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Chicago Cubs news and notes — Happ, Imanaga, Roberts
Today’s Reflections I don’t want to make accusations or give blame for something that I might be misreading. This is far from a scientific study, but in the full three articles about Shōta’s struggles below, there are parts of three sentences, one per article, about Jameson Taillon. And I don’t see many (if any) punishing […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: Drew Bowser hits a grand slam in 2nd-straight game
Iowa right-hander Connor Noland came off the injured list. Iowa Right-hander Yacksel Ríos went on the temporarily inactive list. Knoxville first baseman Edgar Alvarez came off the restricted list. Right-hander Luis Rujano was sent to the rookie ball ACL Cubs from Double-A Knoxville. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs got blasted by Indianapolis (Pirates), 14-5. Connor […]
Cubs vs. Cardinals, Saturday 5/30, 6:15 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Ben.
Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals preview, Saturday 5/30, 6:15 CT
Saturday notes… The Cubs lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Cubs lineup. Cardinals lineup: Ben Brown, RHP vs. Kyle Leahy, RHP Ben Brown has done well all year, and his starts have been very good. Especially good have been his numbers away from Wrigley Field — he […]
Cubs vs. Cardinals Saturday 5/30 game threads
Cubs 6, Cardinals 1: Ben Brown and Pete Crow-Armstrong, your tables are ready 2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 59 Cubs vs. Cardinals, Saturday 5/30, 6:15 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals preview, Saturday 5/30, 6:15 CT
Why was Abner Uribe suspended while Pete Crow-Armstrong was only fined?
Yesterday was an annoying baseball day. The Cubs lost to the Cardinals after hitting a three-run homer in the first inning. They were one run short of tying the game in the ninth, because the BABIP gods were apparently a little annoyed at Nico Hoerner and Phil Maton keeps throwing in relatively close games for […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 58
It was that kind of day in St. Louis. The Cubs jumped right on top with three runs in the top of the first, then gave three runs right back in the bottom of the inning. They got a run in the second, but allowed single runs in the fourth and fifth, then chased the […]
Cardinals 6, Cubs 5: Shōta Imanaga and the home runs. Again.
Cubs left-hander Shōta Imanaga was off to such a good start this season. Over his first nine starts he posted a 2.32 ERA and allowed just five home runs in 54.1 innings. Maybe, just maybe, he had put the home-run issue from last year in the past? Well, nope, or so it now seems. Over […]
Chicago Cubs news and notes — Happ, PCA, Brown, Rea
Today’s Reflections Ah! Doesn’t that feel a WHOLE lot better?! (At least before last night.) ………. Oh, sorry. Deep reflection. Since I don’t live in Chicago, I can throw this out there — just think how good the Cubs (and Ian Happ) would be if the Cubs could move Wrigley Field to Pittsburgh!!! Amirite? Hmph. […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: I-Cubs stop Indy, 8-3
Right-hander Tyler Beede went from Triple-A Iowa to the Development List. South Bend right-hander Nate Williams also went to the Development List. Knoxville first baseman Edgar Alvarez was placed on the Restricted List. No, I don’t know why. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs mauled Indianapolis (Pirates), 8-3. Four Iowa pitcher combined to allowed just three […]
Cubs vs. Cardinals, Friday 5/29, 6:15 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Shōta.
Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals preview, Friday 5/29, 6:15 CT
Friday notes… Cubs lineup: Cardinals lineup: Shōta Imanaga, LHP vs. Andre Pallante, RHP Shōta Imanaga was having a pretty good year until his last two starts, which were both awful. I’ll just note that half of all the runs he’s allowed this year (15 of 30) were in those two starts. But here’s a team […]
Cubs vs. Cardinals Friday 5/29 game threads
Cardinals 6, Cubs 5: Shōta Imanaga and the home runs. Again. 2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 58 Cubs vs. Cardinals, Friday 5/29, 6:15 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals preview, Friday 5/29, 6:15 CT
On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Cardinals series preview
Tonight is the 58th Cubs game of the 2026 season and finally, finally the team will be facing its biggest rival, the St. Louis Cardinals. On the one hand, you shouldn’t have to go through 35 percent of the season before facing that biggest rival. On the other hand, this means that 13 of the […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 57
Gee, winning for the 31st time sure was a lot easier than winning for the 30th time turned out to be. It took 11 tries to win number 30. But then the Cubs came right back and won their 31st, despite the immensely talented Paul Skenes being in their way. I love this for so […]
Cubs 7, Pirates 2: Pittsburgh-area native Ian Happ does it again
The Cubs broke their long losing streak with a 10-4 win over the Pirates Wednesday, though that game was close until the late innings after the Cubs had taken an early lead. They followed the same script Thursday, though it took them a while to break through against Paul Skenes. Even so, a 3-0 lead […]
MLB News: Gerrit Cole, Paul Skenes, Chris Sale, CBA proposals, Shohei Ohtani, Tarik Skubal
Happy Friday, everyone, and it is happy because the Cubs finally won a game! Let’s try to take that positive energy into the weekend, shall we? Before we can get to the weekend, though, we’ll round up a little bit of news from the latter part of the week. In today’s links, we look at […]
Chicago Cubs history unpacked — May 29
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Joe Biagini, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1928 – At Yankee Stadium‚ the Yankees sweep a pair from Washington‚ 3-2 and 12 – 3. Leo Durocher‘s bases-loaded triple in the opener gives George Pipgras (8-1) the win. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth both slug a pair of homers in the […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: South Bend keeps rolling, beats Ft. Wayne 6-3
Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were blanked by Indianapolis (Pirates), 3-0. Javier Assad started and left the game after issuing a one-out walk in the fifth. But Luis Peralta then let that run score and two more of his own, so technically Assad got the loss. The final line on Assad was one run on […]
Cubs vs. Pirates, Thursday 5/28, 5:40 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Colin.
Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 5/28, 5:40 CT
Thursday notes… Cubs lineup: The Pirates lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Pirates lineup. Colin Rea, RHP vs. Paul Skenes, RHP After a pretty good start to his 2026, Colin Rea has been hit pretty hard in his last two starts, though the most recent one (last […]
Cubs vs. Pirates Thursday 5/28 game threads
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 57 Cubs 7, Pirates 2: Pittsburgh-area native Ian Happ does it again Cubs vs. Pirates, Thursday 5/28, 5:40 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 5/28, 5:40 CT
The Short Porch is worried about Jameson Taillon and the long ball
The Cubs finally snapped their 10-game losing streak Wednesday night in Pittsburgh and you could almost feel the sigh of relief on the North Side of Chicago. They posted 10 runs against the Pirates while holding the Buccos to just four. Under ordinary circumstances I’d just want to savor this win and not worry about […]
The MLB Players Association has made its first CBA proposal to owners
Negotiations between MLB owners and players began talks for a new collective bargaining agreement recently, as I detailed in this article last month. Wednesday, the MLBPA sent out a press release with a very detailed description of the proposal they had made to ownership. This alone is a change from past negotiations — the union […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 56
Just like that, the waking nightmare that has been consuming the Cubs comes to an end. I don’t know about you, but I have no surprise whatsoever that the streak went away with a thump and not a whimper. The Cubs put 10 runs on the board while running up 14 hits and drawing seven […]
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