Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 18, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — Today is arguably one of the worst pitching matchups for the Cubs of the year, with Corbin Burnes and the Diamondbacks set to take on Colin Rea and the following Cubs lineup. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Kyle Tucker, RF Seiya Suzuki, DH Michael Busch, 1B Dansby Swanson, SS Nico Hoerner, 2B Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF Carson Kelly, C Vidal Brujan, 3B Although Miguel Amaya has actually…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 18, 2025
UPDATE: Sure enough, it’s Jordan Wicks coming up. The Cubs just made it official. *original post follows* Lefty reliever Luke Little is listed on the team transaction wire as having been optioned back to Triple-A Iowa on the off-day, following his four-walk season debut in San Diego. I hate that for him, even if I understand it. We’ll see him again this season, and it was always likely to be…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 18, 2025
We haven’t talked a whole lot about Chicago Cubs 2024 second round pick Cole Mathis yet. The reasons are sound – first rounder Cam Smith rightly sucked up a lot of the post-draft oxygen, and Mathis didn’t play last year after the draft – but I’m glad he’s giving us a reason to talk this morning. Mathis, 21, hit his first professional home run last night for the Low-A Myrtle…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 18, 2025
Cubs vs Diamondbacks — The Diamondbacks may not be the Dodgers or the Padres, but they’ve been doing a whole lot of winning, themselves. In fact, at 12-7, they have a slightly better record than the Cubs, even though they’re in fourth place in the NL West. Worse? The Cubs are scheduled to face the top of their rotation (Corbin Burnes, Zac Gallen, and Merrill Kelly), while sending the back…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 18, 2025
Yet another tough series begins today for the Cubs, not only because the Diamondbacks are quite good, but also because they’ll throw out the front half of their rotation while the Cubs counter with the back half of theirs. At least they get to be at home this time. Caleb Kilian is back in the Cubs’ organization on a new minor league deal. Kilian was previously designated for assignment and…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 17, 2025
With one everyday hitter, Matt Shaw, already demoted to Triple-A Iowa and another, Seiya Suzuki, having already missed some time with an injury, signing Justin Turner was clearly a good idea (…well, not as good of an idea as signing Alex Bregman, who’s slashing .321/.365/.564 with 4 homers and 0.8 WAR on the season, but alas). And with a few key pinch-hit RBI early in his Cubs tenure, Turner even…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 17, 2025
Episode 7 of the Bleacher Nation Cubs Podcast is officially live! In this week’s episode, Brett and I talk about the recent West Coast road trip, the injury to Justin Steele (and how the Cubs will respond in both the short and long-term), the path for Cade Horton, the demotion for Matt Shaw and so much more! It was a busy one. After that, our game of the week is…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 17, 2025
Some minor league Cubs notes for your big league Cubs off-day … Jefferson Rojas’s season debut was delayed by a spring hamstring injury, but he’s back in the middle infield for High-A South Bend. Rojas, who turns 20 next week, will hopefully show a little more production than last year (he was making higher quality contact than his results showed, though), and perhaps make his way to Double-A by midseason….
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 17, 2025
At MLB.com, Mark Feinsand asked a group of anonymous rival executives about the possible future of a Kyle Tucker in-season extension with the Cubs. Read it and draw your own conclusions: Will Kyle Tucker sign an in-season extension? Execs weigh in https://t.co/LFH4X5tvks— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) April 16, 2025 My main feeling as I read? I don’t love that this piece even exists. Don’t get me wrong: it merits existing. It’s…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 17, 2025
I saved myself a draft this morning when I realized something fun about the Chicago Cubs’ stats so far this year. And then Michael had the same thought and posted it like a jerk: Pete Crow-Armstrong is currently the 7th most valuable player in MLB, ahead of even Kyle Tucker. WAR Leaderboard: 1. Aaron Judge: 1.9 WAR2. Corbin Carroll: 1.6 WARt-3. Alonso/Tatis: 1.4 WAR…7. PCA: 1.1 WAR…10. Kyle Tucker: 1.0…
