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Quantifying Hope: Not Even Beating Rays Can Pull Cubs from Odds Nosedive
The Cubs managed to take two out of three from the Rays, but their playoff hopes dimmed due to that…
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Cubs Trade RHP Vinny Nittoli to Mets
Righty reliever Vinny Nittoli exercised the opt-out clause in his minor league deal with the Cubs on Thursday, giving the…
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Nick Madrigal Terrorizing AAA Pitching Since Being Demoted
Nick Madrigal was not having a good season for the Cubs and really hasn’t hit well since a hamstring injury…
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Season May Hinge on Justin Steele’s MRI Results, David Ross ‘Not Sounding Any Alarms’
Justin Steele was cruising through the first seven batters he faced and ended up doing the same through the next…
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Won? Oh! Marcus Stroman’s ‘Top Moment’ Overshadows Questionable Lineup, Fuels Extension Talk
Marcus Stroman picked a great time to throw what was arguably the best game of his career. With the Cubs…
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Marcus Stroman Says He Prefers Extension, Would Also Be ‘Happy Going to Play Somewhere Else’
With full understanding that recency and confirmation biases are at play here, this lost Reds series feels like an inflection…
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Crappy Division Only Thing Keeping Cubs’ Hope Alive Right Now
Whatever helps keep your hope alive, just know, it doesn’t matter. – Jake Arrieta Both the headline and the epigraph…
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Quantifying Hope: Cubs Hold 18% Playoff Odds, Better Than Just 4 NL Teams
I don’t think anyone was really missing this series, but I saw a veiled allusion to it in a recent…
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Seiya Suzuki Improving in Nearly Every Aspect, Especially Defense
There isn’t another Cubs player who draws nearly as much undeserved criticism as Seiya Suzuki, and I don’t think the…
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The Rundown Lite: Morel’s Mercurial Performance, Bellinger’s Knee, Taillon’s BABIP, Fulmer’s Future, Contreras Catching Again
It’d be much easier to operate this site and the dormant Rant Live podcast if the responsibilities of life didn’t…
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