All of the Stuff

I was at a weekend conference in Chicago where I couldn’t actually go to a Cubs game, but did see them win the series against the Brewers. I followed most of the tough opening loss to the Padres before I had to go on airplane mode, but it’s good to [...]

Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced that outfielder Cody Bellinger is going to be activated from the injured list today, relayed by Bruce Levine of 670 The Score on X. The full slate of moves was laid out by Madde Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times on X, with outfielder Alexander Canario [...]

As Justin Steele fell to the ground in Texas on Opening Day, clutching the back of his left leg, the immediate thought from plenty of Cubs fans was, “What does this team do without him?” It was a fair question. Jameson Taillon was already on the injured list. The rest of [...]

Happy Monday, Cubs fans! And welcome back to the CHGO Cubs Weekly newsletter. The day is finally here, folks: Justin Steele is back in the rotation. After a month-plus of recovery due to a left hamstring strain on Opening Day, the Cubs' ace lefty is slated to start the series opener against [...]

Headed into Sunday’s game against the Brewers, Dansby Swanson was in a particularly tough stretch in what has been a slow start to the season as a whole. He had a .170 batting average over the 15 games leading up to Sunday, and Swanson committed a rare throwing error that [...]

Without both Seiya Suzuki (right oblique strain) and Cody Bellinger (right rib fracture), the Cubs’ offense has slumped. From April 24 — the day Bellinger was placed on the injured list after fracturing two ribs colliding with the wall at Wrigley Field — through Friday, the Cubs’ lineup was hitting .214 [...]

The Cubs currently sit at a solid 20-14 record, just one game back of the Brewers for the NL Central lead. That strong start has come in spite of a number of key injuries: staff ace Justin Steele was pulled from his Opening Day start against the Rangers due to [...]

Last season, as he emerged as a reliable closer for the Cubs, Adbert Alzolay got used to cheers as he converted 22 of 25 saves and finished his outings with a fist-pump celebration. Heck, go back to his major league debut in 2019, and the Wrigley Field crowd even offered him [...]

It’s our first divisional series, more than a month into the year! Grumble grumble. The Cubs and Beers have both been peppered with injuries but are succeeding despite it – maybe it’s Pat Murphy magic that Counsell inherited? It’s been fun seeing the Brewers-Cubs rivalry ramp up from where it [...]

Here is the play in question: BALLGAME! CUBS WIN! pic.twitter.com/bs03doEMM3— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 2, 2024https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js My thoughts… Still can’t believe it was cut off, but that did allow for a stronger relay throw than hoping Happ had the strength to get 250+ feet in the arm to Amaya… Was Amaya standing on the [...]

As part of the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, MLB and the Players Association agreed to a few automatic opt-out dates for some veteran players on minor league contracts. Article XX(B) free agents — generally, players with over six years of MLB service who finished the preceding season on a big [...]

OSS: Cubs break up a no-hitter, Mets be Metsing Three up After the Cubs broke up a no hitter in the eighth off of Mets starter Luis Severino, Christopher Morel hit a no-doubt, two run homer to put the Cubs ahead 3-1. Nor surprisingly, he led the team in WPA on the [...]

Good morning, Cubs fans I’ll be the first to admit, I was on the side of the Cubs bringing back Kyle Hendricks this season. Last season, the guy came back from a pretty serious shoulder injury that kept him from starting a big league game for nearly 11 months, and he went [...]

I chose the Craig jpg by berselius mostly because it’s funny, not because the Cubs are bad. In fact, if we take a look right now (before they play the second game of their series at Fenway as of this writing), the Chicago North Side Baseball Club is actually the [...]

Before Wednesday’s game, Cubs manager Craig Counsell was honest about why Pete Crow-Armstrong is with the team at the moment. He’s the Cubs’ top prospect, but he didn’t get the call back up because they’d seen the development they needed to see from him early in the year. Instead, the injuries [...]

Just felt this deserved its own post. Christopher Mrel! pic.twitter.com/FhCbcMs4je— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) April 25, 2024https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js [...]

Goddammit. That is all. Cody Bellinger has a fractured rib and is headed for the injured list, Craig Counsell tells @ParkinsSpiegel. It's unclear when he could return.— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) April 24, 2024https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Pete Crow-Armstrong has been promoted from Triple-A Iowa with Cody Bellinger headed to the injured list, Craig Counsell [...]

Combined post, cuz we need a new one OSS: Hayden Wesneski gives the pen a shot in the arm Three up: With a completely gassed bullpen, the Cubs called up Hayden Wesneski and something called a Colton Brewer from Iowa. With starter Jordan Wicks running out of gas in the fifth inning and [...]

Nothing fancy, just wanted to share this video where the Cubs won a game, a series, and secured a winning West Coast road trip because that’s how baseball works, right? [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A4Bha7ihxE?si=IT52i_YJA711zCO8&w=560&h=315] [...]

The Cubs west coast trip continues with a trip to Seattle. The Mariners are yet another team that’s in the mix for a playoff spot this year, which says less about the Cubs relative scheduling than it does about the relative strength of the league, where there are only four, [...]