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When he addressed the media ahead of the start of the current homestand, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer tried to shift the blame for the bullpen woes onto his shoulders — and off of manager David Ross’. “If I’m being candid, I feel like I’ve put Rossy in tough spot to a certain extent. That’s an area we’ve…

Back when Jameson Taillon was an opponent of Kyle Hendricks’, he didn’t really know what to think of him. From what Taillon could tell, Hendricks was a “mute,” a “robot,” someone who gives off a “super quiet, smart guy vibe” (and to be fair, many who don’t know Hendricks may believe something similar). Taillon’s perception changed pretty quickly when he…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7qr7iEOyNM It was easy for Tucker Barnhart to describe what worked so well for Marcus Stroman on Wednesday. He just had to call back to something Stroman said back in spring training. “The sinker was ‘sankin,’ right?” Barnhart said, referring to Stroman’s “sanker gonna be sankin'” preseason quote, following the Cubs’ 4-2 win over the Mets. It was about as…

The Cubs return to Wrigley Field to open a nine-game home stand Tuesday night, but obviously, they aren’t far removed from a disappointing nine-game road trip. There were some positives to come from it — especially in some individual hitting performances — but the overall negatives sunk them. They couldn’t get the offense, the rotation and the bullpen clicking at…

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