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Brian Kalmer | MANDATORY CREDIT: Austin Hough / South Bend Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK
South Bend brings out the bats. The Smokies split a pair.
Some transactions today.
Outfielder Gilberto Celestino officially joined the Iowa Cubs
Catcher Caleb Knight moves up from Tennessee Smokies to Iowa.
With the Arizona Complex League now over, two players joined the Myrtle Beach Pelicans:
Infielder Eriandys Ramon
Right-handed pitcher Connor Schultz
And two ACL players were...
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Go get ‘em, Kyle.
The Cubs announced today that they have selected the contract of catcher Christian Bethancourt. He’ll take the roster spot of fellow backstop Tomás Nido, who has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right knee sprain, retroactive to July 25.
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The Cubs open a series against a club from the AL Central.
Today’s roster move: Here
Friday notes...
OH, THOSE ONE-RUN LOSSES: The Cubs have lost 22 games by one run. They had 24 such losses all of last year. At their current pace, they will lose 34, which would be their most since they lost 36 in 2002. They won 18 that year. They have won 15 this year. They also lost 36 in 1974, when they won 30. The 66 one-run games in 1974 is the franchise...Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Looking for Friday’s game threads? You have come to the right place.
The Chicago Cubs are down bad and likely sellers leading into Tuesday's deadline. Plenty of names have been mentioned in the rumor mill, and the roster depth is continuing to thin. Per reports, the Cubs have placed catcher Tomas Nido on the 10-day IL with a knee sprain.
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The Cubs have a new backup catcher.
Cubs backup catcher suffered some sort of knee injury recently, likely in Wednesday’s game, so the team is adding a new backup catcher:
Tómas Nido has been placed on the 10-day IL with a right knee sprain, retro to Thursday.
Cubs have selected catcher Christian Betancourt from Triple-A Iowa.
Ben Brown has been transferred to the 60-day IL.
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The Cubs face a team that’s been a surprising wild-card contender.
The Royals lost 106 games last year. Only the A’s lost more (112).
They signed a couple of free-agent pitchers, Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, maybe figuring they could flip them at the deadline.
Surprise! Those pitchers, and others, are doing great, and the Royals have one of baseball’s best young players in Bobby Witt Jr. They’re contending for a postseason spot. It would...
It's been a tough week in our Look of the Day series since our Monday cash, but we're feeling confident about our chances of heading into the weekend with a winner.
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It didn’t last, but it was a fun team to watch.
After the Cubs won the NL pennant in 1945, the remnants of that team contended for a while the following year, as close as four games out of first place on July 20 before fading and finishing third, 13½ games behind the pennant-winning Cardinals.
And then... a whole bunch of nothing. The next five seasons were losing ones, including the team’s first-ever 90-loss season in 1948. They managed a .500 season in 1952, and...
The MLB trade deadline is fast approaching and the league is starting to make trades in the shadow of Tuesday afternoon. In addition, the Chicago Cubs are quickly transitioning into sellers at this year's deadline.
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It’s coming up in just four days.
We stand four days from MLB’s 2024 trade deadline. Officially, deals have to be completed by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, July 30, though we’ll certainly hear news of some dribble out for an hour or so after that.
Two deals have been completed as of this writing: The Marlins sent reliever A.J. Puk to the Diamondbacks for a pair of minor leaguers, and the Rays traded Randy Arozarena to the Mariners for a couple of...
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Dylan Cease throws a no-hitter. The trade deadline is underway and we’ve got two trades and a ton of rumors. The life of an A’s superfan.
Just so you know, most of this column could be out of date by the time you read it. Things are starting to move.
Here’s one you might not have heard yet. Late last night, the Rays dealt outfielder Randy Arozarena to the Mariners for two minor leaguers: outfielder Aidan Smith and right-handed pitcher Brody...Happy birthday, Alex Burnett! | Photo by Brian D. Kersey/Getty Images
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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...
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Just the Smokies ended up in the win column. The Pelicans finished in the “rain” column. The ACL finishes their season.
The Cubs acquired outfielder Gilberto Celestino from the Pirates for cash considerations. The 25-year-old from the Dominican Republic was hitting .271/.348/.356 in 67 games with Indianapolis this year. He had signed with the Pirates this past offseason as a minor-league free agent after spending the...
When the Chicago Cubs hired robo-manager model CC-1, the move was universally hailed as a great move. Robo-manger CC-1, otherwise known as Craig Counsell was hired to help the Cubs win on the margins.
The fading Chicago Cubs open a three-game series against the host Kansas City Royals, hoping their first road trip after the All-Star break goes better than the six home games that preceded it.
The Houston Astros are interested in potentially acquiring Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon ahead of the MLB trade deadline, according to Chandler Rome,…
While there are upside gambles on the trade market, you know exactly what you're getting with Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon.