Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 19, 2025
Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier and became the first Black player in MLB on April 15, 1947, is not just a baseball hero. He is an American hero. This is an inarguable truth of his unique life and important struggle, and is celebrated – among other ways – by the sport honoring him on Jackie Robinson Day each season on April 15. Players sport his number 42 en…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 19, 2025
There are two things we know for sure about the Alex Bregman free agent pursuit: (1) the Chicago Cubs were one of the suitors, and (2) Bregman signed with the Boston Red Sox. There are other things we are PRETTY SURE are true, either because the Cubs put the messaging out there (the Cubs believe they gave the pursuit a full and fair effort), or because the reporting was pretty…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 19, 2025
The early morning games really throw off my usual writing schedule. Apologies on the delay … Rather than leading with the defensive, let me lead with the aggressive: starting your season 0-2 is always bad. Those are two losses that you cannot un-lose, and having extra losses is bad. You don’t have to go particularly far in the wayback machine to remember a time when a single game or two…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 19, 2025
After two straight (pre-breakfast) losses to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo, the Chicago Cubs 2025 regular season is officially in the books. And what a disappointing year it was. The Cubs will finish the season in last place of the NL Central, while their ace, Justin Steele, closes with an 11.25 ERA. Woof. Meanwhile, the Cubs’ top prospect, Matt Shaw, managed just one hit all year and so did…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 19, 2025
The Tokyo Series is over, and it was a bust. Cubs lose again, and now they can max out only at 160-2 on the season. Back to Spring Training. Roki Sasaki was all over the place, showing his nasty stuff but limited control. He walked the bases loaded for the Cubs in the third after a single, and then even walked in a run. But then he struck out Michael…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 19, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — Well, here we are again … 5:00 am and watching the Cubs. Good morning. The Cubs dropped game one against the Dodgers yesterday, but they’ve got another one on tap today. And unlike yesterday, this will be their last regular season game in over a week, so let’s not make it a stinker that makes these next eight days drag, eh? Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 18, 2025
By necessity, the Chicago Cubs had veteran utility man Jon Berti starting at second base today. Unfortunately, he made a key throwing error on the play that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers the lead – a lead they would not relinquish. You just have to know that you have no prayer of completing this turn and eat the throw: Dodgers take the lead on a throwing error #TokyoSeries pic.twitter.com/3jqgJ2jX1x— FOX…
Chicago Cubs
Matt Rooney
•Mar 18, 2025
One more game left in Tokyo! On Tuesday, the Dodgers took down the Cubs by a final score of 4-1. Can Chicago even things up in the finale and head back to Spring Training with a 1-1 record? Let’s take a look at some odds, props, and more for Wednesday’s Dodgers and Cubs matchup. © Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Projected Lineups Dodgers Shohei Ohtani, DH Tommy Edman, 2B Freddie Freeman, 1B…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 18, 2025
I totally get why there would be an initial question about why Shōta Imanaga was pulled from today’s game after just 69 pitches and four scoreless innings, but it’s too early in the year to do that hand-wringing. By that, I do not mean “it’s too dang early for this sh**, man.” Instead, I mean it’s too early in the season to want a guy to push too much further!…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 18, 2025
Gonna be a long day now. Getting up super early to watch the Cubs play in Japan is actually pretty easy. Because that’s, in theory, exciting. But then carrying on for the rest of the day on five hours sleep? Gonna need to dig back into my “when we had babies” bag for inspiration … The Cubs dropped their season opener this morning to the Dodgers. What was notable to…
