Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 15, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — The bad news? The Cubs dropped the opener in San Diego last night, despite taking a two-run lead into the bottom of the sixth inning. The good news? That was the least winnable game of the series *and* because the Padres really poured it on, none of Julian Merryweather, Porter Hodge, or Ryan Pressly came into the game (meaning they should be available tonight). The other good…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 15, 2025
Ah, well. That’s a bummer. According to Keith Law, the Cubs top prospect and everyday third baseman to start the year, Matt Shaw, is being optioned to Triple-A Iowa after an uneven (… but mostly cold) start to the year offensively: .172/.294/.241 (66 wRC+). Matt Shaw to Iowa While Shaw has been taking a healthy amount of walks to start the season (14.7 BB%), the strikeouts have started mounting and…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 15, 2025
As it was with the extremely-well-watched Tokyo Series, sure, I’m going to assume the Los Angeles Dodgers’ presence on Sunday Night Baseball was the bigger boon to ESPN. But I do believe that the Chicago Cubs still have a large and national fan base that WILL turn out when the team is competitive. That’s why this past Sunday night’s game, which saw the Cubs beat the Dodgers to win that…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 15, 2025
Although the season-ending Justin Steele injury situation is the one that’ll sting the most and for the longest, the Chicago Cubs are dealing with some other injuries of note … Seiya Suzuki has been out since halfway through Saturday’s game, feeling the effects of a lingering wrist issue. If the Cubs want to be able to maximize the backdating on an IL stint, they’ll need to make a decision on…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 15, 2025
The Chicago Cubs (11-8) may not have the best record in MLB, but they have arguably had the best offense in the league through the first 20 or so games: 120 runs scored (1st in MLB), 126 wRC+ (4th), 27 SBs (1st), 27.1 Off WAR (2nd), and so on. That is, of course, a very different thing than me saying they WILL have the best offense in baseball moving forward…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 15, 2025
This morning, I noted in the Bullets that Pete Crow-Armstrong’s second straight big game pushed his overall batting line into positive territory on the season, and pushed his WAR up to 0.9 on the young season, good for 12th in baseball. Just behind PCA? Michael Busch, at 0.8 WAR after homering for the third straight game: Don’t let Michael Busch get hot! pic.twitter.com/Fwlt4jsoZM— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) April 15, 2025 Busch…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 15, 2025
I went back and forth on whether this was standalone news from a baseball perspective, but ultimately concluded that it was. There is the intracity element for the Cubs, but also just the general importance of understanding how the ownership structure of any MLB organization has evolved. It can have significant impacts down the road. Anyway, this is a follow-up to those reports earlier this year about Justin Ishbia upping…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 15, 2025
At some point in my late-30s, something finally clicked with my ability to exercise consistently. It took only 20 years of trying and failing to get anything to stick. For me, it was classes, where you’re in there with a lot of other people – feeling some of that safe peer pressure – and where you know you’re going to get a set workout in, rather than trying to just…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 15, 2025
The Cubs may have scratched together an early lead in this one, but it didn’t last. And then by the time the Padres were done, it wasn’t really even close. The game started to slip from the Cubs in the 6th, with Jameson Taillon running out of gas and Brad Keller taking over. Keller got blooped and dribbled to death, so I’m not even sure how much I blame him…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 14, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — Who’s up for another mettle test? After taking of two of three from the Dodgers in Los Angeles, the Cubs are headed to San Diego to take on the Padres … who are actually leading the NL West (and MLB) in wins. And because of that, escaping Petco Park with even one win would feel good. Two or more would be legitimately incredible. They do have a…
