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BCB After Dark: The great Christopher Morel experiment

BCB After Dark: The great Christopher Morel experiment

Photo by Michael Reaves/ The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you how many games at third base will Christopher Morel play. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We are so glad to start out another week with you. New friends and old, all are welcome. There’s no cover charge. Ring in the new season with us. Grab any available table or join a friend. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need...
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2024 Cubs player profiles: Outfielders

2024 Cubs player profiles: Outfielders

Photo by Matt Dirksen/ The first in a four-part series. Today we thumbnail the Cubs’ starting outfield and backup candidates. Halfway through Spring Training, a spot or two in the outfield remain open. Ian Happ, Cody Bellinger, and Seiya Suzuki are the starters, with MIke Tauchman the fourth man and Player X still to be determined. Alexander Canario would seem to have the inside track as the fifth man, with David Peralta maybe the best sixth option, assuming that the Cubs want PCA to get regular at-bats in Iowa. Ian Happ is back, and I don’t see the Cubs carrying a...
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Another look at the Cubs’ possible 2024 Opening Day roster

Another look at the Cubs’ possible 2024 Opening Day roster

The Cubs open the 2024 season at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas | Photo by Sam Hodde/ We are 10 days from the season opener at Texas. Sunday, the Cubs announced more spring roster cuts, reducing the total number of players still in camp to 42. Let’s have a look at those remaining, and see if we can suss out who’s going to be standing along the baseline at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas for player introductions 10 days from today. Starting pitchers As of now, it appears Jameson Taillon will open the season on the injured list, though per this article he...
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Baseball history unpacked, March 18

Baseball history unpacked, March 18

Charlie Lau, coaching with the Yankees in 1981 | Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Studios/ A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Charlie Lau passes, and other stories. 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 handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow along. Today in baseball history: 1886 - The New York...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 17, 2024
Cubs 8, Rangers 6: The power barrage continues

Cubs 8, Rangers 6: The power barrage continues

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs sent more baseballs out of the yard Sunday at Sloan Park. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs hosted many of the regulars from the defending World Series champion Rangers and put the hurt on them, hitting two home runs and smashing several other extra-base hits in an 8-6 victory. Since March 9, including split-squad games, the Cubs are 8-1. (Not that spring wins and losses mean anything, but wins are always nice.) In the bottom of the first, Seiya Suzuki, who’s been on a tear lately, doubled with one out. He advanced to third on a wild...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 17, 2024
First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Rangers, Sunday 3/17, 3:05 CT

First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Rangers, Sunday 3/17, 3:05 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/ Go get em, Javier.
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 17, 2024
Cubs vs. Rangers at Mesa Sunday 3/17 game threads

Cubs vs. Rangers at Mesa Sunday 3/17 game threads

Sunday’s game threads are all right here.
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 17, 2024
Cubs vs. Rangers at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/17, 3:05 CT

Cubs vs. Rangers at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/17, 3:05 CT

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! MESA, Arizona — Today’s roster moves: Here. What will become of Drew Smyly with the Cubs this year? He didn’t look good in his Saturday outing in Mesa against the Royals, but per this Meghan Montemurro article in the Tribune, Smyly was satisfied with his effort: Smyly’s final line from his start Saturday did not look great — five runs on four hits, including two home runs in 4 1/3 innings — but he was pleased with his fastball, which he feels has been much better than last spring. He lost some feel for...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 17, 2024
Cubs reduce spring roster to 42

Cubs reduce spring roster to 42

Matt Mervis | Photo by Matt Dirksen/ Five more roster cuts were announced Sunday. The Cubs today reduced the spring roster from 47 to 42 players. Right-handed pitcher Keegan Thompson and infielder Matt Mervis have been optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Three non-roster invitees have been assigned to minor league camp: right-handed pitcher Cam Sanders, catcher Bryce Windham and infielder Chase Strumpf. The Cubs' spring roster of 42 players now consists of 22 pitchers (which includes 5 non-roster invitees), four catchers (two non-roster invitees), 9 infielders (three non-roster...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 17, 2024
Christopher Morel is going to be the Cubs’ third baseman for a while, despite the errors

Christopher Morel is going to be the Cubs’ third baseman for a while, despite the errors

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Don’t expect anything different when the season begins. Christopher Morel has played in 12 Spring Training games this year. He’s made four errors. Extrapolate that to a full season and you’d be looking at (checks notes) about 50 errors, which would be... not very good. Overall, in the 12 games he’s had 24 chances and recorded eight putouts and 12 assists to go along with those errors, which is a fielding percentage of .833. That’s... not very good. Of course, extrapolating on such a small sample size is a fool’s...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 17, 2024
Cub Tracks’ double your pleasure

Cub Tracks’ double your pleasure

Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. It rained baseballs Saturday as the Cubs split their squads but not their lumber. The Royals had some bombs stored, too. Many wow. 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 cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Welcome to Slothful Sunday,...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 16, 2024
First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Royals at Mesa and vs. Angels at Tempe, Saturday 3/16

First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Royals at Mesa and vs. Angels at Tempe, Saturday 3/16

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Go get ‘em, Drew and Ben.
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 16, 2024
Cub Tracks’ let it rain

Cub Tracks’ let it rain

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A rain-shortened contest. Nobody hurt. 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 cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Lou Canellis is a gamethread word. But most of you knew that. ChiSox win, rain. I don’t mind so much. Imma...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 15, 2024
White Sox 3, Cubs 2: A rainy day in the Valley of the Sun

White Sox 3, Cubs 2: A rainy day in the Valley of the Sun

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Rain prevented a lot of baseball Friday, but not this game. Rain moved through the Phoenix area Friday afternoon, and all but two scheduled games were cancelled. The only teams who played in Arizona Friday were the Guardians and Royals at Surprise and the Cubs and White Sox at Camelback Ranch. It was 62 degrees at game time and the game was delayed 30 minutes by the rainfall, which continued off and on during the game, won by the White Sox 3-2. Still, there were some good things that happened for the Cubs in this game, so let’s take a look...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 15, 2024
The Wrigley Field sports book has been approved for betting

The Wrigley Field sports book has been approved for betting

Al Yellon The first day is today. The Cubs and DraftKings partnered for a sports book adjacent to Wrigley Field back in September 2020, with a groundbreaking ceremony held there in June 2022. The sports book opened last year, just for food and drink, since it did not yet have a gaming license granted by the Illinois Gaming Board. I paid a visit there last September just to see what it was like. The food and atmosphere was pretty good. Now, the sports book is open for betting business, as the Illinois Gaming Board granted the license earlier this week, per Crain’s...

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