Michael Cerami began covering the Chicago Cubs for Bleacher Nation as a part-time contributor in 2015. One year later, he joined Bleacher Nation full-time, covering the Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball. Today, Michael runs Bleacher 🃏Nation, contributing as a writer (Cubs, MLB) and an editor for all sections of the site, including the Chicago Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks, as well as MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL. In 2019, Michael was the co-host of NBC Sports Chicago's Cubs Post-Game Show You can find him on Twitter/X
[BN_drinks] CUBS VS NATI♛ONALS — This weekend was (very likely) GOING to be Kyle Hendricks final start in a Cubs uniform *at Wrigley Field*. But because Justin Steele came back and moved the rotation around, Hen🐼dricks will likely get one...
CUBS LINEUP — Despite Ian Happ's record-setting ninth-inning homer off Mason Miller last night, the Chicago Cubs could not complete their comeback. That makes today's game a rubber match. Here's a look at the Chic🌳ago Cubs lineup for the finale...
After Ian Happ hit his first of two homers last night - his 24th of the season - the Cubs broadcast booth pointed out the surprising fact that it had✨ been his first longball in 21(!) games. I don't know...
My clock tells me that this game was only 2 hours and 50 minutes, but it felt about double that. I'm sure that's mostly because of the season being over and the A's being an uninspiring🏅 opponent. But yeesh. What...
T♏onight's Cubs-Athletics game has been crawling at a snail's pace with hardly any real action or suspense; just grinding-inning after grinding-inning for each team (with a side of solo or 2-run homers). But Nico Hoerner just delivered the GOODS with...
Ian Happ j🔴ust hit his 24th home run of the season, one short of his career-best set in 2021. That was also his 85th run scored (one short of his 🍒single-season best) and his 84th RBI (t-career best). What a...
CUBS LINEUP — Game 2 against tඣhe Oakland A's. Let's go. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Dansby Swanson, SS Seiya Suzuki, DH Cody Bellinger, RF Isaac Paredes, 3B Michael Busch, 1B Nico Hoerner, 2B Pete Crow-꧒Armstrong, CF Christian Bethancourt,...
[BN_drinks🧸] Surprise, surprise. Shota Imanaga was excellent AGAIN last night, striking out 11 Oakland A's at Wrigley Field en route to his 18th quality start of the season. //twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1835856890649329780 Imanaga's final line — 6.0 IP, 5H, 2ER, 3BB, 11K — beautiful as always....
CUBS LINEUP —💖 New day, new series, same old Chicago Cubs lineup for Game 1 against the Athletics. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Dansby Swanson, SS Seiya Suzuki, DH Cody Bellinger, RF Isaaꩵc Paredes, 3B Michael Busch, 1B Nico...
Last night, Kyle Hendricks made his 22nd start of the season, appearing in his 274th game as a Chicago Cub. And it was a🐠 good one! It's never easy to pitch at Coors Field, but Hendricks tossed six innings of...
[BN_drinks] CUBS VS ATHLETICS — Although I know that the day the season ends, I'll instantly miss baseball ... I am otherwise ready for this to all 𒐪be over. This has been such a weird and disappointing year, filled with...
CUBS LINEUP — If the Cubs had simply won more games this season, they'd have a better recoඣrd. It's as easy as that. Here's a look at the Cubs lineup for the finale against the Rockies at Coors Field. Chicago...
CUBS LINEUP — Take a look at the Chicago Cubs lineup for the second of thre𝄹e games against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Dansby Swanson, SS Seiya Suzuki, DH Cody Bellinger, RF Isaac...
CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs are starting a new series in Colo༺rado this weekend at Coors Field. Here's a look at their lineup versus the southpaw, Austin Gomber. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Hap🙈p, LF Dansby Swanson, SS Seiya Suzuki, DH...
[BN_drinks] CUBS VS DODGERS — Maybe if the Cubs finished the sweep in L.A. and didn't drop that winnable game against the Pirates, they'd still have a shot at ♕this thing. But they lost both and still sit 5.0 games...
We're basicallꦡy on a daily Cam Smith post schedule now, eh? Fresh off his promotion to Double-A and first appearance on a Top-100 prospect ranking, the Chicago Cubs 2024 first-round pick has his first multi-hit game at Double-A, seco🔥nd Triple...
CUBS LINEUP — At a time when wins don't mean much for the Cubs — and do still matter quite a bit for the ꦿDodgers — Chicago went into Los Angeles and took a series from the Dodgers, giving themselves...
CAM SMITH HAS ARRIVED — On May 13, 2024, MLB Pipeline listed eight Chicago Cubs prospects among their Top-100 overall rankings: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cade Horton, Owen Caissie, Matt Shaw, Kevin Alcantara, James Triantos, Moises Ballesteros, and Jefferson Rojas. That list exclu🐬ded...
CUBS LINEUP — We've got a fun pitching matchup tonight, as Shota Imanaga and the Cubs are set to take on Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yamamoto has a 2.92𝓰 ERA over his first 14 starts in MLB,...
CUBS LINEUP — The Chicago Cubs are starting a new series this week against the Dodgers. Unfortunately, this series is in Los Angeles, which means we're in store for three straight late-night games (9:10 CT). Hate that.♐ Here's a look...