Monday notes…
THE ANGELS ARE EARLY: Today, March 30, is the earliest date on which the Cubs ever have performed the Angels. This would be the twenty seventh sport between the groups. The earlier earliest assembly was on April 4, Opening Day of 2016, at Anaheim. The earliest at Wrigley Field was April 12, in 2019. The Cubs have performed two video games sooner than March 30 in opposition to different American League groups, each on March 28, Opening Day, at Texas, in 2019 and 2024. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
MARCHING ALONG: The Cubs are 1-4 all-tiime on March 30. They misplaced to the D-backs in 2025, to the Rangers in 2024 and 2019, and to the Marlins in 2018. Their solely March 30 win was in 2023, a 4-0 win over the Brewers.
NOT YET: Five of the 26 Cubs on the Opening Day roster haven’t appeared in a sport but. They are beginning pitchers Edward Cabrera (who goes tonight) and Jameson Taillon, bench gamers Dylan Carlson and Scott Kingery, and swingman Colin Rea.
PCA NOTE: Pete Crow-Armstrong has recorded eight multi-steal video games because the begin of the 2025 season, essentially the most within the NL and second-most within the majors behind José Caballero (10).
Cubs lineup:
Angels lineup:
Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Ryan Johnson, RHP
Edward Cabrera makes his Cubs debut this night.
This can also be his first profession begin in opposition to the Angels. Current members of the Angels are a small pattern measurement 5-for-28 (.179) in opposition to Cabrera with 11 strikeouts. Keep that up and tonight can be night time.
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The “changeup” famous beneath is admittedly extra a special model of his fastball. Here’s more on that pitch. If it’s efficient, he normally pitches very well.
Ryan Johnson was the Angels’ second spherical choose in 2023 out of Dallas Baptist University, the identical faculty the place former Cubs draft choose Burl Carraway (bear in mind him?) pitched.
Johnson made his MLB debut final yr and made 14 aid appearances with a 7.36 ERA and 4 dwelling runs allowed in 14.2 innings. Thus that is his first MLB begin. He’s by no means confronted the Cubs or anybody on their lively roster. As you may see beneath, he doesn’t throw notably arduous, although he does have a reasonably good pitch combine.
Here is the weather forecast for the area around Wrigley Field.
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Today’s sport is on Marquee Sports Network.
Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
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The 2026 sport dialogue process has been modified, so please take word.
You’ll discover the sport preview, like this one, posted individually on the entrance web page two hours earlier than sport time (90 minutes for some early day video games following night time video games).
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At the identical time, a StoryStream containing the preview may even put up on the entrance web page, titled “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of week/date) game threads.” It will comprise each put up associated to that specific sport.
The Live! (previously “First Pitch”) thread will nonetheless put up at 5 minutes to sport time. It may even put up to the entrance web page. That would be the solely stay sport dialogue thread. After the sport, the recap and Heroes and Goats may even stay on the entrance web page as separate posts.
You may even have the ability to discover the preview, Live! thread, recap and Heroes and Goats in this section link. The StoryStream for every sport can be present in that part.
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