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Sunday, May 17, 2026
Cubs trade rumor on .728 OPS former top prospect would be bittersweet ending

This is one rumor to keep in mind ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

Taillon’s Troubles, Reinforcements Coming, Roberts Rolling, Lineup Shakeup? And Other Cubs Bullets

I may have included “Well, throw that one out…” in last night’s EBS, but this morning I’m still thinking plenty about the Cubs’ 8-3 loss to the White Sox and how poorly Jameson Taillon pitched....

Cubs, White Sox to battle in rubber game of crosstown slugfest

The Chicago Cubs and host Chicago White Sox have alternated lopsided victories to begin the first leg of their annual crosstown series.,Any kind of wi

Saturday, May 16, 2026
Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/16/26): White Sox 8, Cubs 3 – Taillon Surrenders Five Homers in Loss

The Cubs had a very rough Saturday night at Rate Field against the White Sox. Starting pitcher Jameson Taillon gave up five home runs as the road squad suffered a lopsided defeat. The South Siders...

Ump exits White Sox game after being hit by ball

Umpire Brian O'Nora left Saturday night's Cubs-White Sox game after he was struck by a foul ball in the fourth inning.

Enhanced Box Score: White Sox 8, Cubs 3 – May 16, 2026

Well, throw that one out. Poor command from Jameson Taillon resulted in five White Sox home runs and a lopsided 8-3 loss for the Cubs in game two at Rate Field Saturday night. The Sox jumped on...

Munetaka Murakami homers twice as the White Sox beat the Cubs 8-3

CHICAGO (AP) — Munetaka Murakami homered twice and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 8-3 on Saturday night. Miguel Vargas, Colson Montgomery and Andrew...

Taillon's homer troubles lead to tough night on South Side
58 runs over 3 games?! Cubs' High-A affiliate delivers historic feat
Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/16/26): Happ DH, Conforto LF, Shaw 2B, Taillon Tossing

The Cubs busted out the bats in a big way last night, scoring 10 runs on 14 hits without the benefit of a homer. That’s twice as many runs and five fewer hits than they’d accumulated over the five...

Chicago Cubs Lineup: Shaking Things Up for Game 2 Against the White Sox

CUBS LINEUP — Whew. It feels good to win that first one (especially with ten runs after a week of hardly scoring anything at all). Now, the Cubs have two chances to win this series on the South...

Umps Still Need to Study Zone with ABS Reducing Ejections, Increasing Walks

One of our readers astutely corrected my thinking on something, and as that something was to be part of this article, I thought I’d mention it right out front. The idea I had was that the...

Umps Still Need to Study Zone with ABS Reducing Ejections, Increasing Walks

One of our readers astutely corrected my thinking on something, and as that something was to be part of this article, I thought I’d mention it right out front. The idea I had was that the...

RISP Revival, Thornton Shines, Boyd Rehab, Wicks Ready, and Other Cubs Bullets

Good morning, Bleacher Nation! A pleasant morning on its own, but even more so after the Cubs kicked off the Crosstown Classic with an impressive 10-5 win at Rate Field over the White Sox. Between...

Puddle-Jumping Nico Hoerner Makes Splash in Win

You may be familiar with the more renowned films in Broken Lizard’s oeuvre, classics like Super Troopers and Beerfest. Some more discerning cinephiles can even opine on niche offerings such as...

Cubs bring 1-0 series advantage over White Sox into game 2

Chicago Cubs (29-16, first in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (22-22, second in the AL Central) Chicago; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Jameson Taillon (2-2, 3.94 ERA,...

Are You Aware of Kyle Schwarber’s INSANE Home Run Pace This Year?

Last night, in the top of the fifth inning, Kyle Schwarber crushed a center-cut fastball from Braxton Ashcraft 400 feet and over the right-center field wall. It left the bat at 109.5 MPH — an...

Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/15/26): Cubs 10, White Sox 4 – Late Offense Decides Opener

The Cubs bats finally woke up against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field Friday night. They put up six runs late to break open what was a tie game and won fairly easily. Ian Happ had an RBI...

Cubs out to continue timely hitting vs. White Sox

Four Chicago Cubs delivered multi-hit games on Friday while the team collected six hits with runners in scoring position.,That's the kind of productio

Friday, May 15, 2026
BREAKING: Clay Holmes Fractured His Fibula, Will Miss Significant Time

The New York Mets can’t catch a break. They encountered more tough injury luck tonight, with starting pitcher Clay Holmes fracturing his fibula in his start against the Yankees. Holmes has been...

Kelly's tiebreaking single, 4 RBIs lead Cubs to 10-5 win at White Sox

CHICAGO (AP) — Carson Kelly hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and drove in four runs as the Chicago Cubs stopped a five-game White Sox winning streak with a 10-5 victory over their...

Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 10, White Sox 5 – May 15, 2026

The Cubs’ offense is back! For a night, anyway. They’ve been quiet for about a week, but made a statement tonight against an admittedly (but also surprisingly) impressive White Sox team, taking...

