Cub Tracks’ been caught Steele-in’

Here at CUB TRACKS NEWS AND NOTES™, we have news for you.

This Steele kid might work out. He was sure able to wiggle out of a couple of jams. That’s just a simple fact. Every mistake is magnified.

Run support might help. Hey all right!

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• Tim Stebbins (NBC Sports Chicago*): Cubs pull off franchise first as losing streak hits 11 games. “The Cubs are inching closer and closer to setting a record for their longest losing streak in a single season.”
• Gordon Wittenmyer (NBC Sports Chicago*): Dream on this: Cubs-Reds featured in planned Iowa sequel. Thursday, Aug. 11, which right now is an open day on the teams’ schedules.
• Patrick Mooney (The Athletic {$}): The Cubs are really bad and their future is very bright: Can both of these ideas be true? “I don’t know what’s going to happen with this CBA. I don’t know what’s going to happen with the landscape.”
• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): Cubs farm system dramatically improved? Well, depends who you ask. “... almost every prospect netted at the deadline has performed well in their first two weeks in the org.”
• Glenn Sattell (MLB.com*): Cubs on skid: ‘Just a matter of time’. “A lot of things aren’t going our way right now,” said Cubs starter Alec Mills...
• Russell Dorsey (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Cubs trying to get healthy as August begins to wind down. “Right-hander Adbert Alzolay and catcher Willson Contreras played catch on Monday, while infielder Nico Hoerner took groundballs and hit in the cage.”
• Glenn Sattell (MLB.com*): Cubs’ offense ‘continuing to fight’ amid skid. “The guys are staying ready,” Ross said.
• Mike McGraw (Daily Herald* {$}): Schwindel hoping to finally catch a break with Cubs. “This is awesome,” he said. “Playing first base for the Chicago Cubs, can’t beat it.
• Maddie Lee (NBC Sports Chicago*): Ortega’s winding path readied him to ‘seize’ opportunity. “... Ortega was playing in the Venezuelan Winter League a little under a decade ago when he started questioning his future in the sport.”
• Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): Why Cubs’ Jason Heyward has embraced Chicago, even when it hasn’t always embraced him back: ‘It’s home’. “I hope to raise kids in this community someday...”
• Todd Johnson (Cubs Insider*): Quick look at 24 Cubs prospects who could contribute to new core by 2023. “... the Cubs find themselves in need of a new foundation of players to build their next contender.”
• Logan Whaley (Fansided*): Underrated Chicago Cubs pitching prospects fans should get to know. “... here are five unknown arms fans should take time with...”

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