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The Reds got off to a good start this year and held first place in the NL Central for the last two weeks of April. But they just got swept by the Pirates and were outscored 27-8 in the three-game series. Their expected W/L record of 15-19 is five games below their actual record of […]
There is a forecast of rain and storms sometime late this evening in Chicago. As a result, the start time for the Cubs vs. Reds game scheduled for 6:40 p.m. CT has been moved up 30 minutes and will instead begin at 6:10 p.m. CT. If you have tickets to tonight’s game, they should have […]
There’s almost all positive news about the Cubs this week, as they took five of six from the Padres and Diamondbacks, the last five all in a row. Winning 15 of their last 18 games, the Cubs enter this week’s series against the second-place Reds two games in the lead of the NL Central. Here’s […]
This has been one of the more remarkable stretches in Cub history. Though I often try to put things into the bigger picture context here, I’ll let John and Al write about the historically significant winning streaks and periods in Cub history. Obviously, a team that has 150 years of existence has so much history […]
Good morning to fans of a first-place team.
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Joe Borowski, and a mighty host of others. He probably doesn’t like Star Wars, either. Today in baseball history, in 1963, Bob Shaw of the Milwaukee Braves sets a major league record by committing five balks. In the third inning, Shaw walks Billy Williams and sends him home with three straight balks. […]
Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were cast out by the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 8-7. Jordan Wicks had a rough start in a rehab assignment. He took the loss after giving up six runs on nine hits over 3.2 innings. The positive news is that he struck out four and walked just one and 50 […]
The Chicago Cubs train just keeps on rolling. Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field, Moisés Ballesteros homered and Michael Busch smacked a bases-loaded triple. That, plus six solid innings from Matthew Boyd, helped the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Diamondbacks, a series sweep and their 11th consecutive win at home. Arizona scored first, in […]
Go get ‘em, Matthew.
Today’s roster move: Here Sunday notes… Cubs lineup: Diamondbacks lineup: Matthew Boyd, LHP vs. Merrill Kelly, RHP Matthew Boyd’s numbers aren’t good (7.00 ERA, 1.444 WHIP) but I can’t help thinking he’s pitched better than that record. For one thing, in his two bad starts a run scored in each after he left the game. […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 34 Cubs 8, Diamondbacks 4: Michael Busch and Moisés Ballesteros lead the way to a sweep Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Sunday 5/3, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Sunday 5/3, 1:20 CT
Cubs closer Daniel Palencia went on the injured list April 17 (retroactive to April 14) with what was originally termed an oblique strain, later amended to a lat injury. Palencia has thrown a couple of bullpens and one inning in a rehab assignment for Triple-A Iowa last Friday, in which he was throwing over 100 […]
Keep stacking. One after another, the Cubs have been able to keep stacking wins. 10 straight home wins now. This is getting into some pretty rare air. I feel like a broken record. This is not an all-time great Cub team. But somehow, some way they just keep on winning. If anything, that’s the best […]
Today’s Reflection The fact that the Chicago Cubs have kept a run a going with all the obstacles in their way (like the Dodgers) is quite the blessing! What the heck is going on? The Cubs won 10 in a row, then they showed that they were human in Los Angeles. Then they pull off […]
The Arizona Complex League, a.k.a. Rookie Ball, started this afternoon. I normally don’t do a full recap of the ACL Cubs. Instead, I just give a link to the box score and comment if anything extraordinary happened today. I also don’t wait for the ACL Cubs to finish before I hit “publish” on the nightly […]
On a sunny, but blustery and chilly afternoon at Wrigley Field, two Cubs totally dominated the action. Shōta Imanaga had another outstanding start, scattering four hits over seven innings and striking out five. And Ian Happ doubled, tripled and homered, scoring both of the Cubs’ runs in a 2-0 shutout of the Diamondbacks, the Cubs’ […]
Go get ‘em, Shōta.
Saturday notes… Cubs lineup: Diamondbacks lineup: Shōta Imanaga, LHP vs. Ryne Nelson, RHP Shōta Imanaga was a little off his game Sunday against the Dodgers, allowing five runs in 5.1 innings. One positive: He did not allow a home run and this year he’s given up just three long balls in 34.1 innings, a vast […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33 Cubs 2, Diamondbacks 0: The Shōta Imanaga and Ian Happ show Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Saturday 5/2, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Saturday 5/2, 1:20 CT
The Cubs came back home and got right back into a groove. When last we saw this team, they’d swept all seven games on a seven-game homestand. For those not keeping track at home, they also won the home game before that back on April 12. So this is now nine straight wins at Wrigley […]
Today’s Reflections *means autoplay on, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used on this page as sarcasm font. The powers that be have enabled real sarcasm font in the comments. Food For Thought: Henrik Freischlader (born 3 November 1982) is a German blues guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer, and autodidactic multi-instrumentalist. His style of music cannot be considered pure blues. […]
Daniel Palencia was throwing hard in St. Paul. Mason McGwire might just be a prospect. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs declared the St. Paul Saints (Twins) to be heretics, 6-5. Connor Noland put the I-Cubs in an early hole after he got battered around for five runs on six hits over four innings. He walked […]
For much of this early season, two of Jed Hoyer’s key bullpen acquisitions had not done well. Phil Maton spent time on the injured list and didn’t throw well when he pitched. Jacob Webb had not had good outings most of the year to date. Friday, both of them pitched well when the Cubs needed […]
Go get ‘em, Colin.
Daniel Palencia news: Friday notes… Cubs lineup: Diamondbacks lineup: Colin Rea, RHP vs. Zac Gallen, RHP Colin Rea was going along just fine when the Dodgers torched him pretty good over the weekend. That out of the way, Rea has been solid this year (and was last year, too). I don’t think one bad start […]