Brett Taylor is the L💙ead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at and on LinkedIn . Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cu🥀bs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.
You know theꦑ Martin Solveig and GTA song, "Intoxicated." Even if you think you 🅘don't, I promise you that you know it when you hear it. Specifically, if you're a Cubs fan, you will instinctively do two things upon hearing...
As expected, the Chicago Cubs played a video tribute to Anthony Rizzo upon his return to Wrigley Field this afternoon, and, as e🏅xpected, it was an emotional moment. This is a guy who meant so much to so many in...
If you missed the mention the other day but are looking at tablets, a heads up on a steep discount at Amazon right now on the 10.2-incꦿh version of the iPad (40% off). At thiಞs point in my life, because...
Like Jav🀅y Báez before him two weeks ago, Anthony Rizzo will finally make his first return to Wrigley Field since the 2021 Trade Deadline deal that sent him to New York. It will be emotional. It will just be emotional....
If I'd told you, oh, say, about two months ago, that a Chicago Cubs prospect would win Player of the Month honors in the Southern League for A🎃ugust, you'd have been sure yo𓃲u could nail it within a few guess....
An intere🐎sting ranking from ESPN's Kiley McDaniel today, noting as a precursor that he is not especially high on the Chicago Cubs' farm system. The ranking is of the 30 MLB organizational "cores," meaning the sum total of talent the...
Chicago Cubs pitching pr𒀰ospect Brandon Birdsell is getting increasing attention around these parts both because he's been on the doorstep of the big leagues for a little while now, and because his performance seems to keep getting better and bett💦er....
This season may very well wind up forgettable in the long run, but now we know for sure there's at 🅘least one game that we'll always remember. The quick version of all 27 outs: //twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1831693777804914756 On the subject of the...
I lik꧃e watching any baseball highlights package, and when it's from a Cubs blowout win, that's all the more true. But highlights from a Cubs NO-H🐻ITTER? That's just the easiest watch for me this side of a Game Seven replay...
On the same day that the MLB Cubs🍸 threw a no-hitter, the High-A Cubs pulled off another of baseball's delightful rarities: a triple-play! The highlight comes mostly courtesy of Ed Howard and situational opportunity: //twitter.com/MiLB/status/1831485717853381091 Off the bat, it looked...
It's long been assumed that third baseman Matt Chapman would be opting out of his recently-signed pillow contract with the San Francisco Giants thanks to a strong 2024 season, and it's been al🌠most equally assumed that the two sides would...
[ankin_law] CUBS ROSTER MOVES — Sure enough, with big reliever Trey Wingenter ar𝕴riving today from Iowa, the Cubs are making a roster move. It isn't Justin Steele going on the IL, but instead Jorge Lopez. The cause? A groin strain. (UPDATE:...
We've seen this drill enough to know what it means, at least generally speaking. The first step is that the magnificent fan photog🥀rapher Sam Bernero snaps a pic of a player arriving at Wrigley Field: //twitter.com/sambernero/status/1831383555018256483 The next step is...
The latest p💛rospecting update from Baseball America follows a trend we've seen all season: the Chicago Cubs' top prospects are generally holding their place on the top-100 lists, but dro🍒pping back a bit in the process. The updated Cubs group...
It remains an open question just wh🦄en Japanese ace Roki Sasaki will come to Major League Baseball, but when he does, you can be🅰 assured that the Chicago Cubs will be among the teams at least TRYING to sign him....
Fro꧂m the I-guess-it-could-be-worse-in-Chicago-baseball department, the White Sox continue their march toward the worst kind of history. With yet another loss last night, the Sox extended their current losing streak to 12 games. You have to say current losing streak, because...
The Cubs' playoff odds were never great during this hot stretch, but they had climbed at one point this weekend to 7.1% at FanGraphs. After two losses 🎶to the Pirates, including last night's 5-0 defeat, those odds are down to...
That sound you he💖ar is the air rapidly leaving the balloon. Probably not a coincidence it sounds like a protracted fart. Maybe it was a bad omen that the Cubs loaded the bases in each of the first two innings...
We've kinda all been sitting on edge, waiting for news on Cubs ace Justin Steele. He was scr❀atched from his scheduled start tonight with "elbow soreness," but that's all we knew. We now know a little bit more, but it...
Calling it what it is: the deeply annoying, and worryingly impactful loss last night, combined with some not-unreasonable concern about Justin Steele's elbow, has me pretty much seeking out any other distracting things I can fi♊nd today. For example -...