All the big things, the opening at home, the imanaga, the beginnings of minors and other cubs bullets

It was so good to be back for an opener, guy. It was only a year that I missed last year with the back injury, but it was like an eternity. This victory was for me, clearly.

• First of all, the house opening ceremonies, if you’ve missed it. Ryne Sandberg throwing the first launch was particularly touching:

So great to see Cubbie legends for the opening day, especially Ryne Sandberg starting the first throw! 🥲@Cubs #Cubs #BeHereForit pic.twitter.com/pfetzyizdo– Joshua Shuman (@jShumantv) April 4, 2025

• The fact that the Cubs won the match yesterday is the main thing, and the fact that it was home opener is all the more fun. But * how * the cubs won the game seems particularly notable. Good pitch? Yes. Great defense? Yes. Good Baserunning? Yes. Situational conscience? Yes. Good discipline? Yes. It was a clinic limited in the way you win a match at Wrigley Field on a cold and windy April day. All the big small (or small) things.

• Heck, three points generated without the benefit of an additional blow or even suddenly in the outside field? A base loaded, a single on the field with a game beaten in second position, and an error? These are the three races of the cubs. I expect the paadres to be quite checked on this subject.

• More specifically, what would you say to beat a launch to the second goal, with races to follow? You rarely see that, and even less three times during the first week of the season, leading directly to six points. Part of this is circumstantial and Flukey, I suppose, but a part must be a credit for the preparation of the team in their tracks and reactions from the first base.

Seiya Suzuki beats the strength in the 2nd and the cubs have their heads! pic.twitter.com/xd5ke60zrz

– Marquee Sports Network (@watchmarquee) April 4, 2025

• Imanaga launched largely to contact a day when the conditioned favored it, hammering the typing area and only burning only once (Martin Maldonado? Seriously? Guy had four circuits all last season and struck .230; So much to be an old friend). This is how Imanaga managed to enter the 8th round, which is always enormous of your starting launcher. Use this defense. You liked seeing him. And a few withdrawals in time too.

Played a game in Tokyo and an Arizona lol but it helps lol https://t.co/swnvutp1qv

– Michael Cerami (@Michael_Cerami) April 4, 2025

• Maybe that concerning the thing of the game was another impressive appearance of Ryan. It is not found, there is no shortage of bats and he creates an unnecessary drama in each outing. Not what you want to see your closest, especially when you have worn Hodge, after doing the job well last season.

• Ooh, break them today, maybe:

Baby, the blues are here 🤩 pic.twitter.com/oyiwbncx15

– Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) April 5, 2025

• Vidal Brujan still trains in Arizona, but is “blocked” a little by symptoms in his arm during the launch, although an MRI has shown nothing substantial (Sun-Totes). The respite list for the third basic player player, Gage Workman, continues, even if he is mainly sitting.

• Ketel Marte (ischio-legs) and Freddie Freeman (ankle) are on the injured list, and this could mean that the Cubs will miss the two stars of the next series against the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers. I take any edge that Cubs can get with this calendar.

• The owner of the pirates, Bob Nutting, turns the stadium on the day of opening and, uh, yeah:

Bob chose the bad day to go to the level of the suite on the rotunda. pic.twitter.com/gftzvndti3

– Gabe Mazefsky (@Abuccofan) April 4, 2025

• The beginnings of the big season for Jose Escobar, which you may remember, looked like a bat in small groups last year between ACL and Low-A. He is in Myrtle Beach to start the season, and the 2B / 20 years went 4-6 with a circuit, three marked, two conduits and stole a base.

• The beginnings of Jaxon Wiggins presented a certain savagery with the quick ball, but the things are always very good:

Jaxon Wiggins’ quick ball was very good tonight, touching 98 several times. The command was a bit trembling but overall, I was impressed by stuff

3.1 IP / 3 H / 2 R / 1 ER / 3 BB / 4 KS / 9 Whiffs

FB: 96-98
SL: 86-89
CH: 89-92
CU: 79-81#BeHereForit pic.twitter.com/zxqdb8ri57– Jo (@ jo_dynasty3) April 5, 2025

• With apologies to Will Sanders, who made a very nice start to the double-a tennessee, the best start of the system came from the 14th Rounder Evan Aschenbeck, making its professional debut:

The first start of the year for the former college closer to Evan Aschenbeck, launching for Myrtle Beach this evening.

4 IP, 3 h, 0 er, 0 BB, 7 K, 70 locations

It was a first All -American team and won the country’s best lifter prize last year at Texas A&M – Greg Huss (@outofthevines) April 5, 2025

• It is a bit fascinating, since ASCHENBECK has been one of the best readers in university baseball in the last two years, and the CUBS convert it at the start. He will be 24 years old this summer, so the Cubs will not necessarily want to play his development to see if there is a starter there, but I am very on board to try it this season at the lower levels. Why not?

“But none of that is even my favorite part of this cycle recap. In the eighth inning of this game, kelly arrived at home flat for his final shot to complete a cycle.“ All ”he needed was a triple (chuckle-chuckle). Not to suggest that was impossible. The Active Players With At Least 1,800 Career Plate Appearances, 10 Big-League Seasons and No More Than Two Triple:

Austin Hedges – 2,359 PA, 10 seasons, 2 triplets
Carson Kelly – 1,809 PA, 10 seasons, 2 triple

One of these two men needed a triple for the cycle – then hit this triple. I love baseball.

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