Mike Tauchman News Archive
News -- May 2024 (74)
- 5/27 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/26/24): Cardinals 4, Cubs 3 – Fourth Straight Loss Despite Happ Homers: The Cubs and Cardinals had to wait over two hours for a torrential rain storm to pass before getting their game underway at Busch...
- 5/27 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/26/24): Cardinals 4, Cubs 3 – Fourth Straight Loss Despite Happ Homers: The Cubs and Cardinals had to wait over two hours for a torrential rain storm to pass before getting their game underway at Busch...
- 5/27 RotoWire: Gets aboard three timesTauchman went 2-for-4 with a walk, one RBI, one stolen base and one run scored in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Cardinals....
- 5/24 Bat Flips and Nerds: London Series 2024 Primer: Reflecting on the Cubs v Cardinals: MLB returns to London during the weekend of 8-9 June with two giants of the game, the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies....
- 5/24 North Side Baseball: Cubs Hitters Have Been Helped More By Ball-Strike Calls Than Any Other Team: Generally speaking, when we talk about pitch framing (that is, the value gained and lost by either team because of influences...
- 5/23 On Tap Sports Net: Cubs Shine Late in 4-3 Walk-Off Win vs. BravesLooking to get things rolling, it was the returning Nico Hoerner who lit the spark in extra innings on Tuesday....
- 5/22 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/21/24): Cubs 4, Braves 3 F/10 – Hoerner Baltimore Chops Braves in Extras: The Cubs welcomed the Braves to a very warm and windy Wrigley Field on Tuesday night, with conditions distinctly in the hitters...
- 5/22 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/21/24): Cubs 4, Braves 3 F/10 – Hoerner Baltimore Chops Braves in Extras: The Cubs welcomed the Braves to a very warm and windy Wrigley Field on Tuesday night, with conditions distinctly in the hitters...
- 5/22 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/21/24): Tauchman DH, Starting Middle Infield Returns, Assad Pitching: The Cubs have lost five of their last seven, including a very troubling three of four to the Pirates over a long weekend, and...
- 5/22 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/21/24): Tauchman DH, Starting Middle Infield Returns, Assad Pitching: The Cubs have lost five of their last seven, including a very troubling three of four to the Pirates over a long weekend, and...
- 5/21 theforkball.com: Opinion: Cubs’ Lack of Offense is Becoming a Real Issue: The Chicago Cubs suffered from a disappointing weekend series with the Pittsburgh Pirates, losing three The post Opinion: Cubs’...
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: The Rundown: Light-Hitting Cubs Lack Identity, Hendricks Continues to Struggle, League Investigates Former Ohtani Teammate: “All about that personality crisis, you got it while it was hot, but frustration and heartache is what you got.” –...
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: The Rundown: Light-Hitting Cubs Lack Identity, Hendricks Continues to Struggle, League Investigates Former Ohtani Teammate: “All about that personality crisis, you got it while it was hot, but frustration and heartache is what you got.” –...
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/19/24): Pirates 3, Cubs 2 – Offense Sputters Again as Cubs Drop Series: The Cubs looked to wake up their slumbering offense against the Pirates at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon, but they sputtered...
- 5/20 North Shore Nine: Pirates win 3-2, take 3 of 4 from the Cubs!: The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cubs 3-2, with strong pitching from Mitch Keller and a late-game RBI single by Nick Gonzales....
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/19/24): Pirates 3, Cubs 2 – Offense Sputters Again as Cubs Drop Series: The Cubs looked to wake up their slumbering offense against the Pirates at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon, but they sputtered...
- 5/19 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/119/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Still No Hoerner, Taillon Going for Split: First things first, I’d like to extend the happiest birthday wishes to my friend Meg, who may or may not have catfished...
- 5/19 MLBTradeRumors: The Journeyman Outfielder Flourishing With The Cubs: When the Cubs signed veteran outfielder Mike Tauchman to a minor league deal back in January of last year, the deal was barely...
- 5/19 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/119/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Still No Hoerner, Taillon Going for Split: First things first, I’d like to extend the happiest birthday wishes to my friend Meg, who may or may not have catfished...
- 5/19 Just Baseball: Mike Tauchman Making a Case to be an Everyday Player for Cubs: Heading into this season, it was unclear what role Mike Tauchman would play on the Chicago Cubs. That role is starting to become...
- 5/18 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/18/24): Hoerner Still Sitting, Wisdom Leads Off, Imanaga Pitching: Sorry, folks, this is going to be another one where I pretty much punt on any kind of breakdown. The Cubs have dropped two straight...
- 5/18 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/18/24): Hoerner Still Sitting, Wisdom Leads Off, Imanaga Pitching: Sorry, folks, this is going to be another one where I pretty much punt on any kind of breakdown. The Cubs have dropped two straight...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/17/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ Bats Second, Bellinger in RF, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs didn’t do much against fireballing righty Jared Jones last night and things don’t get any easier this afternoon...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/17/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ Bats Second, Bellinger in RF, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs didn’t do much against fireballing righty Jared Jones last night and things don’t get any easier this afternoon...
