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PEORIA, AZ — Christian Cairo hopes to remain 100 percent healthy in 2024. Injuries have thwarted the development of the Cleveland Guardians prospect.

Not much of consequence happened in the Cubs trade-wise this year... until after the season.

Tim Kurkjian, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 05:30 PM Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Has covered baseball since 1981 BALTIMORE — A WEEK into the 2023 season, the New York Yankees came to Baltimore. It was far too early to tell in which direction the Orioles might...

A previous post looked at plays on which a Cubs runner who was on third base tried to score on a pitch that got past the plate, only to be thrown out, catcher to pitcher. Using tools at...

Flaherty cruised for much of his Orioles debut, starting against the Toronto Blue Jays two days after Baltimore acquired him from the St. Louis Cardinals for three prospects minutes before the MLB trade deadline. Manager Brandon Hyde showed trust in his newest starter and Flaherty rewarded it, retiring the next two Blue Jays to propel the Orioles to a 6-1...

Jack Flaherty, in Jordan Hicks’ estimation, is at his best in situations such as Thursday’ s sixth inning. Flaherty cruised for much of his Orioles debut, starting against the Toronto Blue Jays two days after Baltimore acquired him from the St. Louis Cardinals for three prospects minutes before the MLB trade deadline. Flaherty allowed one run over six innings while...

The longtime MLB manager was a Cub... for one game.

After researching and writing about the all-time and Cubs records for most consecutive complete games by a pitcher, I was curious about other streaks by starters, good and bad. .......... ALL...

The righthander acquired in trade a month ago made quite an impression in his MLB debut.