For Jameson Taillon, his performance in the Cubs’ 6-2 loss to the Brewers felt like another example of how many of his starts this season have gone, as one big inning from the opponent made all the difference. Over his last five innings, he allowed only one run, which was unearned in the second. With the Cubs hoping for some…
Justin Steele, the Cubs ace and Cy Young contender, will take the bump in Pittsburgh on Thursday looking to win his league-leading 15th game in 2023. From earning his first All-Star Game selection to now being one of the driving forces in the Cubs’ late-season playoff push, Steele has thus far turned in a memorable season. He’s emerged as the…
The decision to sit Seiya Suzuki wasn’t one Cubs manager David Ross ever wanted to make. And at the end of May, when Suzuki owned a 137 wRC+ and an .872 OPS, it’s not one Ross expected he’d have to make, either. But as struggles persisted for the player the Cubs invested nearly $100 million to bring to Chicago before…
It’s been a few days since the Cubs announced Marcus Stroman had suffered a right rib cartilage fracture while already on the 15-day injured list. But still, nobody knows if he’ll recover in time to impact the team’s playoff push. “I feel like all the doctors know that I’m going to fully heal and be back,” said Stroman on Friday,…
Only a few days ago, the Cubs were expecting Marcus Stroman to come off the 15-day injured list and start against the White Sox Wednesday night. Now, not even president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer is sure when — and honestly, if — he’ll pitch for them again. Imaging taken Monday revealed Stroman had suffered a right rib cage cartilage…
With one massive swing of the bat, Christopher Morel turned one of the Cubs’ worst losses of the season into one of the team’s most electric moments in years. The Cubs trailed the White Sox by two heading into the bottom of the ninth at Wrigley Field. Their performance for a majority of Wednesday’s game was lackluster, and they were…
After all the energy the Cubs used to claw their way back from 10 games below .500 in June and to grind away part of what had grown to be an 8 1/2-game deficit in the National League Central, do they still have to floor it over the next two weeks? Even after a 5-3 loss to the White Sox…
On Aug. 2, after the Cubs’ second straight blowout of the Reds — who were then in first place in the National League Central — Christopher Morel made a bold prediction on the postgame show. “We go to the playoffs. I say it today,” Morel told Marquee Sports Network’s Taylor McGregor. Why was he essentially calling the team’s shot with…
There’s no question that, when the calendar flipped to August, Cody Bellinger was as deserving as anyone else to be named the National League Player of the Month for July. https://twitter.com/CHGO_Cubs/status/1686865615015878657?s=20 Sure, other players had good arguments. But Bellinger was among the league’s top hitters throughout the month, as his 1.8 fWAR (tied for first in the NL in July),…
When Dansby Swanson played travel ball as a kid, his team bus had one small television with a VHS player. They would bring two movies on every trip: “Remember the Titans” and “Superstar Shortstops.” The latter was Swanson’s contribution. By the time he was playing on travel teams, he had watched it so much that he worried the tape reels…
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