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Today’s roster move: Here Thursday notes… Neither team had posted a lineup as of the time this preview posted. Please check BCB social media for tonight’s lineups. Matthew Boyd, LHP vs. Freddy Peralta, RHP Matthew Boyd returns tonight from his second IL stint. The first was due to a bicep issue. After his return then, […]
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The New York Mets traded David Peterson to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. In all reality, the trade made sense. Peterson has struggled and is clearly in need of a fresh start, while the Cubs’ pitching has been decimated by injuries and they were in need of a hurler. Nevertheless, Peterson had pitched in New […] The post What Carlos Mendoza said after Mets-Cubs David Peterson trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd has had two injured list stints this year, one for a bicep issue, the other for a knee injury suffered while playing with his kids. The latter likely wins “Weird Baseball Player Injury of the Year.” Boyd’s ready to return and so has been activated from the 15-day injured list to […]
The Chicago Cubs have been playing some solid baseball of late, recently scoring 10 runs in two straight games against the New York Mets on the road to push their record to 42-37 on the season. During a game earlier this week against New York, Dansby Swanson was the hero as the designated hitter, launching […] The post Cubs’ Dansby Swanson, Mallory Swanson star in hilarious Buffalo Wild Wings commercial appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Cubs have played 40 home games, just short of half the season total of 81. (It would have been just above half if not for Sunday’s rainout at Wrigley Field.) Here are some attendance numbers for the season to date. The Cubs have sold 1,397,964 tickets for the 40 dates. That total ranks sixth […]
As the New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, 10-5, it marked the team’s fifth straight loss in what has been a frustrating season for the ball club. While Mets fans are likely complaining about the team this season, it was on full display on Wednesday, as an interesting chant led to […] The post How social media responded to Mets fans’ ‘Pete Alonso’ chants appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The New York Mets have been on the struggle bus recently (and really throughout the entire season), surrendering 10 runs in two straight games against the Chicago Cubs to drop their record to 34-46 on the 2026 MLB season. The Mets were expected by many to be championship contenders heading into this year, but thus […] The post The warning Ken Rosenthal just sent complaining Mets fans appeared first on ClutchPoints .
New York Mets ace Freddy Peralta pitches on Thursday. These trades to the Cubs, Blue Jays and Braves would get the job done, though they are expensive.
With both Edward Cabrera and Ben Brown sidelined this week, the Cubs acquired struggling lefty David Peterson from the Mets.
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week, I asked you what the Cubs’ biggest need is right now: Starting pitching, relief pitching or […]
The Cubs have designated right-hander Yosver Zulueta for assignment, per a team announcement. His spot on the roster goes to newly acquired left-hander David Peterson, who came over to Chicago in a trade with the Mets. Zulueta only came to the Cubs ten days ago. He’d been designated for assignment by the Mariners, who flipped […]
June 25: The two teams have formally announced the trade. Chicago announced that righty Yosver Zulueta has been designated for assignment to open a 40-man roster spot. June 24: The Cubs and Mets reportedly agreed to a trade on Wednesday night. Starter David Peterson goes to Chicago in exchange for first base prospect Cole Mathis. […]
The Milwaukee Brewers swept the Cincinnati Reds this week to improve to 11-3 against the rest of the National League Central Division so far in 2026. Now 49-29, Milwaukee has the second-best record in all Major League Baseball and are 20 games over .500 (something they did not achieve until mid-July of 2025 when they [...]
Left-hander Luis Peralta went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment by the Cubs and has been assigned outright to Triple-A Iowa, per the MLB.com transaction log. He hasn’t been outrighted previously in his career and doesn’t have three years of major league service, so he doesn’t have the option to reject the assignment […]
I want everyone to be honest with themselves. Ignoring the sequencing, did you think the Cubs would be on a pace for more than 87 wins? I did. So yeah, I’m a little disappointed where this half of baseball ended up. I don’t have to convince any of you that this team left wins on […]
It’s no secret that the New York Mets haven’t played well this season. The club owns the third-worst record in […]
Trade season kicked off on Wednesday with the Cubs landing lefty David Peterson from the Mets. It’s not exactly a blockbuster, but it could signal the organizational direction for both sides. Speaking of trades… 1. Top 35 Trade Candidates article drops today We’re publishing a full breakdown of the most interesting trade pieces heading into […]
I’ve always been a fan of Dansby Swanson. He plays elite defense and, up to this year, his bat always played well enough. This season, Swanson got off to a very slow start. He had a decent run for a few weeks in April, then went into an extended slump that had him batting .175/.281/.306 […]
Meet the Mets Well it was unsurpringly ugly yet again at Citi Field. The Mets gave up 20 runs in the doubleheader while scoring eight to get swept in the two games by the Cubs. The pitching was awful, the defense was atrocious, and the offense left a bit to be desired, but hey at […]
Today’s Reflections It feels SOOOO good to put Dansby Swanson’s name first on the Cub Tracks page! Tuesday night, he had a two-run home run and an RBI double, followed by a three-run homer and a grand slam in Game 1 Wednesday afternoon. In his last five games (through Game 1 of the doubleheader), Swanson […]
Spend enough years following one franchise and you risk losing the ability to tell its quirks from the league’s. The dysfunction starts to feel like physics. This is just how it works, you tell yourself, because you have no other team’s daily weather to measure it against. You can be loyal to an outlier for […]
The Cubs have lost this season almost as often as they've won. But the defense has always been breathtaking.
On Wednesday, Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson put together one of the most productive offensive days you’ll ever see in MLB. By the time the dust settled, he had completely rewritten his season stat line. Swanson entered the day with…
The Chicago Cubs are in pure desperation mode when it comes to finding pitching, and their most recent roster move reflected exactly that. The Cubs claimed right-hander Bryse Wilson off waivers from the Phillies, designating righty Christian Roa for assignment in a corresponding 40-man move. A Rotation in Crisis Earlier the same day, the Cubs placed both Edward Cabrera and Ben Brown on the injured list, Cabrera with a hamstring strain and Brown with a neck strain. That left Chicago witho...