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The Chicago Cubs are off in Japan, bonding and serving as goodwill ambassadors for Major League Baseball. They also have reason to believe that 2025 will be a good, successful year for them.
The Chicago Cubs flew to Japan this week with at least two veteran pitchers on their radar. The Cubs will begin their regular season on Tuesday when they play the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome.
The Chicago Cubs look to be still on the hunt for starting rotation pieces. On Thursday, it was reported by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale that the Cubs were in negotiations with veteran right-hander Lance Lynn for a possible one-year deal.
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The Cubs offense was mostly silent in this exhibition game. But there were lots of other things to see and do in Tokyo.
TOKYO — The Cubs took the field at the Tokyo Dome Saturday afternoon (Japan time) against the Hanshin Tigers and fell flat.
The Tigers’ top prospect, 20-year-old lefthander Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings against Cubs hitters, likely the same lineup that will take the field Tuesday against the Dodgers, and that was...
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#Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The attention of the baseball world is on Opening Day in Tokyo. We have plenty of that and a little-heard nugget for your ears.
WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then...
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Go get ‘em, Julian.
Chicago Cubs 2024 record: 83-79 (2nd place, NL Central) He gone: RHP Adbert Alzolay, OF-IB Cody Bellinger, 3B Isaac Paredes, RHP Kyle Hendricks, 3B Patrick Wisdom, RHP Hayden Wesneski, LHP Drew Smyly, OF Mike Tauchman.
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The Cubs square off against an NPB squad.
Friday night (US time)/Saturday noon (Japan time) notes...
HANSHIN TIGERS VS. MLB TEAMS: This will be the Hanshin Tigers’ eighth game against individual Major League teams, each against a different club, but their first against a National League opponent. They are 3-3-1 in the previous seven games. Their wins were against the Yankees in 2004, and the Athletics and Mariners, both in 2012. They...Photo by Kenta Harada/Getty Images
Friday’s late night game threads are all right here.
Per Bob Nightingale of USA Today, the Chicago Cubs have started negotiations with free agent starting pitcher Lance Lynn. Lynn and Kyle Gibson are two veteran pitchers who are reportedly on the Cubs’ radar as the regular season is set to kick off on Tuesday.
The Chicago Cubs made a lot of moves this offseason, all in the name of making postseason play for the first time since the abbreviated 2020 season. The biggest move, of course, was adding multi-tool all-star right fielder Kyle Tucker to the team via trade with the Houston Astros.
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Big Luke has a strong likelihood of ending up in the Chicago pen. How long it takes is the question.
85-72 is the team’s projected record, heading into the end of our profile series. Luke Little, hopefully to reside in the major-league bullpen before too long, is up this time, and then we’ll finish with a look at Keegan Thompson.
Luke Little, all 6’8” of him, is the No. 2 left-handed reliever in the Cubs’ system, with only...
We're just days away from the soft launch of the 2025 MLB season in Tokyo, where the defending world champion Los Angeles Dodgers will face off against the Chicago Cubs.
The Chicago Cubs are in Tokyo before they start their regular season against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. Following their two-game series, the Cubs will return to spring training for several days before they resume their regular season against the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 27.
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I’ve arrived in Japan’s biggest city for some baseball, and other doings.
TOKYO — Yes, the flight from Chicago to Tokyo is long. Not as long in the air as predicted, though — it landed about half an hour early. Which meant — and you have probably seen this at O’Hare, too — we had to sit and wait till another plane cleared our gate.
Still, an early arrival was nice, especially in the evening Tokyo time. Clearing customs took pretty much no time at all, despite...
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So much for the new stadium...
It has been a rough few months for the Tampa Bay Rays. There has been a lot of back and forth drama between the team and local officials; the existing stadium was decimated by a hurricane, and the Rays will now be playing the 2025 season at a Minor League ballpark.
But now, a new disappointment has emerged for the team and its fans, as the Rays announced they would not be proceeding...
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A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Rules changes, Hammerin’ Hank hammers one in his Spring debut, and other stories. Happy birthday to Steve Lake!
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a...
Lance Lynn pitches at Wrigley Field as a member of the White Sox in 2021 | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images
There are rumors connecting the two
Welcome to your late week, late night, indie coffee shop. We’re a bit jet lagged vicariously as the Cubs and some of their fans traveled to Japan for the Tokyo Series this week. Here in Chicago we’re serving some green matcha IPAs, a sake bomb or two, or maybe just tea, if you’d prefer.
But the Cubs being in Japan means baseball is imminent. We...
Camelback Ranch in the rain | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
The Cubs haven’t had much luck yet with MLB’s Spring Breakout program.
This weather forecast wasn’t looking too good for baseball at Camelback Ranch this evening, and in fact, about an hour before the scheduled game time of the Cubs prospects vs. Dodgers prospects contest, the game was cancelled:
Thursday's Spring Breakout matchup between the #Cubs and #Dodgers has been canceled due to inclement weather.
Check out the...