Chicago Cubs

The Cubs need pitchers, pitchers, and more pitchers at the trade deadline.

Dansby Swanson homered twice last night against the Padres, and he was right back at it again today. The guy is on fire. Three homers in like 18 hours is pretty good. hot (adjective): having a...

This is some impressive company for Seiya Suzuki to join.

Seiya Suzuki is swinging a mighty hot stick right now, including the walk-off winner earlier in the series and a couple homers last week. Add another to the total to get the Cubs off to a good...

“So many people have come and gone; their faces fade as the years go by. Yet I still recall as I wander on, as clear as the sun in the summer sky.” – More Than a Feeling by Boston It’s July and...

Earlier today, MLB announced the rosters for the 2026 All-Star Futures Game (basically the Minor League All-Star Game), and two Chicago Cubs prospects made the cut: Josiah Hartshorn and Mason...

Things sure are a lot more fun when the Cubs are hitting loads of homers and winning games, though it sure would help if the Brewers and Cardinals started losing a few more. The Cubs will get to...

CUBS LINEUP — In case you missed last night’s win, the Cubs hit FIVE home runs en route to a 9-7 victory over the San Diego Padres. They’re 14-4 in their last 18 games, scoring 6.5 runs per game...

The Cubs lose pitching depth with this decision.

We have a better idea of who the 2026 Cubs are. Still not a great idea, to be sure, but a better idea nonetheless after seeing the Cubs in June. The Jekyll and Hyde season has continued, as the...

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We are light-years beyond needing creative cutoffs to make Pete Crow-Armstrong look good offensively. For the season as a whole (374 PAs), the Cubs’ young center fielder is slashing .284/.373/.515...

What started as a pretty good stretch against some mediocre-to-bad teams has evolved into a legitimate heater for the Chicago Cubs. With their home-run-fueled win over the Padres last night at...

Pete Crow-Armstrong nearly lapped the field in June, posting a 3.1 fWAR mark that left Detroit’s Dillon Dingler (1.8) in the dust. To put that in context, only nine other qualified hitters...

San Diego Padres (43-41, second in the NL West) vs. Chicago Cubs (48-38, second in the NL Central) Chicago; Wednesday, 1:20 p.m. CDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Walker Buehler (5-3, 3.81 ERA, 1.31...

The Chicago Cubs are riding a four-game winning streak and will be looking for a three-game sweep over the visiting San Diego in a Wednesday afternoon

The Cubs and Padres played again at a hot and humid Wrigley Field on Tuesday night, and the hitters on both sides took full advantage of the conditions with nine total homers between them....

Veteran righty Vince Velasquez elected free agency after being outrighted by the Cubs, according to the MLB.com transaction tracker. Chicago designated him for assignment on Sunday and quickly ran...

Dansby Swanson led a long-ball barrage with two home runs and the host Chicago Cubs held on for a 9-7 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.,

Dansby Swanson hit two of Chicago’s five home runs and the Cubs held on for their fourth straight victory, 9-7 over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.

What, you thought that was going to be easy? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Not in 2026! Every single win has to be a battle! That’s the rule now. But, hey, a win’s a win. And with the wind howling out...

If there’s drama in a Boston Red Sox game, odds are Willson Contreras is involved in some way, with the first baseman finding himself at the center of those scuffles more often than not. He once...

If you thought – for one second – that Pete Crow-Armstrong was going to stand by and watch his teammates hit FOUR home runs without hitting one himself, you’re crazy. This one wasn’t hit...

You think Dansby Swanson is heating up? After homering earlier in this game (plus three OTHER times in the last nine games), the Cubs shortstop just went deep again. That’s his 13th of the season,...

After his walk earlier in the game tonight, I gave Michael Busch some credit for staying valuable offensively (he’s got a gigantic walk rate and a very solid OBP) … while also lamenting his lack...

[Danleys] Earlier today, we discussed the ways in which Nico Hoerner has been warming up at the plate — or, at the very least, finally getting some better results. But he needs no warming up on...

Man, that had to feel good! Just what he needed, and just what the doctor ordered when you’re facing a flyball lefty with the wind blowing out. With one out in the bottom of the second inning,...

Dansby Swanson, that ball had a FAMILY! With one out in the bottom of the second inning, Dansby Swanson launched his 12th home run of the season and his fourth in the last nine games. And like I...

Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong won't participate in Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game next month after declining last year as well.

The Cubs need all the pitching help they can get right now. As of Tuesday, they have 13 pitchers on the Injured List, enough to make up a complete MLB pitching staff. Thankfully, help is on the...

The Cubs moved into a tie with the Phillies for the top Wild Card spot on the strength of last night’s walk-off win, which was their 10th of the season. It was an odd game that featured no home...

CUBS LINEUP — Tonight, the Chicago Cubs go for a series win over the Padres at Wrigley Field. If they do take this one, they not only claim the series, but also the season series which would give...

Dansby Swanson has really stepped up lately for the Cubs during their hot streak.

“The night is dark but the sidewalk’s bright and lined with the light of the living.” – Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out by Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band The number 10 has always been associated...

They used to throw the ball out of the zone because they knew he’d swing anyway. Now they do it because they’re afraid. Through 157 games and 647 plate appearances last season, Pete Crow-Armstrong...

I am not here to discuss how you should feel about Ian Happ, who is and always has been a divisive player among Cubs fans … despite almost always finishing the season with the exact same,...

Bellinger may be frustrated with this choice from Aaron Boone.

The 2026 MLB Draft is a week from Saturday. And as such, the various prospect nerds across the web are starting to finalize their pre-draft Top-100 rankings. MLB Pipeline, for example, just...

When the entire Chicago Cubs offense was going through its collective May slumber, perhaps no player’s performance was more surprising (or perhaps disappointing) than Nico Hoerner. Not only is...

Some of you may be old enough to remember all the way back to yesterday, when I wrote about how there’s precious little pitching help waiting in Triple-A. While that may still be the case, the...

Back on June 3, when the Cubs were DEEP in the trenches of their weeks-long offensive slump and overall team meltdown, I was feeling pretty bad about this group and wrote the following article:...

This team, man. This season. What a weird, weird year. We’ve had two ten-game winning streaks, one ten-game losing streak, and TEN walk-off wins, including last night. We’ve had our biggest hopes...

The Chicago Cubs keep losing players and winning games.,Hours after putting utility man Matt Shaw and reliever Ethan Roberts on the injured list, the

This is an intriguing signing for the Mets this summer.

The Cubs kept the good times going against the Padres on a hot Monday night at Wrigley Field. The game was deadlocked entering the final inning, and the home team came up clutch to earn their 10th...