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Are Cubs fans too spoiled to throw their hearts into a wild-card-or-bust scenario?

The innocent romances of pre-2016 playoff years are relics, but if we can find our inner rubes — they’ve got to be in there somewhere — it might be a lot of fun.

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Win probability added just another category in which Cody Bellinger is leading Cubs

Baseball by the Numbers: Bellinger’s 2.53 WPA leads Ian Happ’s 1.85, Nico Hoerner’s 1.61 and Mike Tauchman’s 1.26. A WPA of 1 represents adding 100% to the chance of winning one game.

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‘Keep this momentum going’: Analyzing the Cubs’ potential path to the postseason

The Cubs have six games left in the regular season, split between Atlanta and Milwaukee.

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Cubs following a bumpy road in journey to playoff berth

They get a 4-3 win over the Rockies in the regular-season home finale.

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Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong stays engaged despite lack of playing time

“Sitting on the bench watching the game for six to nine innings, it’s easy to stay engaged when we’re playing the type of baseball we’re playing,” Crow-Armstrong said.

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Julian Merryweather cleans up his mess after Tommy Hottovy’s visit

Until Merryweather was able to escape his bases-loaded jam, sealing a scoreless inning in an eventual 6-3 win, the litany of reliever injury updates Saturday were top of mind.

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How Cubs’ Marcus Stroman ended up starting against the Rockies on Saturday

Stroman allowed three runs in three innings in his first start back from the IL.

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Cubs manager David Ross says Marcus Stroman will start Saturday vs. Rockies

In the wake of the surprise news of Marcus Stroman’s return to the rotation, there was no word on how the Cubs will reorder their starters.

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Cubs get back on track in playoff push by taking care of business vs. NL-worst Rockies

With the win, the Cubs moved back into the NL’s third wild-card spot.

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Cubs Manager David Ross Sideswipes Pirates in Frustrated Message to His Own Team

Losing a series to an under-.500 team could cost the Cubs a playoff spot.

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Kyle Hendricks is showing he could repeat this season — he should do it with Cubs

Hendricks pitched at Wrigley Field on Thursday for the last time this regular season. Whether he’ll be back is up to the Cubs.

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Cubs drop two of three to Pirates: ‘We’ve just got to turn it around’

Any promising signs the Cubs had shown in the first two games against the Pirates evaporated in an 8-6 loss Thursday.

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Blackhawks lose analytics guru Jeff Greenberg, who becomes Detroit Tigers’ general manager

Greenberg had spearheaded the Hawks’ analytics department growth as associate general manager, but he spent only 16 months in the role before getting a bigger job.

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Cubs’ Justin Steele can’t escape 4th inning vs. Pirates in loss

Steele has been charged with six runs in each of his last two starts.

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How Cubs’ Alexander Canario seized his rare major-league opportunity

Canario became the first Cub in the modern era (since 1901) to hit a grand slam in his first MLB start.

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Alexander Canario’s grand slam leads Cubs in offensive breakout vs. Pirates

Nick Madrigal strained his right hamstring and left the Cubs’ 13-inning game Saturday in the 10th.

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Go, Cubs, Go? Or No, Cubs, No? Let’s see if this team can avoid a season-ending collapse

For most of the last two weeks, the Cubs have been partying like it’s 1969.

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What’s the best balance between rest and leaning on ‘the guys who got you here’?

Injuries forced a Cubs lineup shakeup on Tuesday against the Pirates.

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The Giants Are MLB’s Most Boring Postseason Contenders

San Francisco deploys a tedious yet efficient game plan, and while it might not be the most compelling approach, it has been effective—to a degree.

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Cody Bellinger’s batting average, slugging, wOBA above normal for quality of his contact

Baseball by the numbers: Cubs outfielder has outperformed expected averages in BA (.311 vs. .268) and SLG (.534 vs. 437) in by far his best season since he was the National League MVP with the Dodgers in 2019.

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Why Cubs’ David Ross dubbed reliever Julian Merryweather the ‘unsung MVP’ of the team

Merryweather faced the Diamondbacks four times in less than two weeks and didn’t allow a hit.

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Five Things Still Left to Be Decided in 2023 MLB Season

Some playoff spots have been clinched, but there are still a few big ticket items, such as division races and MVP awards, up in the air with two weeks remaining.

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MLB playoff picture: How each division and Wild Card is shaking out with two weeks (!) to go

A look at the 2023 MLB playoff picture as the season approaches its ending.

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How to Stop the Unstoppable Atlanta Braves in the MLB Postseason

After clinching the NL East, Atlanta is gearing up for another October run. But super-teams haven’t had the best luck after taking the regular season by storm.

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Cubs swept by Diamondbacks, drop in NL wild-card standings

Arizona (79-72) passed the Cubs, seizing the second slot. The Cubs (78-27) are tied with the Marlins in the third spot, but Miami owns the tiebreaker.

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