Chicago Cubs
Enhanced Box Score: Pirates 9, Cubs 3 – May 17, 2024
For six hitless, profoundly dominant innings, Paul Skenes today looked like the best pitching prospect I've seen since maybe Stephen Strasburg. The other two who came to mind as I watched were Matt Harvey and Jose Fernandez. Those three, when...
Brett Taylor
May 17, 2024
Chicago Cubs
MLBits: Elly De La Cruz Continues to Electrify, Yanks Want Soto for Long Haul, More
Elly De La Cruz continues to dazzle and the Yankees want Juan Soto in New York for the rest of his career. That and more in today's MLB Notes! Elly De La Cruz's Four Steal Night Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly...
Patrick K. Flowers
May 17, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Cubs Farm Report | May 17, 2024: I-Cubs’ Homer Party Helps Cade Horton Get His First Triple-A Win
The Iowa Cubs mashed four home runs and scored 10 runs, as Cade Horton made his best start at Triple-A on Thursday. That and more in today's Cubs Farm Report. Cubs Farm Report | May 17, 2024 Triple-A Iowa Cubs...
Patrick K. Flowers
May 17, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Cubs Roster Moves: Brewer to the IL, Hodge to Chicago
YES! ANOTHER CUBS PLAYER IS HITTING THE INJURED LIST! ANOTHER CUBS RELIEVER AT THAT! PLEASE DO NOT MISTAKE MY SHOUTING FOR EXCITEMENT! IT IS ACTUALLY JUST INCREDULITY AND CAFFEINE! Today the Chicago Cubs placed reliever Colten Brewer on the 15-day...
Brett Taylor
May 17, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs Lineup: Seiya Sits, But PCA is Back
CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs dropped the opener last night at Wrigley Field, but they've got a Friday 1:20 start with Kyle Hendricks on the bump (and the sun shining) today. Maybe those good vibes will be enough to take...
Michael Cerami
May 17, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Hoping on Happ and ho*rner, Steele and Jones, Murray, Roku, Vegas, and Other Cubs Bullets
Here's hoping no Pirates players take a wrong turn in Wrigleyville and get detained trying to get into Wrigley Field. Maybe have to miss the game. (This is a Scottie Scheffler reference, for those who haven't seen the bonkers story...
Brett Taylor
May 17, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Cade Horton’s Latest Triple-A Iowa Start Came with Some Awesomeness and Some Bad Luck
Cade Horton's latest Triple-A outing went better than the last one, though even it will come with some explanation. Officially, the line for Horton was 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 3 K. Fine. Solid. Not overly impressive....
Brett Taylor
May 17, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Enhanced Box Score: Pirates 5, Cubs 4 – May 16, 2024
The Cubs had a golden opportunity handed to them in the bottom of the eighth inning when leadoff man Seiya Suzuki was hit by a pitch and reached third on a swinging bunt (+ error) for Cody Bellinger immediately after....
Michael Cerami
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
The Mini-Break Pays Off: Ian Happ with a ROCKET Home Run!
After a red-hot first ten games of the season (172 wRC+), Ian Happ had gone ice cold offensively. Aside from continuing to take his walks (he always does), his overall production plummeted to the point where Craig Counsell game him...
Michael Cerami
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Kevin Alcantara Doubles, Matt Shaw Singles, and Moises Ballesteros HOMERS THEM ALL IN!
Brennen Davis isn't the only hot Cubs prospect. In fact, Moises Ballesteros is basically THE hot Cubs prospect of the season so far. And tonight, after two of the Cubs top prospects — Kevin Alcantara (on a double) and Matt...
Michael Cerami
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Brennen Davis Just Homered AGAIN
For a moment, it seemed like we were in for another round of terrible Brennen Davis luck. Just as the Cubs outfield prospect was heating back up, this happened: https://twitter.com/thats_so_cub/status/1791239496777760989 Davis is just a magnet for HBPs, even when it's...
Brett Taylor
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Pre-Gamin’: Pirates at Cubs (6:40 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread
CUBS LINEUP — The Chicago Cubs are back at Wrigley Field tonight against the Pirates, facing a 22-year-old fireballer who threw six strong innings against them last weekend, Jared Jones. Here's a look at the Cubs lineup for the rematch...
Michael Cerami
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
MLBits: Red-Hot Rockies, Sticky Stuff Suspension, Salvy’s Patience Paying Off, More
The longest active winning streak in baseball belongs to ... the Rockies. More on the red-hot Rox and more in today's MLB Notes. The Red-Hot Rockies? A little over a week ago, the Rockies were 8-28. Since then, they've won...
Patrick K. Flowers
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
The Cubs Are Coming Home to Face the Pirates
Cubs vs Pirates — There's going to be a little deja vu here for the next week, as the Cubs play seven straight games against the Pirates and Braves after just wrapping up six games against ... the Pirates and...
Michael Cerami
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Javier Assad is the Definition of Pitchability
Like his rotation-mate Shota Imanaga, Javier Assad has reached the point where, after every single start, you want to say the same thing: wow, that was awesome, this guy is good. It gets a little stale, in an extremely desirable...
Brett Taylor
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Cubs Farm Report | May 16, 2024: Brennan Davis Goes Yard in Iowa Loss
Brennan Davis' fifth home run of the season was not enough for the Iowa Cubs on Wednesday as they fell to the Syracuse Mets in a rain-shortened affair. That and more in today's Cubs Farm Report. Cubs Farm Report |...
Patrick K. Flowers
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Joe Buck is Returning to the Booth to Call a Cubs-Cardinals Game
I know that Joe Buck is a polarizing broadcaster. Some people love him. Some people hate him. I also know that he seems to have gone through phases in his career where there were stretches I thought he was mutably...
Brett Taylor
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Pete Crow-Armstrong Put on a Show, and Continues to Make a Strong Case for Continued Playing Time
Pete Crow-Armstrong put on a show last night, which I mean in the most literal sense. It was more like a performance than a baseball game. Bases-loaded HBP while showing bunt? OK, sure. Running easily to first on a dropped...
Brett Taylor
May 16, 2024
Chicago Bears
Northwestern Returns to Wrigley Field TWICE This Fall
Northwestern will be making a return to Wrigley Field not just once this season, but twice! Due to the construction of their brand new football stadium, the Cats will be playing five of their seven home games at its temporary...
Matt Rooney
May 16, 2024
Chicago Cubs
Impressive Fill-In Guys, Bullpen Health, Roberts, Javy, and Other Cubs Bullets
The Cubs come back home from the Pittsburgh-Atlanta road trip having split it 3-3, and I gotta say, that's a pretty solid outcome when (1) you're facing Jones and Skenes, (2) you're playing three in Atlanta where they'd lost just...
Brett Taylor
May 16, 2024
