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Cub Tracks’ double dip

Cub Tracks’ double dip

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Justin Steele gives everyone a scare, Cubs lose a pair, and other stories. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Dom Smith opted out, per reports, Jameson Taillon is going to miss at least a couple of weeks,...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 22, 2024
Cubs 7, Giants 3: Justin Steele injured, but says he’s okay

Cubs 7, Giants 3: Justin Steele injured, but says he’s okay

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports That’s a sigh of relief. And the “other split squad game” was crazy. MESA, Arizona — Justin Steele took a line drive off his leg in the second inning of the Cubs’ 7-3 loss to the Giants Friday afternoon at Sloan Park and then walked off the field gingerly, but under his own power. Cubs fans were, obviously, worried. Then Steele sent out this message: I’m okay.. my bracket is not— Justin Steele (@J_Steele21) March 22, 2024 Sense of humor intact, as well, apparently, as his knee. This is what the Cubs said about it: Per...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 22, 2024
2024 Cubs player profiles: Starting pitchers

2024 Cubs player profiles: Starting pitchers

Photo by Chase Agnello-Dean/ The third in a four-part series. We look at the Cubs starting four and the likeliest number five, plus alternates. Four of the five spots in the Cubs rotation should be settled. with Jameson Taillon apparently nearing a return to the team, as he threw pitches Tuesday. There are six or seven pitchers vying for the five starting spots, with staff ace Justin Steele, Kyle Hendricks, Shota Imanaga, and Taillon as the presumed front four, and several candidates wrestling for the fifth spot. Between Jordan Wicks, Drew Smyly, and Javier Assad, I...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 14, 2024
Here’s what the Cubs rotation might look like to start the 2024 season

Here’s what the Cubs rotation might look like to start the 2024 season

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports It might look very lefthanded. The Cubs will open the 2024 regular season two weeks from today in Arlington, Texas against the defending World Series champion Rangers. Lefthander Justin Steele has already been named the Opening Day starter coming off his fine 2023 season. Manager Craig Counsell has already said he wants to be “flexible” with the rotation given that Shōta Imanaga, coming over from Japan, is more used to the six-man rotation used by many NPB teams: It is also worth noting that Counsell wants to maintain flexibility with...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 2, 2024
Cubs vs. Dodgers at Glendale preview, Saturday 3/2, 2:05 CT

Cubs vs. Dodgers at Glendale preview, Saturday 3/2, 2:05 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/ This will be the only meeting between these two clubs this spring. Who will start on Opening Day for the Cubs? Here’s what Craig Counsell told the Tribune’s Paul Sullivan: “Let’s get through the rotation one more time and then maybe I can give some more guidance,” Counsell said before Friday’s Cubs-Sox game on a sun-splashed afternoon at Sloan Park. The opening-day nod is something that’s “earned,” Counsell noted, and going by 2023, no one earned it more than Justin Steele, who allowed two runs over three innings Friday in his...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 1, 2024
Cubs 10, White Sox 6: Here comes the sun...

Cubs 10, White Sox 6: Here comes the sun...

Photo by Norm Hall/ .... and it wasn’t all right. But the Cubs won anyway. MESA, Arizona — The normally sure-handed Pete Crow-Armstrong got a bit messed up by a bright, sunny afternoon at Sloan Park Friday afternoon, losing two baseballs in the sun that helped lead to a four-run White Sox inning. The Cubs, though, came back from that with the big blow a three-run homer from Owen Caissie, and defeated the White Sox 10-6, winning over their crosstown rivals for the second straight Friday. Justin Steele started this one and threw two pretty good innings, then caused...

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