The title is more of a play on words suggesting that a few of the Cubs’ top performers are on the shelf in one way or another, but yet they soldier on! We put a wrap on the whole Shohei saga, talk about mostly the poor (but oddly acceptable) result of the Miami series, what to do with Kyle Hendricks, …
Cubs 5, Dbacks 3 and Series Preview: Miami Marlins (4-15) at Chicago Cubs (11-7)
Combined post, cuz we need a new one OSS: Hayden Wesneski gives the pen a shot in the arm Three up: Three down: Next up: See below The Cubs head into another series with a team that gave them a bunch of crushing losses last season. The Marlins are struggling, to say the least. Pretty much their entire rotation is …
Needed a New Post Because the Cubs Actually Won
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?
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (7-5) at Seattle Mariners (5-8)
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 …
Cubs 5, Padres 1
OSS: The Cubs bullpen will never blow a lead again confirmed Three up: Three down: Next up The Cubs go for the series win at 5:40 PM CT. Cyle takes on former Cubs prospect Dylan Cease, he of the trade I’ll defend to my dying breath (dying laughing).
Dreamcast 86: Knock On Wood
The word of the day was injuries as there are a lot of pitchers hitting the injured list through various ailments, and we talk a bit about that on this Dreamcast, along with our praises and thoughts about the Cubs starting this season off strongly against some tough competition (not the Rockies). You can check out the podcast page or just click …
Cubs 9 Dodgers 7
OSS: Playoff baseball, in April? Three up: Three down: Next up: Jordan Wicks takes on Yoshinobu Yamamoto at 3 PM CT, should be another exciting one! Now go root for Iowa and Caitlin Clark. Or don’t. I can’t tell you what to do.
Off Day Cubs Math Before the Dodgers Steamroll Them
I’m mostly kidding about the title but not really, as objectively the Dodgers are quite good at baseball, but then again the Cubs have also shown some promise and given us cause to be excited, so perhaps it will be another situation where the Cubs win one, lose one, and the third game is a coin flip just as in …
Series Preview: Colorado Rockies (1-3) at Chicago Cubs (1-2)
The Rockies were not a team that prognosticators had particularly high hopes for, but the Rockies opening series managed to look skyward to that already low bar. On Thursday, the Dbacks batted around twice vs Opening Day Starter Kyle Freeland, scoring 14 runs in a single inning. The Cubs are surely hoping to get their whacks in between series against …
Cubs 9, Rangers 5
OSS: Cubs offense picks up Cubs defense in the late innings Three up: Three down: Next up: The Cubs open at home vs the Rockies, assuming the weather cooperates. New Cub Shōta Imanaga takes on ex-Cardinal Dakota Hudson at 1:20 CT on Monday.