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No game Friday. Today Cade Horton matches up against our old friend Miles Mikolas, trying to put a bow tie on the series. Mikolas isn’t quite what he used to be, but he still has moxie and tenacity.
We have plenty of videos to watch and some good articles to get you revved up for baseball, if that’s a need. Jason Heyward retired. He might do more for the community than the game, in the end.
PCA is buying. His deal’s a bargain. At this point, I have to sat that I’m Jed-agnostic. He sure looks good right now.
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- Joe Reedy (AP*): Automated Ball-Strike System sees 61.3% success rate in first games. “Using Hawk-Eye technology, 12 cameras measure whether a pitch crosses the strike zone with accuracy of about one-sixth of an inch.“
- Alex Dvorak (NBC Sports Chicago*): ‘It’s been a blast’: Former Cubs star Jason Heyward retires from baseball. “Heyward plans to spend his retirement focusing more on his Jason Heyward Baseball Academy…” ESPN has more*.
- Jon Greenberg (The Athletic {$}): The Chicago Cubs’ young core faces big questions. Jed Hoyer weighs in on Busch, PCA and Shaw (Part 2). “Every year, Cubs president Jed Hoyer sits down with me for a long Q&A.“
- Meghan Montemurro (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Matthew Boyd’s 1st opening-day start with Chicago Cubs ends early in 10-4 loss, but still a ‘real special day’. “… the Cubs’ lack of timely hits off starter Cade Cavalli and the Nationals bullpen doomed them in a 10-4 loss.” North Side Baseball has more*.
- Tommy Birch (Des Moines Register* {$}): ‘He’s special.’ Iowa Cubs pitcher Jaxon Wiggins healthy and ready for 2026. “He boasts a high-90s fastball, a wicked curveball and a changeup still being fine-tuned.”
- Matthew Trueblood (North Side Baseball*): Nico Hoerner extension gives Cubs a chance for historic core stability. “… this core could be deeper and even longer-lasting than the Sandberg-Dunston-Grace group…”
- Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): Inside the offseason that reestablished the Cubs as big-market players. “Sometimes, it makes sense just to defer some of the money,” Ricketts said.
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