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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

5 years

There's no excuse for Netflix to not sign Bryce Harper.

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Netflix revenue each year: 2018: $15.8 billion 2017: $11.7 billion 2016: $8.8 billion 2015: $6.8 billion 2014: $5.5 billion 2013: $4.4 billion 2012: $3.6 billion 2011: $3.2 billion 2010: $2.2 billion 2009: $1.7 billion 2008: $1.4 billion 2007: $1.2 billion 2006: $997 million

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4 years

Kris Bryant just missed a double, is tired.

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7 years

Kyle Schwarber with the greatest bunt of all-time.

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9 months

In the last week, the Nationals took 2 of 3 from the Brewers, (at least) 2 of 3 from the Reds, and gave the Cubs Jeimer Candelario.

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5 years

Cubs to Alzolay 2 weeks ago: Need more time in AAA Cubs to Alzolay a week ago: You're up, as a RP Cubs to Alzolay 5 days ago: You're a SP Cubs to Alzolay yesterday: We don't know what to do with you Cubs to Alzolay this AM: You're staying Cubs to Alzolay now: You're the ace

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@TheBlogfines

3 years

The Chicago Cubs have the longest current winning streak in Major League Baseball.

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@TheBlogfines

5 years

Addison Russell today has not advanced on a wild pitch, gotten doubled off 2nd on a liner to LF the next pitch, lost a pop-up “double” in the sun that led to a run, didn’t score from 3rd on a groundball that the shortstop had to backhand, & tossed his bat in the stands on a K.

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4 years

The odds of the Cubs comeback last night, the Bears comeback today, and an Alec Mills no-hitter all happening consecutively are absolutely wild lmao

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@TheBlogfines

8 months

Cubs' playoff odds on FanGraphs... July 20: 6.3% Now: 92.1%

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

Cubs win, Brewers lose, Reds lose, Phillies lose, Marlins lose. Another big day for the playoff odds.

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@TheBlogfines

6 years

Come on. This is inexcusable at little league even. And this is a season-changing moment.

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25 days

"I think they have something special in this kid." - Pedro Martinez on Ben Brown

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6 years

"I don't know if Javy Baez can keep this up." *gets better every week*

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Matt Clapp

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1 month

Javier Assad now has a 2.94 ERA in 153 MLB innings pitched.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

3 years

Codi Heuer has a 0.90 ERA in 20 innings pitched with the Cubs.

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@TheBlogfines

5 years

Kris Bryant in 2019... AVG: .297 (career-best) OBP: .402 (his 2nd-best; .409 in 2017) SLG: .559 (career-best) OPS: .961 (career-best) wOBA: .402 (career-best) wRC+: 150 (career-best)

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

3 years

It's getting annoying having to constantly thank good players instead of welcoming good players.

Chicago Cubs

@Cubs

3 years

Thank you to @kschwarb12 for your kindness, generosity and resilience. You gave us moments #Cubs fans will never forget.

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1 year

I think it's fair to say that Dexter Fowler, Jason Heyward, and Jim Edmonds handled the team change a bit better lol.

Bally Sports Midwest

@BallySportsMW

1 year

Contreras compares the #STLCards and Cubs organizations: "For me, I like this better. It's a better organization. Old school way, which I love it. ... Ever since I got here it's been everything just one way. The Cardinal way."

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4 years

Jeff Passan says he got a text from a scout saying (on the Cubs picking Ed Howard) "this is the best pick of the draft so far."

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5 years

5 years ago.

Matt Clapp

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10 years

Cardinals fans are going to hate Javy so much & it's going to be great. Can't wait til he pimps a HR at Busch.

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9 months

Really can't be overstated how much Jeimer Candelario impacts this team. Professional at-bats with slugging, left and right-handed, with solid defense at 1st and 3rd.

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

It's been pretty apparent that the Cubs need to remove Smyly from the rotation for a while now.

