Some big Cubs news: The Cubs are promoting prized pitching prospect Cade Horton to Triple-A with the Iowa Cubs.

Kevin Alcantara's last ten games:

.372/.386/.698 (226 wRC+); 18.2 K%

Cubs Injury Updates via Taylor McGregor on the broadcast. Meghan Montemurro had some pre-game, as well.

Steele: Will pitch with Iowa on Wednesday, next start after could be with Cubs.

Merryweather: Will start throwing Friday

Bellinger: Resumed light baseball activity. Hope he

Very, very fluid, and could go south with a bad week or two in a really tough stretch, etc.

But the Cubs have seen their playoff odds go from 36.0% to 65.0% on FanGraphs from April 1 to end-of-day April 29. And that’s while having several key players out for much of it.

Riding the train after a Cubs win with Bill Murray. I just never thought it would be in New York.

Bill Murray was pumped up after Christopher Morel’s go-ahead home run!

Don’t diminish the Morel HR by saying the ball was right down the middle. It was up and slightly in at 97. Not quite up and in enough, but not a meatball. Morel got on top of it and hammered it.

Wow, Cubs pull out a win in a game during which they were getting no-hit for seven innings. Jameson Taillon was dealing, Christopher Morel launched a clutch, two-run homer and the Cubs move to 18-11 with a 3-1 W. Remember that one when thinking of the blown saves or tough losses.

Héctor Neris, Wicked 85mph Splitter. 🤢

Morel had been in an enormous slump, but the underlying data wasn't as bad as the results. Dynamic bat that can quickly impact any game. Big-time swing from him tonight.

Cubs stole that one. Huge, huge win.

Nico rolling his eyes at these non-calls I'm sure

NOW try to bury a splitter or two.

As JD is saying, you gotta get ahead in the count and then you can get the chases on the splitter.

It would be nice to have any confidence in holding a 2-run lead in the 9th.

Huge inning for Neris here.

Christopher Morel crushes a go-ahead 2-run homer off Edwin Diaz with 2 outs in the 9th!

The Cubs were being no-hit by the Mets into the 8th inning. ⚾️💣