Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 17, 2025
The main focus of yesterday’s Iowa Cubs win is probably the 20 runs the team scored, and the overwhelming volume of huge offensive performances from many of the org’s top prospects. Matt Shaw hasn’t even joined them yet. That lineup is just so ridiculous. But what I didn’t want lost in the shuffle, particularly given the potential impact on the big league team this year, was the start by top…
Chicago Cubs
Elias Schuster
•Apr 16, 2025
[Feldco] Can I interest you in a palate cleanser from the big league Cubs loss? The Iowa Cubs held a comfortable 7-2 lead over the Saint Paul Saints heading into the bottom of the seventh. But nobody told them that! As explosive as the big league team has been this season, they have not had an inning quite like the one their Triple-A friends had Wednesday afternoon. Jonathan Long got…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 16, 2025
Well, the Cubs couldn’t pull out the series win today in San Diego, which marks their first series loss sinnnnnnnce, you guessed it, the Tokyo Series. I’d say that’s a pretty darn good run. No hard feelings. The Cubs – specifically Matt Boyd – got beat up by so many balls that resulted in baserunners despite not leaving the infield. Just a bizarre and somewhat flukey thing, though they weren’t…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 16, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — I told myself that I’d be happy (enough) if the Cubs simply managed to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Padres in San Diego this week. But I lied. Now that they have a chance to win a second series against the hottest team in baseball, I want it. Bad. But it won’t be easy. Until yesterday, the Padres hadn’t lost a single game at…
Chicago Cubs
Elias Schuster
•Apr 16, 2025
[Feldco] Moises Ballesteros’ first home run of the season might still be in the air. A Top 4 prospect in Chicago’s system, the Iowa Cubs catcher has made an impression to start his latest minor league season. Ballesteros has recorded at least two hits in six of his first 14 contests, and he has registered at least one hit in 11 of his games thus far. Nevertheless, he had not…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 16, 2025
The Chicago Cubs yesterday decided it was time for top prospect Matt Shaw to resume his development at Triple-A Iowa. Although Shaw, 23, looked mostly capable defensively at third base – a relatively new position for him – the bat just wasn’t playing. He hit .172/.294/.241/66 wRC+ over his first 68 plate appearances, his strikeout rate was trending into the upper-20s, and hard contact was almost nonexistent. “We don’t want…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 16, 2025
Chicago Cubs righty Javier Assad was slowed in Spring Training by an oblique injury that not only cost him time, but also set him back in the normal ramp up to a season. With Ben Brown’s emergence in the 5th spot, the Cubs weren’t necessarily too much worse for the wear on missing Assad. But as Justin Steele’s injury demonstrated, guys are going to get hurt. Assad being back, fully…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 16, 2025
If I had to guess what a bases-clearing walk looks like, I’d probably guess something similar to what happened for the Rockies’ Triple-A affiliate Albuquerque Isotopes. But the thing is, I don’t know that I’d ever even contemplated guessing about such a thing until it ACTUALLY HAPPENED: THE ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES SCORED THREE RUNS ON A BASES-LOADED WALK AND THERE IS VIDEO pic.twitter.com/HhVkCwc5F5— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 16, 2025 So you’ve got…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 16, 2025
I really hope they don’t figure out in five years that coffee is actually really bad for you in several specific, previously-unknown ways. I’m already in way too deep, man. It’s probably a hacky thing to say at this point, and is probably more retrospective narrative than predictive reality … but I’m gonna say it anyway: good teams find ways to win games that they probably should’ve lost. So far…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 16, 2025
For as rightly as Cubs fans lament their team’s early-season schedule, I reckon there are Padres fans out there right now saying, “Why do we have to play the Cubs so much?!” Of the Padres’ four losses this year, three have come against the Cubs. That includes last night, when the Cubs pulled out the 2-1 extra-innings win to give the Padres their first home loss of the season. (The…
