{"id":83730,"date":"2025-08-26T15:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=83730"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:06:29","slug":"chicago-cubs-news-and-notes-jameson-taillon-kyle-tucker-ian-happ-owen-caissie-and-matt-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=83730","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs news and notes: Jameson Taillon, Kyle Tucker, Ian Happ, Owen Caissie, and Matt Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><strong><em>Today\u2019s installment of Cub Tracks, the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of link posts.<\/em><\/strong> We read everything so you don\u2019t have to and throw out the chaff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Monday was an off-day for the Cubs before their series with the San Francisco Giants, starting tonight. The Cubs have a fairly solid claim on a wild-card spot and are still not out of the hunt for the division title. Several players are in line for individual honors, but we await October baseball, where the heroes are made.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Cubs\u2019 schedule is said to be favorable, with them playing mostly second-division clubs for the rest of the year. As always, any team can beat you, and the good teams <em>will<\/em> beat you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Predicting what will happen is probably best done with a Ouija board. There is no scrying in baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">*means\u00a0<em>autoplay on<\/em>, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).\u00a0<strong>{$}<\/strong>\u00a0means paywall. {$} means limited views.\u00a0<em>Italics\u00a0<\/em>are often used on this page as<em>\u00a0sarcasm font.\u00a0<\/em>The powers that be have enabled\u00a0<em>real sarcasm font<\/em>\u00a0in the comments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Michael Cerami (Bleacher Nation*): Can we give it up for Matt Shaw? \u201c\u2026 Shaw hasn\u2019t just taken to the position; he\u2019s turned into one of the most valuable defensive third basemen in baseball.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Food for thought:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Please be reminded that\u00a0Cub Tracks\u00a0and\u00a0Bleed Cubbie Blue\u00a0do not necessarily endorse the content of articles, podcasts, or videos that are linked to in this series. However, we will not wittingly publish A. I. \u2013 driven articles or content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. 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