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Colin Rea threw four efficient innings Saturday night in Peoria, Arizona and the Cubs defeated the Mariners 7-1. Rea threw 77 pitches (50 strikes) and generally looked like the solid pitcher he was for the Cubs most of last year. He’ll be in a long relief/spot starter role to begin the season and he seems […]
Ryan Brasier needs a job. This is said to be a blister issue: There was some weirdness with the MLB.TV signal. Ended up watching the Mariners telecast. Game results: Cubs 7, Mariners 1. Cubs 7, Padres 5. Miscellaneous: *means autoplay on, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used on […]
The Spring Breakout game may be the most fun game of Spring Training and the Cubs prospects hit four solo home runs to beat the Padres prospects, 7-5 at Sloan Park. Will Sanders started for the Cubs and he was impressive, throwing his fastball at an average 95 miles per hour, which is about 2.5 […]
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Go get ‘em, Colin.
Cubs 7, Mariners 1: Colin Rea’s ready Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Mariners and Padres, Saturday 3/21, 8:05 and 8:10 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Mariners and Padres, Saturday 3/21, 8:05 and 8:10 CT Cubs vs. Mariners at Peoria and Cubs vs. Padres Spring Breakout game preview, Saturday 3/21
Today’s Seiya Suzuki news: Here Saturday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup at Peoria: Mariners lineup: Cubs Spring Breakout lineup: Padres Spring Breakout lineup: Colin Rea will start for the Cubs at Peoria. Will Sanders will start the Cubs Spring Breakout game. George Kirby will start for the Mariners. Luis Gutierrez will start for the […]
This was announced late Saturday afternoon by manager Craig Counsell: Obviously, this isn’t good news, though it seems possible that this IL stint won’t last too long. Earlier the team had said the injury was “minor,” but they obviously aren’t taking any chances. This means that possibly all three non-roster outfielders, Dylan Carlson, Chas McCormick […]
We’re less than a week from Opening Day when the Cubs will welcome the Nationals to Wrigley Field to kick off the 2026 MLB season. It’s warming up around Wrigleyville and delivery trucks are arriving by the dozens to prepare the baseball park at Clark and Addison for millions of fans to watch baseball over […]
MESA, Arizona — On an day when the Phoenix area tied its all-time March temperature record of 105 degrees — set the day before! — and the Cubs game at SloanPark was moved from afternoon to evening, the team got shaky pitching outings from Matthew Boyd and Jameson Taillon and lost both of their split-squad […]
Game results: Reds 8, Cubs 6. A’s 6, Cubs 2. Well, that was no bueno. At least the televised game started out well. I made a bad coin flip and started out listening to the Reds game. Boyd wasn’t exactly good Friday night. Taillon wasn’t much better. Miguel Amaya had some juice. Al will have […]
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Go get ‘em, Matthew and Jamo.
Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Reds and A’s, Friday 3/20, 8:05 and 8:10 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Reds and A’s, Friday 3/20, 8:05 and 8:10 CT Cubs vs. Reds at Sloan Park and vs. A’s at Hohokam Stadium preview, Friday 3/20 Cubs split squads lose to Reds and Athletics
MESA, Arizona — Today’s roster moves: Friday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineups at Sloan Park and Hohokam Stadium: Reds lineup: A’s lineup: Matthew Boyd will start for the Cubs at Sloan Park. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled for the home game: Hunter Harvey, Phil Maton, Caleb Thielbar and Hoby Milner. Brandon Williamson will start for […]
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 in the SB Nation Reacts survey who should be in right field for […]
It’s hard to believe, but today we stand only six days away from the Cubs’ first 2026 regular season game, which will be next Thursday at Wrigley Field against the Washington Nationals. Here’s a first look at the weather forecast: Thursday A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Honestly? That wouldn’t […]
Happy Friday everyone! We’ve moved on from the World Baseball Classic to some extent (though we do have some reactions to it below), and we’re now entering the final week of Spring Training (where has the time gone??). With less than a week left before we have regular season baseball, we do still have some […]
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You’ve already seen Jefferson Rojas and Pedro Ramirez play for the Cubs this Spring Training. Both have hit well and Ramirez, in particular, has flashed some glove at third base, shortstop and second base. In 14 MLB spring games this year, Ramirez is batting .357/.429/.607 (10-for-28) with a double, two home runs, 11 RBI and […]
Last week, I wrote this article on how MLB could reduce its regular season schedule. That’s almost certainly going to happen in conjunction with expansion, which Commissioner Rob Manfred has said is likely to come after the A’s and Rays get their stadium situations settled. Which might now actually happen within the next 3-4 years! […]
Game result: Diamondbacks 16, Cubs 8. Zounds! Jefferson Rojas continues to impress. He’ll need to get that BA up, though, to get to The Show. Miguel Amaya is smoking the ball. So is Matt Shaw. The pitching? The jury is still out. The third inning was troublesome for everypitcher. Knoxville sometime starter Dawson Netz closed […]
We’re at the end of another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad you could join us before we go dark until Monday. Wherever you’re from, you’re welcome here. The dress code is casual. We’ve still got a few tables […]
Wednesday was a very hot afternoon in the Phoenix area. The temperature reached 101 degrees, breaking the record for the month: “Hot” also described the Cubs bats, at least early in the game. The D-backs came back, though, hitting Edward Cabrera hard, and won the game 16-8. The D-backs scored first, off Cabrera in the […]
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