Wow so weird that the guy I was told was terrible is now the most valuable position player in the National League

Gavin Lux, Dustin May, Michael Busch and Matt Beatty

The absolute funniest irony of the Bears stadium situation is the same people who bitch about taxes in Illinois are the ones bitching that JB isn’t raising our taxes so a football franchise worth billions can build a new stadium

There's still 6+ weeks to go, and I think on the whole Jed Hoyer is a perfectly cromulent baseball executive, but if this doesn't turn around he should be gone. You can't be allowed to be THIS wrong and still keep your job.

Weird answer but what in the world kind of question is this? Nick has played in both Philly and Chicago

The march to 3,000 hits continues...

Feels more like a slump than a guy getting "figured out" after *checks notes* 2,400+ big league plate appearances

Just such a good, thoughtful dude. PCA clapping back was fun and good. What he said was very much not. And for him to acknowledge not just that it was wrong but WHY it was wrong just shows the type of human he is.

The man spent like hundreds of millions of dollars to trick lower and middle class Illinois voters into raising their own taxes and even after he succeeded he fled to Florida. One of the worst humans in the world.

Redcard

Ride a roller coaster

Very Important Update: With his homer in the 8th, Cubs first baseman Michael Busch is now batting .304/.412/.589 with three homers, five doubles, a triple, nine walks and 15 RBI in 68 PAs since a goose landed in shallow left while he was batting on April 20.

A friendly reminder that since August 1st, 2023, which is 1,500+ PAs for Seiya, he has been the 11th best hitter in all of baseball with a 139 wRC+. Absolute star hitter.

I'm not saying Craig Breslow has been perfect or even good, but this narrative that Alex Cora didn't get a fair shake is so wild to me. The guy managed under three different regimes. Post-COVID he had just one 90-win season and hadn't won a playoff series since 2021. The guy got plenty of chances.

Definitely the GOAT baseball player. Terrible gambler, though.

May 1st is a standard opt out for a lot of veteran minor league free agents. Could see some movement here in the next couple days around the league. Just a few names to keep an eye out for Cubs: Lou Trivino (Phillies) Trevor Richards (Phillies) Michael Fulmer (Giants) Tommy Kahnle (Red Sox)

I don’t know who in the Cubs front office finally convinced Jed to sign a multiyear reliever, but he’s never going to let them hear the end of it.

Baseball in 2026 is absolutely wild. It's April 27th and the Cubs are down to like their 20th reliever option already. Oh and by the way that guy throws 99mph.

External bullpen name I'd keep an eye on. Lou Trivino. Velo not all the way back but getting bunch of whiffs in AAA for the Phillies. Has a May 1st opt out. Obviously Phillies can just add him to their roster, but Cubs should pressure them into doing so.

I gotta say... The Mets losing this game to extend their losing streak to 11 after getting crapping your pants mad over Mo running over like 6 inches of mound is incredibly funny

Entirely possible this one turns out looking bad, but also some Alfonsin Rosario post-trade vibes here as well

New addition to the bedtime rotation, courtesy of @michael-cerami.bsky.social

Do fans of NBA teams lose their fucking minds when their favorite team starts 3-5? Or is this uniquely baseball?

I’ve had mini marshmallows on pizza and it was life-changing in all the best ways

Honestly? My bad. Should have known better.

I am so fucking sick of the Brewers bullshit

One of the things that always surprises me is the fan reaction to how bad the 12th and 13th position players on MLB rosters are. MLB teams just do not care about those roster spots and fans just can't help but overreact to those guys on the roster.

I'd wager extension news hits immediately after his debut, which is a pretty clever and nasty bit of work by the Pirates FO. Send him to down to start the year as leverage in extension talks. Promote him once extension is agreed on, but do so BEFORE it's official so he retains PPI eligibility.

Matt Shaw plays RF like he’s competing with his teammates to see who gets the most steps in while covering the least amount of ground

Damnit the White House admin watched Despicable Me again...

Updated: C: Kelly Amaya Ballesteros INF: Busch Nico Swanson Bregman Shaw EXTERNAL ADD OF: PCA Happ Conforto Carlson SP: Boyd Horton Imanaga Cabrera Taillon RP: Rea Webb Milner Brown Thielbar Maton Harvey Palencia IL: Seiya

TFW when the Big Ten takes over the NCAA Tournament

It’s veteran opt-out day for guys on minor league deal, so we’ll get roster decisions from the Cubs on a number of guys. Potentially includes: Michael Conforto, Corbin Martin, Dylan Carlson, Chas McCormick, Collin Snider, Jeff Brigham As many as 4 of them could make Cubs OD roster.

Taking a crack at the Cubs' Opening Day roster: C: Kelly Amaya Ballesteros INF: Busch Nico Swanson Bregman Shaw OF: PCA Happ Conforto Carlson McCormick SP: Boyd Horton Imanaga Cabrera Taillon RP: Rea Webb Milner Snider Thielbar Maton Harvey Palencia IL: Seiya

Cade Horton is criminally underrated www.nytimes.com/athletic/712...

I gotta be honest, I’m not sure what people want from these guys. All tournament long people (myself included) have bitched about them not caring enough and they also just want them to be all smiles and rainbows after losing one of the most important games of their lives? I don’t see any issue here…

This was the only piece of technology the Nats pitching dev team had under the previous regime

Eliminating their competition so they don't have to be good at anything else

Feels like we should be able to file a class action lawsuit against Foul Territory for subjecting us to this

I don't know if it's because I'm jaded on Kyle Tucker or because the Cubs have (FINALLY) entered the deferral game, but the Tucker to LAD thing just doesn't bother me. Okay so they'll win 107 games instead of 105. Big whoop.

Cubs fans adore him. Nobody (with a brain) wants to trade him. It's all lustful fans of other orgs making up fake trades.

Reading and watching last night’s postgame comments from the Packers is giving this vibe:

More great stuff here from Shōta. My favorite? #10, especially when you realize who Shōta was teammates with in Japan...

I still get the sense that the Cubs' preferred path this off-season is signing Alex Bregman and trading for a SP (Cabrera? Gore?). Whether or not they can pull it off, we'll see, but wonder if we start to see movement post-Winter Meetings.

Brett like pitchers who like upside down pineapples

I really wonder if the Cubs are making a push for MacKenzie Gore

I LOVE Ryne Stanek as a supplemental add. I HATE Ryne Stanek as the last big league deal for a reliever.

Wait not one, but TWO people have already voted for Ryan Braun?!?!?

BRING ME THE PIE SLICE