Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 16, 2025
The Chicago Cubs won exhibition game number two in Japan, beating the Yomiuri Giants 4-2. Jameson Taillon pitched well for 4.1 innings, and Matthew Boyd threw the final 4.0 innings in dominant fashion. A nice tuneup for the regular season, which begins in Tokyo against the Los Angeles Dodgers in two days. Pete Crow-Armstrong stole third base standing up, and Gage Workman drove him in to give the Cubs an…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 16, 2025
The Cubs are playing in exhibition game number two in Japan as we speak, facing the Yomiuri Giants, with a nice lead: 4-0 in the fifth! pic.twitter.com/Dc6JKMDsz6— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 16, 2025 Other Bullets while that game plays out … The Cubs’ second Spring Breakout game actually did happen, with the Cubs’ prospects beating up on the Angels’ prospects 8-3. Big performances up and down the lineup, multi-hit games…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 15, 2025
Doing your taxes? Miserable. Feeling like you’re finally done with them? Sublime. Is that trade worth it? Interesting. The Cubs kinda got owned in their first Japanese exhibition game, losing 3-0 to the Hanshin Tigers. Not that there is any concern, of course. It’s all just fun and games. It was 20-year-old lefty starter Keito Mombetsu holding the Cubs down for five perfect innings, mostly by way of some crummy…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 14, 2025
Cubs vs Tigers — Tonight, the Cubs are playing their first of two exhibition games in Tokyo, this one against the Hanshin Tigers at the Tokyo Dome. Julian Merryweather is “starting” for the Cubs, and here’s the lineup standing behind him. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Seiya Suzuki, DH Kyle Tucker, RF Justin Turner, 1B Matt Shaw, 3B Dansby Swanson, S Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF Miguel Amaya, C Jon Berti,…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 14, 2025
We know that the adjustment for Japanese players coming over to the States to play in MLB is about a lot more than just facing a different set of players and working with a new set of teammates. The life change is so significant, and when you think deeply enough about that change, it becomes impossible not to be all the more impressed by whatever baseball accomplishments guys like Shōta…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 14, 2025
If you’ll allow me to ignore the recent slate of starting pitcher rumors — Cubs negotiating with Lance Lynn and/or considering a trade for Dylan Cease? — I’d like to talk about the starting rotation — specifically, who is taking the final spot when the Cubs finally break camp after Tokyo. Because according to the latest reporting, Ben Brown might have a better shot than we initially realized. As we know,…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 14, 2025
The Chicago Cubs’ first Spring Breakout prospect game last night wasssssss … cancelled. Rained out, for the second year in a row. A rainout in the spring in Arizona almost never happens, so the odds of back-to-back Spring Breakout games getting rained out would seem QUITE low. At least this year there is a second one for the Cubs, who’re scheduled to face Angels prospects tomorrow night. Fingers crossed. Some…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 14, 2025
Clearly, the Chicago Cubs were just trying to use the Lance Lynn talks as leverage to acquire Dylan Cease at a better price! I kid, though with pitching talk back on the menu, the last remaining bits of the free agent market and a hypothetical Cease trade, for some teams, are probably not wholly disconnected. Jon Heyman reports that upwards of nine teams have shown interest in a Dylan Cease…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Mar 14, 2025
Happy Pi Day, which should be celebrated with pie. That’s an order. The Cubs had their first workout at the Tokyo Dome, which is really cool to see: https://bsky.app/profile/bastianmlb.bsky.social/post/3lkcijqkilk2x Fans have been consistently entering into the Tokyo Dome as the Cubs start their first workout.Great vibe here as they cheer for anything as simple as a wave from one of the players. Lower bowl filing up. Impressive!#MarqueeInTokyo pic.twitter.com/wZ4tIeayPo— Alex Cohen…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Mar 13, 2025
Hey, everyone. The third episode of The Bleacher Nation Cubs podcast is officially live! In this episode, we look ahead to the Tokyo series against the Dodgers, discuss whether or not Seiya Suzuki should get a start in right field, and contemplate the value of defensive vs offensive WAR for a player like Pete Crow-Armstrong. Our game, this time, was a look back at the 2000 Tokyo Dome lineups between…
