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2 days ago | bleedcubbieblue.com | Al Yellon

All nine Cubs starting players are on this year’s MLB All-Star ballot

2 days ago | bleedcubbieblue.com | Al Yellon

The game threads for Wednesday’s contest can be found right here.

2 days ago | bleedcubbieblue.com | Al Yellon

Brad Mills-Imagn Images Wednesday notes... STREAKING: The Cubs are 15-4 in their last 19 games. Since 2000, they have been better only in seven spans of 16-3: two that overlapped in 2015 and five, four overlapping, in 2016. They were last 15-4 from July 18-Aug. 6, 2023. They also had 15-4 spans Sept. 12-Oct. 2, 2022, and May 14-June 2, 2021. The 2016 Cubs had two overlapping spans of 17-3. The Cubs have not had a 16-4 span since they had four that overlapped between April 11 and May 19, 2019.

2 days ago | bleedcubbieblue.com | Sara Sanchez

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images If you are a fan of checking out leaderboards, have I got some leaderboards for you. Entering play today, 60 games into the season, your WAR leader in the National League is Pete Crow-Armstrong. That’s true whether you’re a fan of fWAR (3.6) or bWAR (3.8) and it doesn’t take a lot of digging into the numbers to see how the Cubs centerfielder has played himself into the highly speculative early MVP conversation.

2 days ago | bleedcubbieblue.com | Al Yellon

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Major League Baseball released the 2025 All-Star ballot Wednesday for the game that will be played Tuesday, July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta. All nine Cubs regular offensive starters are on this year’s ballot: Carson Kelly, Michael Busch, Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson, Matt Shaw, Ian Happ, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki. Here’s how the voting will work this year.