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Dee Fondy | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images They were flailing around again. The Cubs lost a then-franchise record 93 games in 1949. The .396 winning percentage is roughly equivalent to a 98-loss season in a 162-game schedule. Did the Cubs do anything to improve this [...]

Although the Chicago Cubs will need to make moves on the big league roster heading into 2025 if they want to put themselves in the best position to compete, there are undoubtedly also things they can do behind the scenes to have an impact in 2025 and beyond. Hiring pitching specialist [...]

The Chicago Cubs must add top outfield prospect Owen Caissie to the 40-man on Tuesday - but we could see other roster moves, as well. [...]

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Here’s someone who could help the Cubs rotation. Walker Buehler was once one of the top pitching prospects in all of baseball. He was the Dodgers’ No. 1 pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt — the same year his Vandy teammate [...]

There’s nothing of value here other than having a little fun, and it feels like a time when maybe we could use some levity. Lee Seung-hoon 1st pitch vs. Pete Crow-Armstrong’s inside-the-park hr. [image or embed] — Rob Friedman (@pitchingninja.bsky.social) November 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); [...]

Over the weekend, high-ranking officials from the New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, and one “mystery team” met with free agent Juan Soto. Yesterday, the Yankees joined that group. And today, the Dodgers will get their shot. Absent from that collection of suitors, of course, is the [...]

The Chicago Cubs’ radio booth of (HALL OF FAMER) Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer will be sticking around for a while longer. The good news, via the Sun-Times: NEWS: #Cubs radio voices Pat Hughes & Ron Coomer agreed to multiyear deals with the club last week, the Sun-Times has learned.— Jeff [...]

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here are some things that would absolutely, positively improve the team for 2025. I know, I know. The first thing many of you are going to say when you think of “three offseason moves the Cubs need to make” is [...]

On Monday, MLB Insider Jeff Passan reported that the Chicago Cubs have hired pitching performance specialist Tyler Zombro as a special assistant to the front of [...]

Apparently Juan Soto’s next meeting is today with the Dodgers, and I wish I could say I felt anything at all about it. But from the moment it was confirmed that the Cubs would make no attempt to court Soto – something we all already knew, but that was the [...]

John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Ohio State stole our ‘W’, the bastages. It’s not raining free agents yet. What’s up with that? WELCOME to today’s episode [...]

Today is a double deadline day, with eligible free agents having to make their Qualifying Offer decisions by close of business, and teams having to add eligible prospects to the 40-man roster to make them ineligible for next month’s Rule 5 Draft. That latter one is where we might see [...]

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should deal Nico Hoerner for Nestor Cortes. It’s another Monday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. [...]

Chicago Cubs baseball will be back on the air in 2025 and when it does, Pat Hughes will return to his post as the radio play-by-play voice of the Cubs. Jeff Ag [...]

Shōta Imanaga was not a finalist for the NL Rookie of the Year after his sterling debut, but that was never really a shot against his performance. This year’s rookie class in the NL was just incredibly stacked. So stacked that I actually think it’s great that he finished fourth. [...]

As Chicago Cubs fans wait for the team's offseason activity to begin in earnest, they can take some time out of their day on Monday to celebrate the latest acco [...]

Andy Pafko in 1948 | Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images One of these became one of the worst deals in Cubs history. The Cubs had a poor season in 1950, losing 89 games. It was their fourth straight losing season and third straight of 89 [...]

This year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been announced, and on it you will find 14 new names joining 14 holdovers from prior ballots. From the BBWAA: The 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago (baseballhall.org/news/2025-bb…). Results will be announced Jan. 21st. The 2025 BBHOF Ballot Tracker is [...]

Get out those tape measures, folks, Chicago Cubs baseball will continue to be on the air with the same familiar voices well into the future. As first reported by Sun-Times deputy sports editor/media columnist Jeff Agrest, Hall of Famer Pat Hughes and former Cub and All-Star Ron Coomer agreed to [...]

If you want to understand how the Cubs’ pivot toward emotionless analysis will help them improve at the margins, look no further than their latest front office hire. As first announced by Tread Athletics, the Cubs are naming former Tread pitching trainer Tyler Zombro as a special assistant tasked with [...]