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Cubs vs. Yankees at Mesa preview, Monday 3/23, 2:05 CT

Monday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Neither the Cubs nor the Yankees starting lineups were available at press time. Shōta Imanaga will start for the Cubs. Carlos Lagrange will start for the Yankees. No TV today. There will be radio broadcasts on WSCR The Score and also the Yankees radio flagship, WFAN 660 AM. MLB.com […]

Introducing BCB This Morning: How do you feel about the Cubs this year?

In the spirit of BCB After Dark, done ably by Josh and Sara (and Sara promises to return to After Dark this season), I am today beginning a new occasional feature: BCB This Morning. What is BCB This Morning? Basically, it’s an article intended to stimulate discussion when I don’t have a specific topic to […]

Chicago Cubs history unpacked, March 23

Free of charge for the discerning reader.  Today in baseball history: Gary Matthews Jr. is traded to the Cubs, and other stories. Cubs Birthdays: Peaches Graham, Cy Slapnicka, Johnny Moore, Pat Bourque, Mike Remlinger, Joel Peralta. Today in history: *pictured.

Cubs 12, Brewers 0: Cade Horton is ready for the season

Cubs right-hander Cade Horton, who shapes up to be the No. 2 starter after Matthew Boyd begins the season, had an excellent six-inning outing against the Brewers Sunday at Sloan Park. Okay, so it was against a team of Brewers minor leaguers, as all the MLB Brewers had departed for Milwaukee Sunday, as they have […]

Cubs vs. Brewers at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/22, 2:05 CT

Sunday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Neither the Cubs nor the Brewers lineup was available at press time. Cade Horton will start for the Cubs. Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers. Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network, Brewers TV and ESPN Unlimited. There will be a radio broadcast on WSCR The Score. MLB.com […]

Cubs 7, Mariners 1: Colin Rea’s ready

Colin Rea threw four efficient innings Saturday night in Peoria, Arizona and the Cubs defeated the Mariners 7-1. Rea threw 77 pitches (50 strikes) and generally looked like the solid pitcher he was for the Cubs most of last year. He’ll be in a long relief/spot starter role to begin the season and he seems […]

Chicago Cubs news and notes — Palencia, PCA, WBC

Ryan Brasier needs a job. This is said to be a blister issue: There was some weirdness with the MLB.TV signal. Ended up watching the Mariners telecast. Game results: Cubs 7, Mariners 1. Cubs 7, Padres 5. Miscellaneous: *means autoplay on, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used on […]

Cubs prospects power past Padres in Spring Breakout Game, 7-5

The Spring Breakout game may be the most fun game of Spring Training and the Cubs prospects hit four solo home runs to beat the Padres prospects, 7-5 at Sloan Park. Will Sanders started for the Cubs and he was impressive, throwing his fastball at an average 95 miles per hour, which is about 2.5 […]

Cubs vs. Mariners at Peoria and Cubs vs. Padres Spring Breakout game preview, Saturday 3/21

Today’s Seiya Suzuki news: Here Saturday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup at Peoria: Mariners lineup: Cubs Spring Breakout lineup: Padres Spring Breakout lineup: Colin Rea will start for the Cubs at Peoria. Will Sanders will start the Cubs Spring Breakout game. George Kirby will start for the Mariners. Luis Gutierrez will start for the […]

Seiya Suzuki will not be ready for Opening Day

This was announced late Saturday afternoon by manager Craig Counsell: Obviously, this isn’t good news, though it seems possible that this IL stint won’t last too long. Earlier the team had said the injury was “minor,” but they obviously aren’t taking any chances. This means that possibly all three non-roster outfielders, Dylan Carlson, Chas McCormick […]

A taste of Wrigley Field highlights new concessions options for 2026

We’re less than a week from Opening Day when the Cubs will welcome the Nationals to Wrigley Field to kick off the 2026 MLB season. It’s warming up around Wrigleyville and delivery trucks are arriving by the dozens to prepare the baseball park at Clark and Addison for millions of fans to watch baseball over […]

Cubs split squads lose to Reds and Athletics

MESA, Arizona — On an day when the Phoenix area tied its all-time March temperature record of 105 degrees — set the day before! — and the Cubs game at SloanPark was moved from afternoon to evening, the team got shaky pitching outings from Matthew Boyd and Jameson Taillon and lost both of their split-squad […]

Chicago Cubs news and notes — Amaya, Ballesteros, Boyd, Taillon

Game results: Reds 8, Cubs 6. A’s 6, Cubs 2. Well, that was no bueno. At least the televised game started out well. I made a bad coin flip and started out listening to the Reds game. Boyd wasn’t exactly good Friday night. Taillon wasn’t much better. Miguel Amaya had some juice. Al will have […]