Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jun 22, 2025
Mariners 14, Cubs 6: Back to the bullpen drawing board
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty ImagesAl Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social
Look at it this way. The Chicago Cubs are still a very good team. They still have a (mostly) comfortable lead in the NL Central.
They are going to go through times like this, every team does, even good teams. The 14-6 loss to the Mariners ended the homestand with a 5-4 record, which is disappointing after winning three of the first four.
I’ll talk about what I think the Cubs need to do going forward, but let’s recap this game first.