David Ross has his process for how he makes up his team’s lineup. The Cubs skipper uses the resources at his disposal and tries to put his players in the best positions to succeed. “I don’t just grab it out of a hat, that’s for sure,” Ross said. “Contrary to what probably fans think and everybody thinks, I try to…
Waves of Cubs fans at Wrigley Field on Thursday started heading to the exits with one out in top of the ninth. It was tough to blame them in the moment. All season long, in close games at home, plenty of fans hung around until the very end, hoping they’d get the chance to sing “Go Cubs Go” after a…
As Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer put it Tuesday, the team’s 10-game skid did sort of feel like it “came out of nowhere.” Less than two weeks ago, they had just got done sweeping the Giants — another National League Wild Card contender — at home, moving to just 1 1/2 games back in the NL Central and…
The Cubs have lost three in a row to Arizona, but they believe the resilience they’ve shown all season will keep things from getting worse.
Labor Day, or the “end of summer” around these parts, has come and gone. School is back in session. So, the fact that the smallest home crowd (at 28,684) since July 19 — when the Cubs were still clawing their way back to .500 — isn’t a total shock. But with their team in the thick of a playoff race…
With the Cubs in the thick of a playoff race, end-of-season awards aren’t the biggest motivating factor for Justin Steele right now. It’s nice to be in the conversation for any of those, for sure. But getting this team to the playoffs — and potentially playing deep into October — is the No. 1 focus. “It’s really cool. It’s quite…
After dropping the series opener against the Brewers on Monday, Dansby Swanson still believed the Cubs had the ability to come back around and take the last two games of the three-game set at Wrigley Field. He was confident that what the team had done to pile up wins — a 27-14 record from the All-Star break through Sunday, second-best…
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…
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…
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…
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