Brandon Birdsell isn’t going to be a callup. Birdsell will have elbow surgery and the timeline won’t be known until after the player goes under the knife.

Jordan Bastian had an AMA at Reddit.

The dates for the 2026 Cubs Convention are set.

Andrew Heaney, rumor’d Cubs target, has been DFA’d.

Cleanliness is next to larceny.

Minicap: The Cubs win about a third of their games when the opponent scores first.

Colin Rea started, opposed by Giants southpaw Carson Whisenhunt, who hadn’t been especially good in his first four starts. He gave up a bomb to Rafael Devers in the bottom of the first [VIDEO], but Whisenhunt loaded the bases and escaped with a double-play ball in the first and gave up a three-run blast to left by Nico Hoerner [VIDEO}.

3 is the magic number, says Evan Altman below. B

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