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The Chicago Cubs’ managerial search has entered the “follow-up” stage of the process, with all of the candidates now interviewed. After follow-up, the Cubs can finally make a decision. Among the notes on the search from yesterday and this morning:
Obsessive New Manager Watch: More Talks This Week, Francona Officially a Candidate
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Unfortunately, We Need to Talk About Yan Gomes and the Cubs’ Options at Catcher
Hand up. I didn't think Yan Gomes would be this big of a problem 2024. In fact, I was pretty excited about the guidance and leadership he was likely to provide — in addition to the actual in-game value —...
Jun 06, 2024
Can Ian Happ Keep Up His Cincy-Heroics? Cubs vs Reds Series Preview
Cubs vs Reds — The Cubs did not have a great time facing the Reds last weekend, squeezing out just one win over three games despite Javier Assad and Justin Steele both throwing in that series (as well as Ben...
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Cubs Farm Report | June 6, 2024: No Shortage of Offense for Iowa, Triantos Powers the Smokies, More
There was no shortage of offense for Iowa in a doubleheader split with Toledo, and the Smokies topped the Barons thanks to a solid day for James Triantos. That and more in today's Cubs Farm Report. Cubs Farm Report |...
Jun 06, 2024
Things Have Gone So Very Badly for Two of the Late-Signing Starting Pitchers
I knew it'd been a rough start to the year for new Giants lefty Blake Snell and new Diamondbacks lefty Jordan Montgomery, but it kind of came to a head in Montgomery's last outing. It was bad, bad, bad: https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1798454426551959906...
Jun 06, 2024
If You Eject Nico Hoerner Over Balls and Strikes, You Probably Screwed Up
Nico Hoerner not only has a very good sense of the strike zone, he almost never beefs too much even when that strike zone gets expanded by a generous home plate umpire. Sure, he'll express some frustration about a bad...
Jun 06, 2024
More Walk-Off Fun, Tauchman an All-Star, Morel, Wesneski, Neris, and Other Cubs Bullets
I don't know how much special-ness you could ascribe to a two-game sweep of one of the worst teams in recent memory, but it certainly would've been a nightmare if the shoe had been on the other foot. So obviously...
Jun 06, 2024
Wake Up and Watch the Cubs Come Back (Again) to Beat the White Sox Late (Again)
Just like the night before, maybe the Chicago Cubs shouldn't have HAD to pull off a big comeback against the Chicago White Sox - quite literally one of the worst teams in baseball in the last 50 years - but...
Jun 06, 2024
The Palatine Pounder Just Hit a Walk-off Home Run to Sweep the White Sox!
Well, it wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty, but at least they didn't make us sweat it out for long. Heading into the ninth inning of a tie game against the White Sox at Wrigley Field, Mike Tauchman (a.k.a. The...
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Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 7, White Sox 6 – June 5, 2024
Well, okay. LOL. The Cubs didn't so much win that game as the White Sox lost it. How do I mean? Well, the first five Cubs runs scored without so much as a hit. And the sixth was a broken...
Jun 05, 2024
James Triantos …. Hooooooome Ruuuuun!
James Triantos must've been miffed that Baseball America left him off their top-100 prospect rankings when the list was updated earlier today. Because tonight, in his first game since May 29 (I didn't even realize he was out to be...
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Cubs Farm Report | June 6, 2024: No Shortage of Offense for Iowa, Triantos Powers the Smokies, More
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