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The entire Cubs season starts today.

Later today, and throughout the weekend, the Cubs and Reds will do battle at Wrigley Field. This will be their second series-matchup of the year, the first falling in favor of Cincinnati – though only barely, as all three games were decided by 2 or fewer runs, and the Cubs (21 runs) were just narrowly outscored by the Reds (23) overall. Theoretically, this is the Cubs last “easy” series for quite a while – their next 17 games are against the Padres (6), Giants (4), Cardinals (3), and Mets (4) – but the Reds aren’t actually all that easy of an opponent. Nick Castellanos is one of t...

The Cubs have already played the Pirates 9 times this season, and they’ll get three more against them this week (that’s 12 matchups before the end of May!). Normally, that many games against the Pirates can do wonders for your record, but so far, the Cubs (5-4) have managed to win just one more than they’ve lost. With that in said, the Cubs have become a fundamentally different team here lately, with an offense that’s clicking and a bullpen that’s humming. Even a few members of the starting rotation has taken some important steps forward. So while I’m not exactly expecting the Cub...

Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer this week touched on a range of topics as the team moved just over .500, with a big series in St. Louis looming. You can read Hoyer’s comments here, here, here, here, and here, among other places. I’ll discuss some of the highlights below … When and How to Think About the Trade Deadline Hoyer has said it before, and he’s right to stick to it: there’s still a lot of evaluating to do right now before really thinking about an approach for the Trade Deadline in July. It really depends so much on how the team performs over the next month+, ...

Cubs Bullpen Love, Rizzo's Back, KB's Pocket Full of Candy, Trout's Out, and Other Cubs Bullets Social Navigation Cubs Bullpen Love, Rizzo’s Back, KB’s Pocket Full of Candy, Trout’s Out, and Other Cubs Bullets One thing you’ll never have to question: David Ross will always have his own players’ backs in any situation. That’s a given. You’d  think it would be a given with most teams, but, well. Anyway. •   The Cubs are back over .500 again, are one of just five teams in the NL with a positive run differential (wut), and are alone in second place in the NL Central, 2.5 games ...