The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. The game started out well enough but that well got deep and wide and swallowed the Cubs’ chances of a comeback. Matt Shaw had a good game.
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The Royals are in Chicago for a three-game set. The Kansas City Royals, that is. I watched the game on television and appreciated my pets in person. Speculation is rife as the trade deadline approaches.
Ryan Brasier opened and Ben Brown bridged. Brown gave up a solo homer, but so did Royals southpaw Noah Cameron, to Carson Kelly [VIDEO].
But wait, there’s more — Justin Turner and Matt Shaw made the case for their continued 26-man presence, Turner with a double and Shaw with the Earl Weaver special [VIDEO].
Salvador Perez got the Royals within one in the fourth. The wheels came off not long afterward and the game slipped further away with each successive inning. Eventually batting practice was over and everybody went home.
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- Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan (ESPN*): MLB’s top 50 trade deadline candidates: There’s a new No. 1. “… this will be the most up-to-date accounting of where MLB’s trade market stands.”
- Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): What we’re hearing about the Cubs’ plans for the trade deadline. “… they will have to be open-minded.” Paul Sullivan* {$} has more.
- Jim McCaffrey (The Athletic {$}): Jed Hoyer made hard trades in Cubs rebuild, praises ‘conviction’ of Craig Breslow’s Devers trade. “Hoyer knows what it’s like to make unpopular, franchise-altering trades.”
- Zoe Grossman (Marquee Sports Network*): Cubs show support for Ryne Sandberg amid Hall of Famer’s health update. “I know Ryno watches our games — on behalf of everyone, I just wanted to say a really heartfelt thank you,” Hoyer began.
- Andy Martinez (Marquee Sports Network*): Pete Crow-Armstrong injury: Cubs star out of lineup with bruised knee. “He just banged it up and woke up and felt a little swollen,” Counsell said. Patrick Mooney has more {$}.
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