- 5/17 North Side Baseball: The Invaluable Miles Mastrobuoni: My viewing relationship with Miles Mastrobuoni is not dissimilar from the previous assertions I made about Mike Tauchman. It...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/16/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ in LF, Steele Starting: When deployed properly, bullying works. Just look at the way I fixed the Cubs offense by threatening not to type out the names...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/16/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ in LF, Steele Starting: When deployed properly, bullying works. Just look at the way I fixed the Cubs offense by threatening not to type out the names...
- 5/16 RotoBaller.com: Mike Tauchman Hits Fourth Home Run: Chicago Cubs outfielder Mike Tauchman went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 7-1 win over the Braves. Tauchman's homer...
- 5/16 Cubs Superfans: Cubs Crush Braves: Tauchman and Suzuki Lead the ChargeCubs Break Out of Slump with Explosive 7-1 Victory in Atlanta...
- 5/16 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/15/24): Cubs 7, Braves 1 – Offense Snaps Funk to Avoid Sweep: The Cubs needed to avoid a sweep at Truist Park Wednesday night after two consecutive shutout losses. This was a much different...
- 5/16 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/15/24): Cubs 7, Braves 1 – Offense Snaps Funk to Avoid Sweep: The Cubs needed to avoid a sweep at Truist Park Wednesday night after two consecutive shutout losses. This was a much different...
- 5/15 North Side Baseball: How Much Should Patrick Wisdom Be Written Into Struggling Cubs Lineup?: In that instance, my hope is that your first inclination would be to ask about the sample size. Because in the case of Patrick...
- 5/15 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/14/24): Hoerner Leads Off, Bellinger at 1B, Wisdom at 3B, Taillon Starting: The Cubs slept through most of last night’s game in Atlanta, barely putting up a fight over the course of a 2-0 loss that...
- 5/15 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/14/24): Hoerner Leads Off, Bellinger at 1B, Wisdom at 3B, Taillon Starting: The Cubs slept through most of last night’s game in Atlanta, barely putting up a fight over the course of a 2-0 loss that...
- 5/14 North Side Baseball: Cubs-Specific Insights from New Bat-Tracking Statcast Data: Over the weekend, Statcast brought us to a new frontier in the advancement of knowledge about baseball via data: bat tracking....
- 5/14 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/13/24): Braves 2, Cubs 0 – Offense Happless in Shutout: The Cubs took on the Braves Monday night at Truist Park in a low-scoring affair that featured just two total runs. Unfortunately...
- 5/14 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/13/24): Braves 2, Cubs 0 – Offense Happless in Shutout: The Cubs took on the Braves Monday night at Truist Park in a low-scoring affair that featured just two total runs. Unfortunately...
- 5/12 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/11/24): Pirates 10, Cubs 9 – Cubs Lose After Walking All Over Pirates: The Cubs and the Pirates played a truly bizarre game on Saturday that featured a highly anticipated MLB debut and a two-hour-plus...
- 5/12 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/12/24): Suzuki at DH, Madrigal at 2B, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the 5th inning last night on a total of 26 pitches, which is something I haven’t...
- 5/12 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/11/24): Pirates 10, Cubs 9 – Cubs Lose After Walking All Over Pirates: The Cubs and the Pirates played a truly bizarre game on Saturday that featured a highly anticipated MLB debut and a two-hour-plus...
- 5/12 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/12/24): Suzuki at DH, Madrigal at 2B, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the 5th inning last night on a total of 26 pitches, which is something I haven’t...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/11/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Suzuki Returns, Steele Facing Skenes: After facing one rookie righty with an upper-90s fastball and wipeout slider, the Cubs get another one this afternoon. They looked...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/11/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Suzuki Returns, Steele Facing Skenes: After facing one rookie righty with an upper-90s fastball and wipeout slider, the Cubs get another one this afternoon. They looked...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/10/24): Hoerner at Short, Madrigal at 2B, Assad Pitching: Among pitchers who have logged at least 20 innings this season, Javier Assad‘s 1.66 ERA ranks 10th. That’s good. Even...
- 5/11 theforkball.com: Injuries Continue to Plague the Cubs: Dansby Swanson is the latest casualty. The Chicago Cubs put Swanson on the 10-day IL The post Injuries Continue to Plague the...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/10/24): Hoerner at Short, Madrigal at 2B, Assad Pitching: Among pitchers who have logged at least 20 innings this season, Javier Assad‘s 1.66 ERA ranks 10th. That’s good. Even...
- 5/11 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Place Dansby Swanson On Injured List, Reinstate Seiya Suzuki: The Cubs are placing shortstop Dansby Swanson on the 10-day injured list due to a right knee sprain, with outfielder Seiya Suzuki...
- 5/11 The Report On Sports: Chicago Cubs’ Dansby Swanson Lands on Injured List with Knee Sprain, Seiya Suzuki Returns: The Chicago Cubs have made a significant roster move, announcing that shortstop Dansby Swanson will be placed on the 10-day injured...
- 5/9 North Side Baseball: Why Pete Crow-Armstrong Should Stay When Seiya Suzuki Returns: Pete Crow-Armstrong’s assignment to Triple-A from the season’s outset had more to do with the roster composition of the...