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30 days

Cubs offense through 7 games (279 PA): .384 OBP (1st in MLB) 14.0 BB% (1st in MLB) 15.4 K% (Best in MLB) 0.91 BB/K (1st in MLB; 2nd is 0.62)

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5 years

Kris Bryant in 2016: .292/.385/.554 (.939 OPS), .396 wOBA, 148 wRC+ Kris Bryant in 2017: .295/.409/.537 (.946 OPS), .399 wOBA, 146 wRC+ Kris Bryant in 2019: .297/.403/.552 (.955 OPS), .400 wOBA, 148 wRC+

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8 years

Love you Willie.

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9 months

A reminder that Cody Bellinger should be batting 3rd and we now have two examples of him being on deck in the last week in this situation

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

The Madrigal-Swanson-Hoerner-Bellinger infield defense is as good as it gets.

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

Patrick Wisdom pinch-running in the 8th. An example of how PCA could help the Cubs in September lol.

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

Basically the "hope" for Assad was to give 4-5 innings and keep the team in the game. 7 IP, 1 ER, and cruising for pretty much all of it on the road vs a very good team. 🔥🔥🔥

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@TheBlogfines

1 year

I was curious, so I checked... and not exactly surprised by the numbers.

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2 years

The NLCS features 88 and 89-win teams. The NL Central is hot garbage. There’s zero excuse for the Cubs to not be very aggressive this offseason.

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@TheBlogfines

5 years

14 runs tonight. And on the season... Willson Contreras: 176 wRC+ (3rd in the NL) Kris Bryant: 162 wRC+ (5th in the NL) Javy Baez: 158 wRC+ (7th in the NL) Anthony Rizzo: 140 wRC+ (13th in the NL) But yesterday I got tweets asking where the runs will come from

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

The Cubs are averaging 18 runs per game this season when Jeimer Candelario plays.

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@TheBlogfines

10 days

Javier Assad now has a 174-inning sample of being a 2.90 ERA pitcher in the major leagues. And he's just looking better of late (2.00 ERA in 27 IP so far this season). It's potentially a pretty massive development- and has already been huge for them either way.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

5 years

Arguably the greatest homer in Cubs history. I'd have to say it's tops for me.

Baseball Bros

@BaseballBros

5 years

Former Cub & World Series Champion, Miguel Montero has announced his retirement Never forget his amazing 8th inning grand slam in Game 1 of the 2016 NLCS 🙌

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

5 years

Well Cole Hamels certainly looks good again. Pitching well too.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

3 years

Kris Bryant says playing all over the place helps block out some of the noise to focus. "Right now, I still got the Cubs on my chest and I'm proud of that. Proud to play for such an unbelievable city. And until they tell me I'm not, I'm gonna go out there and give it all I got."

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

THE NATS HAVE SWEPT THE REDS IN CINCY!

Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

In the last week, the Nationals took 2 of 3 from the Brewers, (at least) 2 of 3 from the Reds, and gave the Cubs Jeimer Candelario.

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8 months

Jordan Wicks, Daniel Palencia, Luke Little leading a huge win in a pennant race. That's so awesome and exactly what this franchise had not been getting for so long.

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9 months

The Cubs need to add a player at the deadline and stop playing a certain player.

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@TheBlogfines

5 years

My favorite Carlos Santana moment is when he somehow didn't hit that Aroldis Chapman hanging slider for a home run in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

Brewers, Reds, Phillies, D-Backs, Marlins all lose.

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16 days

Keegan Thompson so far this season: 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

11 months

Adbert Alzolay now has a 1.97 ERA on the season 🔥🔥🔥

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@TheBlogfines

5 years

Pedro Strop is a Cubs legend. He's hurt still or his arm is shot. It's not him just sucking out of nowhere. Don't be mad at Pedro. Be mad at relying on Pedro right now.

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4 years

25 years from now: "Wow, what was it like seeing Kris Bryant, the greatest Cub of our lifetime, play on a regular basis?" "Actually, nobody really cared."

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6 years

These Theo quotes from July cannot be shared enough.

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3 years

Much of the baseball world has been brainwashed to think this is the right way to handle things. How about just keep your Hall of Fame talent and build around him? They’ll spend the next decade trying to find another Kris Bryant otherwise (and very well may come up empty).

