Javy Baez places on one other present with key homer, tag in Cubs’

Javy Baez made the outstanding look routine. Again. This time, Baez utilized a behind-the-back, no-look tag within the ninth inning to assist protect the Cubs’ 6-5 win over the Padres. The play had a sellout crowd buzzing and the Padres asking for a video overview as a result of – come on – no one makes that play. Well, nearly no one. “It’s Javy we’re talking about, so yeah,” Albert Almora Jr. mentioned. “Every chance he gets, I think he’s able to make an out.” Baez additionally offered the heroics on the plate with a three-run homer within the fourth that gave the Cubs the lead for good. He bailed out a slew of sloppy performs

Anthony Rizzo (again) out of Cubs beginning lineup, Baez might

Joe Maddon was compelled to maintain Anthony Rizzo out of Sunday’s beginning lineup. Meanwhile, a extra deliberate time without work may very well be coming quickly for Javier Baez. After his again tightened up throughout Saturday’s 15-inning marathon, Rizzo was held out to start the collection finale with Milwaukee. Rizzo, who saved making an attempt to stretch his again Saturday, was accessible to pinch-hit and the Cubs had been planning to see how the primary baseman feels after Monday’s off day. On Sunday morning, Rizzo texted Maddon to inform him concerning the concern. Following a telephone name with Maddon, Rizzo went to Wrigley to attempt to loosen up, however his again didn’t reply nicely sufficient to be within

Cubs’ Jose Quintana, Javy Baez shine vs. Dodgers at Wrigley

Jose Quintana actually blew it. Blew an opportunity, that's, to develop into the primary Cubs pitcher since Ryan Dempster in 2012 — and the primary Cubs lefty since Ken Holtzman in 1969 — to string collectively three straight scoreless begins masking a minimum of seven innings apiece. Yes, we're utilizing “blew” very loosely. The new, unofficial Cubs ace? That may be stretching it, however Quintana (3-1) was locked in once more Tuesday in a 7-2 victory towards the Dodgers within the opener of a three-game collection at Wrigley Field. He went seven robust innings for the third straight outing and got here near retaining the National League’s highest-scoring workforce off the scoreboard.Chicago Cubs' Jose Quintana pitches towards the

Miami Heat: Javy Baez, Cubs surge into weekend sequence

MIAMI — After his most prolific sequence of the season, Cubs shortstop Javy Baez was requested how a lot he favored hitting at Marlins Park. “I’m seeing the ball good, no matter where it is,” he stated. “Hopefully, we go back home, and I keep the same approach, and I see the ball the same way I did in this series.” In different phrases, Diamondbacks pitchers: Fore! Baez, who on Tuesday grew to become the third Cubs shortstop in 60 years with three consecutive three-hit video games, added two extra within the 6-Zero victory Wednesday in opposition to the Marlins, together with his second homer in as many nights — the one participant on both workforce to muscle