Six years after he played for Team Japan in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, Seiya Suzuki was committed to representing his country once again next month. “It was actually one of my objectives to play at the WBC,” Suzuki said via interpreter Toy Matsushita last week at Cubs spring training in Mesa, Ariz. “This year, there’s a lot of good…
MESA, Ariz. — Nobody should take a single swing this early in spring training for more than what it is. There’s still a long way to go before the season begins, and a long fly ball off the bat during workouts doesn’t mean someone has rediscovered their form at the plate. But man, it had to feel good for Cody…
Cubs pitching prospect Caleb Kilian may have found the culprit for some of his command issues in 2022. That and more inside the Cubs spring training notebook.
MESA, Ariz. — Drew Smyly expressed multiple times during the 2022 season his desire to return to the Cubs in 2023, but with his contract only holding a mutual option for the year, it was going to take a new deal to make it happen. Smyly had to be patient after he declined the option. The Cubs had reciprocated the…
MESA, Ariz. — Tom Ricketts is an owner you can often find walking around Wrigley Field on a game day. It’s not often, though, that the Cubs’ chairman approaches a group of media willing to be grilled with questions. However, following a team meeting before the first full-squad workout officially got underway Monday afternoon, Ricketts did just that. Among the…
MESA, Ariz. — Adrian Sampson knows nothing will just be given to him in his line of work. He knows he’s still got to earn it, regardless of how well he pitched for the Cubs for the majority of his 19-start stretch in the rotation last season. “Thinking that you deserve things is not a good way to look at…
MESA, Ariz. — Recovering from a capsular tear in his right shoulder — or recovering according to the plan the Cubs laid out for him, at least — was always going to be a long process for Kyle Hendricks. He’s 33 years old now. He just missed the second half of 2022 because of the injury. He’s had to tweak…
Inside the Cubs spring training Day 3 notebook, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts talks Cody Bellinger, Ethan Roberts lays out his timeline and more.
MESA, Ariz. — At this time last year, Brennen Davis could’ve easily envision a scenario in which he would make his big league debut with the Chicago Cubs in 2022. He was the team’s top prospect at that point, after all, and he had finished the 2021 season — after moving from High-A South Bend to Double-A Tennessee to Triple-A…
MESA, Ariz. — Were you surprised to see Codi Heuer throwing a bullpen the day Cubs pitchers and catchers reported to spring training? https://twitter.com/amartinez_11/status/1625930816944758785?s=20 Perhaps it seemed quick considering Heuer still isn’t even a year removed undergoing Tommy John surgery in early-March 2022. According to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Maddie Lee, the surgery involved full ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction plus putting…
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