670 The Score

@670TheScore

3 years

If #Cubs are doing it right, they'll trade Kris Bryant around July 1 and get back premier talent in low, low levels of minor leagues that fans have never heard of. That's what @jonmorosi told @DannyParkins @MattSpiegel670 .

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Matt Clapp

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6 months

Generally, I don't think the average manager moves much in wins and losses. But I think Counsell over Ross is a pretty enormous improvement on paper.

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Matt Clapp

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5 years

Kris Bryant continues to disappoint, with now his *checks notes* career-high OPS at .950.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

Cubs win. Brewers, Reds, Marlins, D-Backs, Giants, Padres lose. Another big day for the playoff odds.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

8 months

The Marlins are now 5 games behind the Cubs. They were 9.5 games up on the Cubs heading into the 2nd half.

Craig Mish

@CraigMish

8 months

Marlins lose to the Rays 3-0 in 10. Swept in 2 games. The offense simply does not score runs anymore. Dead last the NL. How is this possible ? They are under .500 for the first time since May. To top it all off ? David Robertson got beat again in the end. My goodness.

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9 months

I really do not understand, for the life of me, Jeimer Candelario continuing to bat 7th- especially vs right-handed pitching. He's 10th in the majors in OPS among qualified hitters vs righties.

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27 days

Really don't understand why Cuas is still on the roster.

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6 years

lmao

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

6 years

"Gosh darn it! That dang pitch was two flippin feet outside. Shoot, that's just incorrect, sir." -Ben Zobrist, probably.

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@TheBlogfines

5 years

Imagine 2 weeks ago you're being told that the Cubs are being carried on offense by Nick Castellanos, Jonathan Lucroy, and Ian Happ.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

The Cubs went from clear-cut sellers to buying the best rental bat on the market. Pretty massive change of direction and perception for the franchise (and message to the locker room and fan base), and they were able to do it while keeping the farm in strong shape.

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5 years

Kris Bryant right now: 149 wRC+ (career-best) .400 wOBA (career-best) 16.5 BB% (career-best) 17.1 K% (career-best)

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@TheBlogfines

11 days

Big series win for the Cubs. Every win they can get while half the team is in the ER is huge right now.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

Cody Bellinger left on deck yet again. At least 3 times in the last month.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

That's an incredible factoid.

Josh Timmers 🇺🇦

@JoshFTimmers

9 months

If the Cubs get Candelario, Kyle Hendricks will no longer be the only member of the 2016 Cubs left.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

11 months

Christopher Morel: .286/.346/.673, .424 wOBA, 170 wRC+ in 107 plate appearances

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

8 months

I think Jordan Wicks should get the next start over Drew Smyly.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

10 months

Well that's the Cubs' biggest win of the year. Came out of nowhere.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

I'm jealous of your youth.

born2run99

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9 months

@TheBlogfines All my years as a Cub fan I have never been more aggravated about a player than Seiya Suzuki.

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6 months

St. Louis Cardinals

@Cardinals

4 years

We have traded outfielder Adolis García to the Texas Rangers for cash considerations.

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@TheBlogfines

4 years

Kris Bryant will not wear the new Cubs Spring Training hats (and I support him on this).

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

11 months

This has been the most impressive Christopher Morel stretch yet, to me. He really appears to be making some adjustments. Using the whole field, being selective, making more contact, etc. Will it stay? Remains to be seen. But it's very encouraging and his ceiling is immense.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

Those are 3 *massive* wins for the Cubs. The upcoming stretch is rough on paper, but these games against the Brewers and Reds are essentially twice as valuable. Huge, huge wins, and awesome job by the pitching staff tonight to grind through.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

2 years

Love watching Heyward ground out to the right side over and over while Frazier rides the bench.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

1 year

Yan Gomes is awesome.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

lol the cardinals broadcast lost their minds

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

7 months

It's interesting how the Braves, world's best team, just let their best hitter get the most plate appearances.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

Please just play Bellinger or Candelario at first base. This is unnecessary.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

