Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•May 05, 2025
Hamstring strains are one of the most common baseball injuries, and, unfortunately, are injuries that always seem to take longer to recover from than you think. I tell myself every time that, even if it’s a mild strain, it’s a month absence. Start there, and you’re less likely to be disappointed. THAT SAID, when it came to Shōta Imanaga’s hamstring, and how potentially bad it looked on Sunday when he…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•May 05, 2025
These Cubs are so effing relentless. I love it. The Cubs put up 9 runs tonight in a game where it didn’t FEEL like an overwhelming offensive night. These Cubs are so relentless at the plate that 9 runs in 8.0 innings can feel like, yeah, that’s normal. That was also a really impressive night from Matthew Boyd. He didn’t necessarily have his best command, but he kept locking it…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•May 05, 2025
[Feldco] It feels like it’s been a day or two since Carson Kelly reminded us that he is now Barry Bonds incarnate, and I appreciate him stepping up to do some reminding tonight, especially in front of the team where Bonds played his most Kelly-like years. Kelly tonight hit his 8th home run of the year in just his 19th start: Cruise the bases, Cars. pic.twitter.com/EBksVa76Df— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•May 05, 2025
[Feldco] Ian Happ is the highlight man tonight for the Cubs. First a diving catch that may have ultimately saved a run or two. Now, a home run that supplies a run or two. I mean, it’s two. But I wanted the parallelism. It’s homer number three on the season for the Cubs’ excellent leadoff man: Reason to be Happy on a Monday: pic.twitter.com/tUNTyqEmml— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 6, 2025
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•May 05, 2025
[danleys] Ian Happ is so dang good at coming in on the ball in left field. He does other things very well, too – he’s a Gold Glover for a reason – but it just seems like any time he has a low liner in his sights coming in, he’s going to make the catch. Such was the case tonight with this robbery: “It’s just the way they get after…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•May 05, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — Tonight, the Cubs will begin a fresh series against one of the hottest teams in baseball, the Giants. In terms of the pitching matchup, this is probably the most winnable game of the series, so let’s hope Matthew Boyd and the following Cubs lineup is ready to bounce back from a frustrating Sunday loss to Milwaukee. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Kyle Tucker, RF Seiya Suzuki,…
Chicago Cubs
Patrick K. Flowers
•May 05, 2025
I’ll forever maintain that the Arizona Diamondbacks’ decision to move away from their original purple and steel colors was one of the most significant downgrades in uniforms I’ve ever seen. This weekend, I had that stray thought when I drove past Chase Field in Phoenix on my way to a baseball tournament in Mesa. By coincidence, Arizona released their newest Nike City Connect uniforms this morning, featuring those classic colors….
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•May 05, 2025
Like I said this morning, it really didn’t make any sense NOT to put Shōta Imanaga on the Injured List before tonight’s game and call up an extra arm. It’s just a free roster spot at the moment. You can figure out the fill-in starter for Imanaga when his actual turn in the rotation comes up this weekend (Chris Flexen? Jordan Wicks? Cade Horton?). So, today the Cubs placed Imanaga…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•May 05, 2025
Cubs vs Giants — The Cubs are VERY close to the soft part of their schedule. One week from today, they will play series against, in order: the Marlins, Reds, Rockies, Reds, and Nationals before getting another quality opponent. Unfortunately, before that begins, they have six straight against two of the better teams in baseball: The Giants (22-13) and the Mets (22-13). Neither team has endured a schedule as challenging…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•May 05, 2025
Ian Happ didn’t have the hottest start to his 2025 season, with just a .304 OBP and 75 wRC+ through the first three series of the year (46 PAs). But since then? Since then, Happ has been quietly excellent, dragging his overall season numbers to a valuable place: .286/.373/.388 (120 wRC+). A very familiar, valuable place: 2022: 122 wRC+2023: 120 wRC+2024: 122 wRC+2025 (YTD): 120 wRC+ Model of consistency, he…
