With some travel last week, then the holiday and weekend right after, and then some household sickness, my Text Debt has built up horribly. I owe so many responses to so many things …
Alex Bregman said recently that he felt like he got to a good place after the series in Milwaukee, being in a better position to stay behind the ball and drive it, and start reducing the pop-outs (he said he was “too steep”). Here’s hoping that’s legit, because, since that series, he’s hit .286/.394/.500/149 wRC+ in 33 PAs. Given his prominence in the lineup, particularly hitting next to the two guys who are generally consistently hitting well (Pete Crow-Armstrong and Michael Busch), his success means all the more for the compounding effect of offense (driving in runs, but also setting up the guys behind him for better spots). “I was talking to [Pete] Alonso about that at first base,” Bregman said with a chuckle, per the Sun-Times. “He was like, ‘You feeling better?’ I was like, ‘Yeah.’ He was like, ‘Yeah, and in five days, you get the All-Star break.’ I was like, ‘Perfect.’” In other words, please don’t let the break stop the momentum! A great read from Patrick Mooney on the reunion between the Cubs and Drew Pomeranz, which is about a lot of related topics, but which really stood out to me for the general idea of how things can just “work” between a guy like that and a particular organization. “There’s just some knowledge of the player,” Craig Counsell said. “That helps. Rather than it being, ‘We have this idea, but we know nothing about you and we haven’t worked with you before.’ Working with him when he’s been pretty close to his peak certainly helps. That helps for the player, too, that they’ve seen me at a really good place, and they’ve made suggestions that have worked in the past. There’s some trust there. That doesn’t guarantee future success, but I think it gives you a pretty good shot at it.” It’s not as if Pomeranz, a long-time veteran who worked himself back to the big leagues last year, didn’t know what he needed to do to have success. But he noted to The Athletic that he was working a little more on his own in Anaheim, and it’s simply different when you come back to an org that already knows you, knows what you need to be doing, can reenforce the things you’re already thinking, etc. “These guys had things very quickly, like, ‘Hey, try this, try that,’” Pomeranz said, per The Athletic. “It’s some of the things that I was also thinking about. To have them reaffirm that for me, I went and pitched a couple times and my velo was back up. Everything felt a little more normal. It’s just amazing. They do a really good job here.” In his final two games with the Angels, Pomeranz’s velocity was down to 91 mph. In his first two appearances with the Cubs? 92.5 mph. Miguel Amaya, a good defensive catcher, is quietly hitting a solid .234/.362/.363/111 wRC+ on the season. Just thought he deserved a shout. Monster night for Ryan O’Hearn, right on the heels of the Pirates losing Konnor Griffin for a while to the finger injury:Ryan O'Hearn is the first player since Shohei Ohtani on Sept. 19, 2024 to have 10+ RBI in a game.His 10 RBI are a Pirates franchise record (since RBI became official). t.co/kjQjnZoTBM
Paul Skenes on Ryan O'Hearn's 3 homer, 10 RBI game. ? "I think it was kinda selfish, to be honest. Everybody else is getting on. Home runs are rally killers. You hit a 3- run home run or a grand slam…and what now? There's nobody on. Nobody can drive him in. Good for him,… pic.twitter.com/9T6vspC2sR
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 8, 2026 Tyler Tolbert, a 28-year-old long-time Royals minor leaguer who has received only a taste of the big leagues last year and this year, is now in the history books: There’s probably some flaws in the setup here (the assumption that his previous batting average was “true,” for example, or that defensive/pitcher variance is completely neutral), but this is nevertheless really fun:The way-too-simple math of Tyler Tolbert's 12 straight hits:The odds of a .200 hitter (his average before the streak) getting 12 consecutive hits: 1 in 244.1 millionThe odds of being struck by lightning *twice* in your lifetime: 1 in 234.1 million t.co/rTMZCF7YXU
— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) July 8, 2026 Elly De La Cruz pulled off the run-straight-through-second-base play and it made the Phillies very mad:Phillies infield coach Bobby Dickerson had to be held back after umpires chose not to rule abandonment on Elly De La Cruz for running through second base. pic.twitter.com/2Xf1bSyBAA
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) July 8, 2026 In truth, I’d be mad, too: although what De La Cruz did was historically considered perfectly legal, I thought MLB had issued a clarification on this that would call it “abandonment.” They did, it turns out, but apparently it was exclusively for situations where the runner is trying to help a runner score from third. In that situation, a replay can call the second base runner out if he doesn’t try to make a move toward third base (the idea being that the league didn’t want players to do this solely to try to steal a run). Kinda seems like the rule should be universal, one way or the other, regardless of the rest of the baserunner situation. 300 career homers for one of the best pitchers in baseball:SHOHEI OHTANI'S 300th MLB HOME RUN! pic.twitter.com/GbNlyPbM07
— MLB (@MLB) July 8, 2026 Loser behavior:“Sit down, girl!”A White Sox fan heckled Willson Contreras throughout the entire game t.co/KgF7dc7OtW pic.twitter.com/XqJUPmNUHX
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 8, 2026 “Hitting .230 for 59 games, though? Yes, that I can do, and have done as recently as 2025!”:'I normally don’t hit .220 for 80 games': Can Kyle Tucker turn his season around in the second half?The Dodgers' right fielder is making $60 million this year — but he hasn't played like it. At least not yet. t.co/TodmnYQZMC
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 8, 2026 Newly-called-up Brewers prospect Luis Lara is quite fast:I mean seriously.I count about 10 seconds from 1st to home for Luis Lara.#ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/TQaa29zn9P
— Carter Lowe (@cjlowecfb) July 8, 2026 Didn’t we just deal with this last year? With the Phillies, of all teams? It absolutely is BS:Zack Wheeler said it "pisses me off" that he wasn't named an All-Star, and being ruled ineligible to pitch in the game due to his start on Sunday is a "BS rule.""You figure they'd have a clue about it by now with how many All-Star Games they've had." pic.twitter.com/gTWLXlxiAF
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) July 8, 2026 Zack Wheeler is coming back from TOS surgery, has a 2.28 ERA over 87.0 innings, and has generally reinvented himself to dominate in a new way. He should obviously be named an All-Star, whether he can pitch in the game or not. This is wild:Umpire Nestor Ceja changed his mind mid-play and called this ball fair after pointing foul twice, causing the outfielder to slow down. pic.twitter.com/Ryh5SGaA8k
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) July 8, 2026 Usually umpires don’t point for foul balls, they put both hands up in the air (and then sometimes point). They point like that for fair balls. Did he have a brain blip and meant to call it fair all along, but simply pointed the wrong way initially? The game finished up 8-1, so it didn’t really matter in the final accounting. I really hate it when the Cardinals do something good:Elite new in-game promotion just dropped. True perfection, no notes. pic.twitter.com/o3SPvI6c1x
— Brenden Schaeffer? (@bschaeffer12) July 8, 2026 MORE CUBS FROM BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN NewsletterHence then, the article about bregman heating up the pomeranz reunion amaya records loser behavior and other cubs bullets was published today ( ) and is available on Bleacher Nation ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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