The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. The Cubs won behind another great game from All-Star Matthew Boyd and will vie for the meatloaf today.
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“It’s not the All-Star Game in the sense the best players go there, or people who have had the best season. It’s whoever sells the most tickets or has been put on social media the most.” — Trey Turner, to The Athletic.
Various insiders and former MLB executives are offering their thoughts on who the Cubs should trade. Cub Tracks will be more than happy to report if and when something of merit occurs. In the meantime, the word is mum. Back at the ranch that Ruth didn’t build, All-Star Matthew Boyd took the hill opposite perennial All-Star Max Fried and outpitched him until a blister interrupted Fried after he had surrendered four runs. Nico Hoerner provided a leadoff triple to the cause [VIDEO]. The King got the ribeye on a groundout [VIDEO].
But wait, there’s more. PCA flashed the leather [VIDEO]. The Cubs got crooked in the third, with Carson Kelly [VIDEO] and Ian Happ [VIDEO] driving in runs, plus all that Jazz [VIDEO].
Boyd took the goose egg into the late innings, delivering yet another quality start. Carson Kelly added insurance [VIDEO]. Brad Keller relieved Boyd. Aaron Judge ruined the shutout [no video]. Daniel Palencia was next. He slammed the door shut and there’s meatloaf to be claimed today.
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- NBC Sports Chicago*: Matthew Boyd’s All-Star Game replacement stirs online controversy. “Misiorowski’s inclusion in the game is rubbing some players the wrong way…”
- Maddie Lee (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Cubs All-Star Matthew Boyd blanks Yankees for eight innings in final start before break. “I’m a product of the people around me,” Boyd said after the game. MLB.com* has more. Meghan Montemurro reports* {$}. Zoe Grossman has it mastered.
- Zoe Grossman (Marquee Sports Network*): What we learned as Matthew Boyd bounces Yankees in win. “It was quite the performance from a Cubs offense that largely has struggled against left-handed pitching this season…”
- Meghan Montemurro (Chicago Tribune* {$}): ‘I loved my time’: Cody Bellinger, coming off a 3-home-run game, on being a Chicago Cub and the Yankees trade. “I would love to go back to Wrigley.”
- Patrick Mooney (The Athletic {$}): Kyle Tucker brings a sense of no panic to a Cubs team that just got rocked at Yankee Stadium. “Throughout an entire season, you play so many games, it can be frustrating at times,” Tucker said.
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