rolison is going to open this game because the Giants generally stack the top of their lineup with left-handed hitters. This is an attempt to try to neutralize that. Rolison threw a scoreless inning vs. the Giants last […]
Cubs vs. Giants Sunday 6/14 game threads
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Ryan Rolison is the Superhero vs. the Giants Giants 5, Cubs 1: Colin Rea is not quite good enough Cubs vs. Giants, Sunday 6/14, 2:10 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Sunday 6/14, 2:10 CT
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Michael Busch is the Superhero vs. the Giants
Ho hum. This was how this stretch was supposed to go. Three days in a row, the Cubs have looked a full step above their competition. In fairness, that can be hard to do on the road, even against bad teams. But for as many times as I’ve written the words “in fairness” through the […]
Cubs 6, Giants 1: Pete Crow-Armstrong’s bat keeps on rolling
SAN FRANCISCO — It started right from the first pitch of the game, which Pete Crow-Armstrong deposited into the seats at Oracle Park. And it continued through nine innings of the Cubs putting together the sort of offense we saw during the two 10-game winning streaks. Not that another one’s necessarily going to follow, but […]
Chicago Cubs news — Assad, Busch, Suzuki
Today’s Reflections Two wonderful things today — no seemingly endless trade talk (just a little break), and the “Giant” win over San Francisco Friday on the backs of both pitching and hitting. I was a little excited about Javier Assad getting a full start to see if he could continue to build on the success […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: South Bend clinches 1st half title
Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs got bitten by the Louisville Bats (Reds), 4-3. It was a bullpen game for Iowa tonight as Ty Blach started, pitched two innings and retired all six batters he faced. Blach struck out two. Vince Velazquez went the next four innings and allowed two runs on three hits. Mostly he […]
Cubs vs. Giants, Saturday 6/13, 9:05 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Ben.
Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Saturday 6/13, 9:05 CT
SAN FRANCISCO — Saturday notes… Cubs lineup: Giants lineup: Ben Brown, RHP vs. Trevor McDonald, RHP Ben Brown has been the Cubs’ best pitcher for a month now. That’s great for the team and great for him. Since joining the rotation May 8: 1.44 ERA, 0.766 WHIP, 1.89 FIP, 34 strikeouts in 31.1 innings, and […]
Cubs vs. Giants Saturday 6/13 game threads
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Michael Busch is the Superhero vs. the Giants Cubs 6, Giants 1: Pete Crow-Armstrong’s bat keeps on rolling Cubs vs. Giants, Saturday 6/13, 9:05 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Saturday 6/13, 9:05 CT
SB Nation Reacts: Michael Busch is your choice to turn things around
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. Earlier this week, I gave you a choice of four Cubs who had gotten off to rough starts this […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Javier Assad is the Superhero vs. the Giants
We’ve reached the point where these Cubs now feel like someone you dated some time ago. You see a couple of good things, but your brain just keeps reminding you of all of the painful moments from the past. Even against two teams that have already played themselves firmly into wait til next year territory, […]
Cubs 5, Giants 1: Javier Assad does it again
SAN FRANCISCO — Raise your hand if you knew that by mid-June, Javier Assad and Ben Brown would be the saviors of the Cubs starting rotation. I better not see any hands because you did not know. I did not know. No one knew. Assad had his second straight outstanding outing — both against the […]
Chicago Cubs news — Suzuki, Cabrera, Bregman
Today’s Reflections Not that I was snoozing ….. but, boy, Seiya Suzuki’s slam had to wake everybody up, especially the other bats. Speaking of Suzuki, Seiya must have read Ken Rosenthal’s article suggesting that the Cubs trade him (see link bel0w). Just like 100 million other people who read the article, those of which who […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: Will Sanders returns as Iowa beat Bats 6-4
Iowa right-hander Connor Noland and catcher Casey Opitz were placed on the development list. Both threw too many innings and need a rest, I guess. Iowa right-hander Tyler Beede was activated off the development list. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs blinded the Louisville Bats (Reds), 6-4. Will Sanders was activated off the injured list just […]
Cubs vs. Giants, Friday 6/12, 9:15 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Javier.
Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Friday 6/12, 9:15 CT
SAN FRANCISCO — Friday notes… Cubs lineup: Giants lineup: Javier Assad, RHP vs. Landen Roupp, RHP Javier Assad was magnificent against the Giants last Sunday — 6.1 innings of one-hit relief. He retired the last 15 Giants he faced. Maybe it’s a bit much to ask but… Javier, can you do that again tonight? Landen […]
Cubs vs. Giants Friday 6/12 game threads
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Javier Assad is the Superhero vs. the Giants Cubs 5, Giants 1: Javier Assad does it again Cubs vs. Giants, Friday 6/12, 9:15 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Friday 6/12, 9:15 CT
On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Giants series preview
SAN FRANCISCO — Last weekend, the Cubs lost two of three to the Giants at Wrigley Field, scoring only seven runs in the three games against a pitching staff that’s in the top third of most runs allowed in MLB this year. Since then, the Cubs also lost two of three to the Rockies, winning […]
10 teams that came back from worse starts than the 2026 Cubs
The Cubs looked like they were going to have a great 2026 after they started 27-12. They had a 3.5 game lead in the NL Central with that record after defeating the Rangers 7-1 on May 8. Since then, as you know, the Cubs are 8-22 and trail the first-place Brewers by 7.5 games. I’ll […]
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