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Earlier today, I reported on the Cubs roster move replacing Scott Kingery on the active roster with Nicky Lopez. The Cubs transactions page had noted Kingery was optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Now, there’s been another move. As you know, Caleb Thielbar left Thursday’s game with a hamstring injury. This is how that happened [VIDEO]. Your […]
Today’s roster move: Here Friday notes… The Cubs lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Cubs lineup. Dodgers lineup: Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Emmet Sheehan, RHP Jameson Taillon’s numbers are just about at his career averages. His K rate and BB rate are both up a bit from […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 26 Cubs 6, Dodgers 4: Dansby Swanson’s ninth inning homer gives the Cubs their 10th straight win Cubs vs. Dodgers, Friday 4/24, 9:15 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers preview, Friday 4/24, 9:15 CT
It was reported after Thursday’s game that the Cubs had acquired Nicky Lopez from the Rockies for cash considerations. As Lopez was on a minor-league deal with Colorado, there was no immediate 26-man or 40-man roster move needed by the Cubs. This afternoon, before Friday’s game against the Dodgers at Los Angeles, the Cubs added […]
One year ago, the Cubs were on their way to a playoff appearance with an outstanding outfield duo of Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker as two of their biggest contributors. Tucker is now a Dodger, and PCA has had a horrific start to the year, and yet, the Cubs’ offense is not only surviving all […]
The Cubs lost the first two games of 2025 between these two teams in Japan — and then took four of the next five. It’s too bad the Cubs lost their division series to the Brewers, because I think a Cubs/Dodgers NLCS last year would have been awesome. Maybe this October. For this Dodgers series […]
When your favorite team is 150 years old almost everything has been done before. After all, Wrigley Field is the home of Babe Ruth’s called shot. It’s also the only MLB ballpark left that Jackie Robinson played a game in. You can almost feel the ghosts of baseball past whispering at you from the ivy […]
Nine is divine! It sure wasn’t pretty. But in the end, that doesn’t really matter. The Cubs won their ninth consecutive game. It’s April, and so the two teams the Cubs faced in those nine games understandably have two of the worst records in baseball. For kicks, I pulled up MLB.com’s preseason baseball predictions for […]
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Welington Castillo* and a mighty host of others, plus more baseball stories, like “NEWS ALERT”: The HOF and BBWAA have always been stupid entities, and world stories, such as Sir Paul is still kicking. Today in baseball history: Cubs Birthdays: Willi Castro, Steven Souza Jr., […]
In case you haven’t heard: The Cubs assigned Lopez to Iowa, but I wouldn’t count on him actually ever going there. Iowa also activated catcher Casey Opitz off the Developmental List. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs’ bats went silent against the Louisville Bats (Reds), 1-0. Jordan Wicks went 2.2 innings in a rehab assignment and […]
Well. That was… Not exactly the way you’d want to win a game, but wins are wins. The Cubs blew leads of 6-2 and 7-6, but walked off the Phillies 8-7 in the 10th inning on Dansby Swanson’s bases-loaded hit. The Cubs have now won nine consecutive games and, at 16-9, are tied for first […]
The Phillies finally showed some signs of life, but nevertheless they still couldn’t manage to finally break their losing streak, which has now extended to nine games. They erased a 6-2 deficit and tied it at 7-7 in the ninth, but ultimately, they couldn’t find a way to win in extras while Dansby Swanson walked […]
Go get ‘em, Edward.
After a seven-game road trip facing National League West teams, the Dodgers are back home to start a weekend series against the Chicago Cubs beginning Friday night at Dodger Stadium. Kyle Tucker will face one of his old teams for the first time since signing with the Dodgers. Emmet Sheehan gets the ball for the […]
Here are the lineups for the final game in Chicago. Let’s discuss. For the Phillies: For the Cubs:
Thursday notes… Cubs lineup: Phillies lineup: Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Cristopher Sánchez, LHP Edward Cabrera has been as advertised so far this year. His power changeup results in a lot of strikeouts — 17 in 22.2 innings. It also has led to a fair number of walks, 11, which is too many. Cut down on […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25 Cubs 8, Phillies 7: Dansby Swanson’s walkoff single gives the Cubs a sweep and nine straight wins Cubs vs. Phillies, Thursday 4/23, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Thursday 4/23, 1:20 CT
Prior to Thursday’s game against the Cubs, the Phillies announced that Taijuan Walker was released. Walker pitched Wednesday night’s game behind Kyle Backhus, allowing five runs, four of them earned, in only four innings. It was not all of his fault; Justin Crawford dropped a shallow flyball that eventually led to a run. But it […]
Just for curiosity, I checked the math on flipping a coin and getting heads eight consecutive times. You’d expect to find four such sequences out of 10,000 flips, or about once every 2,500 times. I think I could take that math and apply it to once every 15 years if you were a team that […]
The Cubs have found many different ways to win during their current eight-game winning streak. Blowouts (three straight games with 10+ runs). Extra-inning thrillers (over the Mets on Sunday). Winning despite leaving 17 on base (Tuesday). And Wednesday, a home run by a player who’s been struggling at the plate helped galvanize the offense. Michael […]
Colts draft MUST replace Zaire Franklin! IU Football Spring Game tonight! Cubs go for 9 straight!
No, Charlie most likely isn’t the goose’s name. But he had to know he wasn’t going to get hit by a ball from Michael Busch at the moment. Strong performance from Shota Tuesday. Good hitting. Timely hitting — despite stranding SEVENTEEN runners. Great to see Seiya’s first HR. Hope to see Palencia before too long. […]
It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hot spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us for a while. We can always find room for another friendly face. There’s no cover charge tonight. We still have a few tables available. The […]
Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs broke the Louisville Bats (Reds), 15-9 There was not a lot of good pitching today in Des Moines and the wind was steady out to left field. Starter Charlie Barnes pitched solidly anyways, giving up three runs on five hits over five innings. Two of those five hits were solo […]
…we came in? Anyway, I saw Exit 8 a few days ago. It’s a horror film about a man who finds himself trapped in an endless, looping train station passage, returning again and again to the same place. It’s come to mind, watching the Phillies recently. There’s always an element of repetition to a baseball […]