Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 27, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — The second-first Cubs lineup of the year is here! And although it looks slightly different than the group (and order) Craig Counsell set up for Tokyo, there are no real surprises. 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 Matt Shaw, 3B Miguel Amaya, C In fact, this very Cubs lineup…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 27, 2025
Cubs vs Diamondbacks — The Cubs dropped both ends of their season-opening series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo last week, but they’re back at it this weekend with a fresh four-game series to clear the pallet. And by a stroke of luck, they’re managing to miss Corbin Burnes. So they’ve got that going for them. The Cubs will also get Nico Hoerner back this week, pushing Jon Berti…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 27, 2025
I can’t get into all the details just yet, but I do want you to block off this date on your calendar: Saturday, April 19. That day, we’ll be hosting a free Cubs watch party at a bar in Wicker Park (TBA) for their game against the Diamondbacks. There will be free food and drinks and some other really cool surprises/giveaways. Like I said, I can’t tell you everything just…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 27, 2025
The official 26-man roster for Opening Day is now set for the Chicago Cubs, who had a bigger group available for the Japan trip, and thus had to make some final moves this week to get to this group. Here’s the final group to kick off the season tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks, including the players on the Injured List (where noted). Please go get ’em, gentlemen:
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 27, 2025
The Chicago Cubs today designated righty Cody Poteet for assignment to open up a 40-man roster spot for righty Brad Keller. On Keller, we knew this was coming, because he’d made the team after being a non-roster invite to Spring Training. His velocity was hitting the upper-90s, his breaking ball was nasty, and he looked – albeit in Spring Training games – like a potentially very good reliever. Having had…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 27, 2025
Opening Day, Part Two. Here we go. Cubs better win this one … I am still in Arizona with The Little Boy, so we’ll be at the opener tonight. Before that, though, we’re heading back to the back fields to watch more Cubs prospect work, which we’ve both really been enjoying. He got to talk to some players, get some autographs, and I got to smile beamingly as I watched….
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 27, 2025
I’ve done a handful of Chicago Cubs road opening days over the years, but I haven’t done one since 2018 in Miami. I’m currently in Arizona with my son on his spring break trip, taking in the back fields, and hitting up Chase Field for the Cubs’ opener. I’m very excited to go tonight, especially with him, but it does give it a weirder shape than a typical Cubs-related trip…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 27, 2025
Hey, guys! And … HAPPY OPENING DAY (PART II). Tonight, the Chicago Cubs will begin their second series of the year, a four-gamer against the Diamondbacks in Arizona. And since Brett is out in Arizona, and today is the big day, we recorded episode 5 of the podcast last night to give everyone a chance to listen before the action. In this episode, we talk about the Cubs Opening Day…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 26, 2025
Today a number of Chicago Cubs transactions went official on the team wire: Utility man Vidal Brujan to the 10-day IL Reliever Tyson Miller to the 15-day IL Reliever Ryan Brasier to the 15-day IL Reliever Keegan Thompson outrighted to Iowa Going in reverse order, the Thompson outright means that the 30-year-old righty cleared waivers (no team wanted to claim his big league contract without any options remaining), and he…
Chicago Cubs
Reid Rooney
•Mar 26, 2025
Hello, everyone! It has been quite a busy 36 hours since I first solicited your feedback on our commenting policy. First and foremost, I want to say thank you. The responses were incredibly thoughtful and genuine, and they helped me think strategically about this topic in ways I hadn’t yet considered. I want to reemphasize that I was actually looking for feedback. And I wound up getting more quality…
