Goddammit. That is all. Cody Bellinger has a fractured rib and is headed for the injured list, Craig Counsell tells @ParkinsSpiegel. It's unclear when he could return. — 670 The Score (@670TheScore) April 24, 2024 Pete Crow-Armstrong has been promoted from Triple-A Iowa with Cody Bellinger headed to the injured list, Craig Counsell tells @ParkinsSpiegel. — 670 The Score (@670TheScore) April 24, 2024 ..read more

Combined post, cuz we need a new one OSS: Hayden Wesneski gives the pen a shot in the arm Three up: With a completely gassed bullpen, the Cubs called up Hayden Wesneski and something called a Colton Brewer from Iowa. With starter Jordan Wicks running out of gas in the fifth inning and the right-handed heart of the Dbacks order coming up, Wesneski came in and retired Gurriel and Walker. He went on to post a final line of 4 IP, 0 runs, just what the team and the exhausted bullpen needed. Cody Bellinger had the biggest hit of the day for the Cubs with a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning. Belli ..read more

Nothing fancy, just wanted to share this video where the Cubs won a game, a series, and secured a winning West Coast road trip because that’s how baseball works, right ..read more

The Cubs west coast trip continues with a trip to Seattle. The Mariners are yet another team that’s in the mix for a playoff spot this year, which says less about the Cubs relative scheduling than it does about the relative strength of the league, where there are only four, maybe five truly awful teams, and none of them are in the NL Central. The Mariners have yet to win a series this year, and are coming off a 2-4 great lakes road trip to MIL and TOR. Hopefully the Cubs bring a little of that Lake Michigan Devil Magic along with them to the Northwest. Their pitching comes in at about league a ..read more

OSS: The Cubs bullpen will never blow a lead again confirmed Three up: Christopher Morel had the big hit of the game, a grand slam that chased Padres starter Joe Musgrove in the fifth. Oddly enough Yan Gomes’s solo shot to open up the scoring earlier in the inning was actually the biggest play of the day by WPA (dying laughing). Overall Morel went 2-3 with a walk and four RsBI Ben Brown had his first officially official MLB start and went 4.2 shutout innings, striking out five and walking one. He was on a pretty strict pitch count, so it was a bummer to see him pulled as he edged past 75 pitc ..read more

OSS: Playoff baseball, in April? Three up: After a shaky start in the first inning, the Cubs defense came up HUGE today, with multiple great plays by Nick Madrigal, Nico Hoerner, and Michael Busch on plays that would have been hits against most teams. Both Nico’s stop in the fourth inning and Busch’s game ending snag occurred with runners on second and third and would easily have scored two runs if they got through. It’s hard to pick out one particular player since the Cubs really spread the offense around today, but Seiya Suzuki was the Cubs leader in WPA on the day, mostly thanks to a two r ..read more

OSS: Cubs offense picks up Cubs defense in the late innings Three up: Ian Happ had a big day, collecting 4 hits and drawing a bases-loaded go-ahead walk in the top of the ninth. He also doubled to knock in a pair of runs as part of the Cubs rally vs Lord Jon. The bullpen had a great day, putting up a combined line of 5 IP, 3 H, 1BB, 7 SO, and zero runs. The Mushroom Man got things rolling with a three run homer in the first in what was a mixed bag of a day overall. Three down: The defense had a rough time today, committing two official errors but generally not looking as crisp as usual. We ..read more

As you all know, Justin Steele got hurt and now a new guy gets his spot: Cubs left-hander Justin Steele has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Move is retroactive to yesterday. Right-hander Ben Brown called up from Triple-A Iowa. — Meghan Montemurro (@M_Montemurro) March 30, 2024 Naturally the Cubs will have their official social media tweet soon, but this has been confirmed by multiple Cubs beat folks so we should expect Ben Brown in uniform sometime soon, possibly even tonight if he got to town soon after Steele got off the field and into the training ro ..read more

It’s Opening Day, y’all. WE. ARE. BACK. #OpeningDay pic.twitter.com/5iE4j6uGYo — MLB (@MLB) March 28, 2024 Time will tell if we go 162-0 or 0-162 after tonight, but enjoy it, jabronis ..read more

OK, so given the stuff from the last thread and taking into account what we’ve already considered for the just-prior-to-Cactus-League-finale roster guess, I think we might just have it this time! So while we wait for Shohei Ohtani (and possibly his new, vetted non-gambling interpreter) to read a statement or whatever, here we go: Catchers (2) Yan Gomes – primary catcher Miguel Amaya – backup until he grabs most of the starts Infielders (7) Michael Busch – 1B/DH (though I guess he’s athletic enough to sort of play 3B too in a pinch) Nico Hoerner – 2B (backup SS) Dansby Swanson – SS Christopher ..read more