8 years

Cubs' front office really stressing over this finish

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2 years

Christopher Morel: .307/.386/.534, .397 wOBA, 154 wRC+, 1.0 fWAR in 22 games and 101 PA

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

9 months

Jeimer Candelario should definitely not be batting 7th lol

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@TheBlogfines

1 year

Christopher Morel update: 11 homers, 28 RBI, 1.298 OPS, stuck in Triple-A

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@TheBlogfines

11 months

This is a sneaky way to try to make the throw from 3rd base easier if given time. Watch how Nick Madrigal takes a few steps to shorten the length of the throw & also add momentum to get more zip on it. He's made it work so far. 1 of only 8 MLB 3B with at least 3 DRS & 3 OAA.

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1 year

The other thing with the Dansby Swanson move is the Cubs have made it clear they're actually trying, which could make them more appealing now to the shorter-term veterans, a la Justin Turner, Michael Conforto, JD Martinez.

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1 month

Luke Little is now at 9 2/3 scoreless innings with 14 strikeouts to start his MLB career.

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@TheBlogfines

11 months

Just unserious stuff from the organization if they don't try hard to get this done. They just locked up an elite middle infield defense and this is a pitcher tailored to those skillsets, as his 2.42 ERA and 61.0 GB% show.

Marcus Stroman

@STR0

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@ChiefCub My agent and I made multiple attempts to engage them on an extension. Club wasn’t interested in exploring it now. Will see how it plays out! Love everything about the @Cubs organization!

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6 years

“My hip feels fine, Theo.” “No it doesn’t.” “But seriously I feel good.” “No, you suffered a hip injury over the weekend.” “But really I-“ “Say it with me: ‘I hurt my hip over the weekend. It’s something I’ve experienced in the past.’”

Jesse Rogers

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6 years

Chatwood hurt his hip over the weekend. Something he has experienced in the past.

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1 month

Luke Little standing next to Nick Madrigal.

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23 days

Michael Busch has been the Cubs’ most impressive hitter to me so far this season. Consistently good at-bats and loud contact.

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3 years

Cubs are one of the hottest teams in baseball over the last few hours.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

3 months

The Cubs kinda "need" to sign Cody Bellinger at this point.

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3 months

BREAKING: First baseman Rhys Hoskins and the Milwaukee Brewers are finalizing a two-year, $34 million contract with an opt-out after the first season, sources tell ESPN.

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2 years

Cubs' top pitching prospect Caleb Kilian strikes out the first two batters he faces in his MLB career. 🔥🔥 Here are those two at-bats:

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

If this is related to the blister/is a physical thing, Stroman should go on the 10-day IL. Can't keep up like this.

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@TheBlogfines

7 months

Please own this dumb division next year, Cubs.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

11 months

Tucker Barnhart: .159/.260/.175, 29 wRC+ in 73 plate appearances. Even if you love his catching, it's a big disadvantage playing with the old NL rules when nobody else is.

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@TheBlogfines

3 years

"FREDERICK! FREDDIE!" -Anthony Rizzo chasing after Freddie Freeman in a rundown. 😂

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@TheBlogfines

9 months

"Some of the harshest words a pitcher can hear: You've been traded to the Colorado Rockies."- @JimDeshaies

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2 months

JD: "Is Lenny Dykstra a fair comp (for PCA)?" Carter Hawkins: "Hopefully on the field only."

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@TheBlogfines

5 years

That's honestly the most unexpected Cubs sweep that I can remember. Absolutely huge.

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Matt Clapp

@TheBlogfines

6 years

So I just realized the Cubs have... 2 walk-off grand slams From 2 genuinely good dudes At night At Wrigley Vs NL East teams That are playoff contenders And that's fun

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@TheBlogfines

3 years

Frank Schwindel has outperformed Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Javy Baez, Jake Marisnick, Craig Kimbrel, and Trevor Williams combined since the trade deadline.

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3 years

Brennen Davis receiving the Futures Game MVP trophy from Ken Griffey Jr. #Cubs

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