- 5/8 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/8/24): Hoerner at SS, Mastrobuoni 2B, Wesneski Starting: Last night’s game had taken on a decidedly here-we-go-again vibe before the Cubs rallied to win in dramatic fashion. Head...
- 5/8 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/8/24): Hoerner at SS, Mastrobuoni 2B, Wesneski Starting: Last night’s game had taken on a decidedly here-we-go-again vibe before the Cubs rallied to win in dramatic fashion. Head...
- 5/8 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs To Activate Cody Bellinger: Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced that outfielder Cody Bellinger is going to be activated from the injured list today, relayed...
- 5/7 Belly Up Sports: Brian Cashman Deserves Credit For Creative Bullpen Construction: New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman probably receives almost as much criticism as the President of the United States....
- 5/6 theforkball.com: Cubs Snatch Series from Brewers on Cinco de Mayo: The Chicago Cubs came back and won the series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Cinco The post Cubs Snatch Series from Brewers...
- 5/5 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/5/24): Assad Starting Rubber Match: The Cubs got back in the win column yesterday to even the series, though they managed to make the win nearly as frustrating as...
- 5/5 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/5/24): Assad Starting Rubber Match: The Cubs got back in the win column yesterday to even the series, though they managed to make the win nearly as frustrating as...
- 5/5 North Side Baseball: Chicago Cubs Hitter of the Month: April 2024: Thirty games is quite a lot of data to analyze, especially given that the MLB season used to start during the second week of...
- 5/5 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/4/24): Cubs 6, Brewers 5 – Cubs Power Through Bullpen Meltdown to Win: The Cubs were hoping to bounce back Saturday after a tough loss late in Friday’s game against the Brewers. Chicago raced...
- 5/5 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/4/24): Cubs 6, Brewers 5 – Cubs Power Through Bullpen Meltdown to Win: The Cubs were hoping to bounce back Saturday after a tough loss late in Friday’s game against the Brewers. Chicago raced...
- 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Notes: Bellinger, Suzuki, Steele, Mervis: The Cubs currently sit at a solid 20-14 record, just one game back of the Brewers for the NL Central lead. That strong start has...
- 5/3 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/3/24): Hoerner Leads Off, Mervis DH, Wesneski Starting: The Cubs are back home after a disappointing road trip that saw them barely squeak out a split in New York. Getting walked off...
- 5/3 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/3/24): Hoerner Leads Off, Mervis DH, Wesneski Starting: The Cubs are back home after a disappointing road trip that saw them barely squeak out a split in New York. Getting walked off...
- 5/3 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/2/24): Mets 7, Cubs 6 F/11 – Lindor Doubles Up on Cubs in Loss: The Cubs and Mets played another close game on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field, and this time nine innings weren’t enough...
- 5/3 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/2/24): Mets 7, Cubs 6 F/11 – Lindor Doubles Up on Cubs in Loss: The Cubs and Mets played another close game on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field, and this time nine innings weren’t enough...
- 5/3 Mets Merized: Francisco Lindor Comes Off Bench, Helps Mets Walk Off Cubs In 11 Innings: It is a rare day when the New York Mets (16-15) do not have Francisco Lindor in the starting lineup. He was out of the lineup...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/2/24): Hoerner at SS, Madrigal 2B, Wisdom DH, Brown on Bump: The Cubs have scored just 10 runs in their last five games, with four scores coming in a loss to the Red Sox that already feels...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/2/24): Hoerner at SS, Madrigal 2B, Wisdom DH, Brown on Bump: The Cubs have scored just 10 runs in their last five games, with four scores coming in a loss to the Red Sox that already feels...
- 5/2 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Cubs vs Mets. 7:10 PM: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Shōta Imanaga (4-0, 0.98) vs. RHP Jose Buttó (0-1, 2.86) SNY The...
- 5/1 Just Baseball: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Adds: Jo Adell, Mike Tauchman, Keaton Winn: Playing the waiver wire effectively is crucial to fantasy baseball success throughout the season. Each week of the 2024 campaign,...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (4/30/24): Mets 4, Cubs 2 – Pair of Errors Prove Costly in Loss: The Cubs and Mets found themselves in another tight pitching duel Tuesday night, but the final results were reversed from Monday....
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (4/30/24): Mets 4, Cubs 2 – Pair of Errors Prove Costly in Loss: The Cubs and Mets found themselves in another tight pitching duel Tuesday night, but the final results were reversed from Monday....
- 5/1 Mets Merized: Stewart’s Three-Run Blast Lifts Mets to 4-2 Win Over Cubs: New York evened the series with Chicago with a 4-2 triumph on Tuesday evening at Citi Field. The Mets’ bullpen continued...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (4/30/24): Wisdom 1B, Morel DH, Madrigal 3B, Assad Starting: Last night’s game looked like another disappointing performance…until it didn’t. After being no-hit for more...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (4/30/24): Wisdom 1B, Morel DH, Madrigal 3B, Assad Starting: Last night’s game looked like another disappointing performance…until it didn’t. After being no-hit for more...
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