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Venezuela is the deserving champion of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. It was Venezuela’s first-ever title. But the winner was the sport of baseball and all of its fans all over the world. Venezuela 3, USA 2 Eugenio Suárez doubled in a run in the top of the ninth and Daniel Palencia shut the door […]
MESA, Arizona — While most of you were watching Cubs closer Daniel Palencia close out the World Baseball Classic for Venezuela, Cubs catcher/DH Moisés Ballesteros and starting left-hander Shōta Imanaga put on quite a show in front of a festive St. Patrick’s Day full house at Sloan Park. Ballesteros smashed two monster home runs to […]
Last night we got to see the epic conclusion of the World Baseball Classic, as two powerhouse teams went head to head in the final. Team USA and Team Venezuela squared off to see which epic roster of superstar talent could call themselves best in the world. While Team USA was heavily favored from the […]
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Go get ‘em, Shōta.
One game for the right to be crowned WBC champions! Here’s all you need to know for tonight’s game. 7 p.m. CT: Venezuela vs. USA at loanDepot park, Miami. Pitchers: Eduardo Rodriguez (LHP) vs. Nolan McLean (RHP). TV: Fox-TV, Fox Deportes. Radio: MLB Audio, Sirius XM channel 89. MLB.com Gameday Venezuela lineup: USA lineup: Here’s […]
Cubs 8, Angels 6: The Moisés Ballesteros and Shōta Imanaga show Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Angels, Tuesday 3/17, 8:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Angels, Tuesday 3/17, 8:05 CT Cubs vs. Angels at Mesa preview, Tuesday 3/17, 8:05 CT
MESA, Arizona — Tuesday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Angels lineup: Shōta Imanaga will start for the Cubs. The only other Cubs pitcher scheduled today is Javier Assad, now back from the WBC. Looks like the Cubs might be doing a piggyback two-pitcher game as they did last night against the Guardians. Mitch Farris […]
Monday, Fangraphs’ Eric Longenhagen wrote about several experimental rule changes that will be used in some of the minor leagues this year. The key here is “experimental.” Don’t expect all of these to be instituted in MLB, and even for some that might be, I would think testing will go on for several seasons. So […]
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. As you know, Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki suffered some sort of knee injury playing for Japan […]
We had another great game today and this time, there was no controversy. Venezuela 4, Italy 2 Italy took an early lead, but Venezuela rallied with a three-run seventh inning to end Italy’s magical run in the World Baseball Classic. Italy actually broke out to an early lead when Tigers pitcher Keider Montero struggled to […]
I’ll make this one fairly short because I know most of you were watching Venezuela’s 4-2 win over Italy in the WBC semifinal, closed out by Cubs closer Daniel Palencia. (I was watching it, too!) While that was going on, Cubs right-hander Cade Horton was mowing down Guardians hitters. Horton struck out 10 in five […]
Game result: Cubs 5, Cleveland 2. Cade Horton looked damn good, throwing 10 Ks in five innings of work. The Cubs that were willing to ride the bus or unable not to did a good job, with Scott Kingery swatting a two-run homer and Matt Shaw making good contact. Brett Bateman made good contact as […]
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Go get ‘em, Cade.
This should be quite the battle, with a strong Venezuela lineup facing a team that no one gave much of a chance when this tournament began. Italy is undefeated in this tournament, going 4-0 in pool play and winning a quarterfinal game against Puerto Rico. The winner will face Team USA in the WBC championship […]
Cubs 5, Guardians 2: While you were watching the WBC, Cade Horton was striking out 10 Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Guardians, Monday 3/16, 8:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Guardians, Monday 3/16, 8:05 CT Cubs vs. Guardians at Goodyear preview, Monday 3/16, 8:05 CT
Monday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Guardians lineup: Cade Horton will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled today: Colin Rea. Gavin Williams will start for the Guardians. Other Guardians pitchers scheduled today: Connor Brogdon, Peyton Pallette, Trevor Stephan and Tim Herrin. Today’s game is on Guardians TV. There will be a radio […]
MIAMI, Florida — An elite match up between two baseball juggernauts didn’t deliver a lot of offense last night in Miami at the World Baseball Classic. But how could it? Both pitching staffs were dealing and even two of the best offenses ever assembled by the United States and the Dominican Republic struggled to put […]
26-year-old Ben Cowles has been on the Cubs, the Blue Jays, and the White Sox so far this year. The aim is obvious, to get him off the 40-man roster and onto the Triple-A team. If he gets put on waivers, someone claims him, and the circus is back in town. Cowles can play a […]
We were expecting a terrific game and we got it. We were expecting a slugfest and we got a pitcher’s duel. It also ended on a terrible call. USA 2, Dominican Republic 1 Team USA hit two solo home runs and Team Dominican Republic only had one as the United States advanced to the World […]
This year’s World Baseball Classic has produced some tremendous upsets and compelling baseball. That’s true even if no game should ever end this way: Come on now, plate umpire Cory Blaser. That’s not even close to being a strike! At least we know that egregious bad calls like that during the regular season can be […]