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So, it turns out that the Washington Nationals gamed the waiver system to get more for David DeJesus than the Cubs got, but that’s going to be an entire discussion for an entire post. I just wanted you to know that I knew.
The Cubs Have Some Tough Josh Vitters Choices and Other Bullets
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- Cubs Roster Move: Wicks to the IL, Thompson to the Bullpen
- Pre-Gamin’: Cardinals at Cubs (1:20 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread
- Wicks Becomes Hendricks, Roberts and Roster Decisions, Wisdom Versus the Wind, and Other Cubs Bullets
- Moises Ballesteros Hit For The Cycle!
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Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 5, Cardinals 1 – June 15, 2024
Although it looked like the Cubs were about to follow The Script once again today, they finally made some critical edits. They did get the great starting pitching performance that has frequently been available to them, with Shōta Imanaga pitching...
Jun 15, 2024
Cubs Roster Move: Wicks to the IL, Thompson to the Bullpen
As expected, lefty Jordan Wicks goes back on the Injured List today, this time with an oblique issue. It has to be frustrating for him to only have just returned from the forearm strain, and then go right back on...
Jun 15, 2024
Pre-Gamin’: Cardinals at Cubs (1:20 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread
CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs are now a season-low four games under .500 and a season-high 7.5 games out of first place. And it's mid-June. If the turnaround doesn't happen soon, it's probably not going to happen at all. But...
Jun 15, 2024
Wicks Becomes Hendricks, Roberts and Roster Decisions, Wisdom Versus the Wind, and Other Cubs Bullets
The Cubs should just start cheating at this point. I'm not 100% on the how, but just figure it out. Craig Counsell says Jordan Wicks will get imaging on his oblique today and is likely to be placed on the...
Jun 15, 2024
Moises Ballesteros Hit For The Cycle!
Starting the day with something positive, since so much of what else is going on is ... not. Chicago Cubs prospect Moises Ballesteros, for whom you could make a strong argument as the best hitting prospect in the org, had...
Jun 15, 2024
Tennessee Walking Off At the Men’s College World Series Was Incredible! (I was there!)
I mentioned earlier this week in my Blackhawks bullets that my middle son's travel baseball team is playing in the enormous "Slumpbuster" tournament in/around Omaha this week/weekend and we made a stop to see the beautiful Charles Schwab Field, the...
Jun 14, 2024
Watch A Minor-League Sammy Sosa Hit an Inside the Park Homer Because You Deserve It
Take it from someone who writes far too many words about the Chicago Bulls – sometimes you need to look into the past to feel any sort of happiness. As the Chicago Cubs continue their remarkably frustrating play, a clip...
Jun 14, 2024
Enhanced Box Score: Cardinals 3, Cubs 0 – June 14, 2024
The Cubs lost their starting pitcher, barely even threatened to score, wasted a brilliant bullpen day, and lost the game. It's not quite the same 'ole story, but it might as well be. Jordan Wicks injured his oblique in the...
Jun 14, 2024
Jordan Wicks Just Had to Leave with the Athletic Trainer (UPDATE)
Just two appearances into his return from the Injured List (forearm), and having just taken over the rotation spot vacated by Ben Brown (neck stress reaction), something's not right with Jordan Wicks. And he had to leave today's game after...
Jun 14, 2024
Cubs Farm Report | June 14, 2024: A Day to Forget, Wiggins Solid Again, More
Cubs Prospects — It was a day to forget for the Cubs affiliates as there wasn't a victory in the lot. Cubs Farm Report | June 14, 2024 Triple-A Iowa Cubs Prospects The Iowa Cubs lost to the Columbus Clippers...
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