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On the one hand, there's not too much of a mystery here: Chris Flexen is a 30-year-old starter who made 30 starts for the White Sox last season, earning a 4.95 ERA along the way. With his experience, that's the...
Today, Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced that Cody Poteet, famous of the offseason's Cody-for-Cody trade, would start the team's Spring Training opener on Thursday. Because he has options remaining, and because the Cubs intend to stretch him out, you'd mentally...
You almost never see a team talk as openly about trying to trade a player as the St. Louis Cardinals did this offseason with third baseman Nolan Arenado. Even less frequent is, after all that open talk, a trade doesn't...
Significant injury news for the New York Mets and their parchment-thin rotation: https://bsky.app/profile/jonheyman.bsky.social/post/3lifk3t6qq22i The Frankie Montas injury is notable as it's a rotation hit to an NL contender, sure, but it's even more notable when it's an NL contender that...
If you haven't yet seen these Marquee segments they've been doing one-on-one with various Cubs players, digging in on some of the fundamentals, you should check them out. They are fantastic. I have really enjoyed the personal touch, and also...
MLB NEWS — I know I can't be the only one (outside of California) who's just so depressed at the trajectory of Mike Trout's career. Not only has he competed in ONLY three playoff games throughout his 14-year tenure (...and...
The reunion that never was. Rob Zastryzny, the Cubs' second round pick in 2013, was an up-down part of the big league team from 2016 to 2018, and had returned this offseason on a waiver claim. Earlier this year, though,...
A few injury updates for the Chicago Cubs ... Although he was expected to start hitting again this weekend after the oblique injury, Matt Shaw and the Cubs pushed things back: Matt Shaw says he's "pretty much cleared for everything,...
This morning, FanGraphs released their 2025 Top 100 Prospect Rankings, complete with ETAs, future value rankings, individual write-ups, and nifty distribution graphs of estimated probably future values (that's actually my favorite part). And while not much of this is necessarily...
Saw a thing this weekend about a new half-marathon record, and the thing about these kinds of records that just blows me away is how I could not even come REMOTELY CLOSE to running a SINGLE mile at the pace...
The Cubs were hard at work today in Mesa, Arizona, and it featured Shōta Imanaga pitching live batting practice to a range of hitters. For the most part, Imanaga did what you expect pitchers to do at this point in...
I have shoveled twice already today, and I hope that's enough. Let's start with something to warm your heart on this otherwise chilly day: Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston surprise Ryno at spring training 💙 pic.twitter.com/ZorxVTVvfE— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee)...
Very sad news to share this evening for Chicago baseball fans, as former White Sox closer Bobby Jenks revealed that he is battling stage four stomach cancer. We stand with you, Bobby Jenks. Thinking of Bobby as he is being...
I love when a possible injury issue gets an almost-immediate positive update. Yesterday we learned that top Cubs prospect, and likely big league third baseman to open 2025, Matt Shaw was dealing with an oblique issue that had him unable...
Taking a gaggle of teenage girls to the mall today as part of our daughter's birthday activities, and honestly I just think it's nice that kids still want to do this kind of thing. Ope, that was a very Old...
The first full day of work for the Chicago Cubs was today in Mesa, Arizona, as the team prepares for the 2025 season. That means we got a lot of clips of work on the field, and comments from the...
DYLAN CEASE — Aside from some clarity at the ownership level, I have no idea what changed for the Padres over the past week. All winter long, we heard rumors that they would have to subtract, perhaps significantly, from their payroll...
I GUESS DEY SHOULDA SIGNED ADAM BERGMAN MY FRENT! Here's hoping today's injury update is legitimately a very minor one, with the feel of something bigger only because of the recent Alex Bregman decision and the buzzy additional interest right...
I don't always love what the Cubs go with, but I'm always interested to see what a given season's marketing slogan is going to be. Last year's 'You Have to C It' was a bit of a mixed bag, though...
CUBS PAYROLL — Tom Ricketts and the Chicago Cubs can sing any song they want about the reality of their annual revenues, losses, and failed attempts to sign free agents. That's the perk of keeping your bookkeeping private. You want to...