Carson Kelly's 4 RBIs help Cubs end White Sox win streak

Carson Kelly went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, including a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning and two-run double in the eighth, to boost the visitin

Cubs snap out of offensive funk, take Crosstown Classic opener from White Sox
Chicago Cubs Lineup: Busch Back Up to Second, Ballesteros at DH

CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs were able to escape Atlanta with a narrow win over Chris Sale and the Braves last night. But the offense has been ice cold for over a week at this point. We need them to get...

Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/15/26): Busch Bats Second, Mo Baller DH, Cabrera Starting

The Cubs are technically still on the road even though they’re back in Chicago, but the South Side may not be quite as hospitable as it has been recently. Once a laughingstock due to their...

Chicago Cubs Lineup (3/15/26): Busch Bats Second, Mo Baller DH, Cabrera Starting

The Cubs are technically still on the road even though they’re back in Chicago, but the South Side may not be quite as hospitable as it has been recently. Once a laughingstock due to their...

Happy Anniversary to That Time That Gregory Polanco Simply Fell Down

Ah, May 15. A particularly happy memory day. It’s been eleven years, but I feel like you still know the play. The moment. How much stupid, silly, hilarious fun it was when the Cubs were trying to...

David Ross – Through Laughs! – Admits He Was Rooting Against the Cubs After He Was Fired

I have loved hearing more from David Ross this year on the Lovable Reunion podcast with Anthony Rizzo. No one had a bad word to say about Ross when he was dismissed ahead of the 2024 season,...

Cubs Prospects Report | May 15th, 2026: 4 Hits For Pedro, South Bend Drops 25 (!!), More

It was an eventful day for the Cubs’ minor league affiliates, who combined for a 3-1 record on Thursday. For Iowa, Pedro Ramriez continued his red-hot season with a big-time performance at the...

Surely, This Won’t Be an Annoying Weekend at All – Cubs vs White Sox Series Preview

Cubs vs White Sox — Let’s just say I’m especially happy the Cubs were able to steal that last game in Atlanta, because the next six days — during which the Cubs will face the White Sox and Brewers...

Report Links Dodgers Closer Edwin Diaz to Illegal Cockfighting Ring in Puerto Rico

I imagine that the Dodgers thought, when closer Edwin Diaz went on the shelf following elbow surgery, he wouldn’t be making any headlines until he returned sometime after midseason. Well, about...

Is Matt Shaw Going to Be a Topic of Conversation at the Trade Deadline?

Let’s assume a couple of things for the sake of a very specific discussion. First, let’s assume all the position players on the big league Cubs stays relatively healthy ahead of this year’s August...

Enter to Win Cubs Baseball Card Plaque for Father’s Day

We recently ran a giveaway with FreshDCards that was aimed more at Mother’s Day, and now we’ve got one specifically for Father’s Day. FreshDCards offers team packs, player packs, starter sets, and...

The Cubs May Have Unlocked Something Special Here with Ben Brown

Given how quiet the Cubs’ bats have been lately (and the fact that Chris Sale is throwing like it’s still 2017), the only way the Cubs were going to win last night’s finale in Atlanta was in a...

Quantifying Hope: Cubs Sink to 84% Odds as Road Swing Heads Home

The Cubs won just their second game in a week to avoid a sweep in Atlanta, but they haven’t scored more than two runs in any of their last five contests. In fact, their five total runs in that...

Chicago Cubs @ Chicago White Sox – Series Preview (May 15-17): Overview, Game and Broadcast Info, Starting Pitchers, W2W4

The Cubs (28-16) avoided a sweep against the Braves in Atlanta after dropping the first two games at Truist Park. The offense continued to scuffle, scoring just five runs in the three contests...

Streaking White Sox, Cubs face off for city supremacy

The Chicago White Sox are one of the hottest teams in baseball heading into the Crosstown Classic on Friday night against the visiting Chicago Cubs.,T

White Sox Weekend, the Two Hitting Cubs, Palencia’s Heat, and Other Cubs Bullets

If you want to keep the harmonics in place, the Cubs will now have to go on a 13.333-game winning streak following their 4-game losing streak. And they’ll have to do that pattern twice, since they...

The South Bend Cubs Scored 25 Runs in a Game, and I Thought You Might Enjoy That

The Chicago Cubs’ High-A affiliate in South Bend, also named the Cubs, is playing the Milwaukee Brewers’ High-A affiliate this week. And although the wins and losses don’t count for their...

Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/14/26): Cubs 2, Braves 0 – Losing Streak Snapped

The Cubs snapped their four-game losing streak against the Braves on Thursday night. Their persistent hitting issues continued, but outstanding work from the pitching staff was enough to salvage...

Wake Up and Watch the Cubs Shut Out the Braves to Avoid the Sweep

It’s been a minute since we got to wake up and re-enjoy a Cubs win, eh? The four-game losing streak – the longest of the season thus far – is over thanks to the Cubs’ 2-0 win in Atlanta. Enjoy the...

Five Cubs pitchers blank Braves to avoid sweep

Ian Happ homered and five Chicago pitchers combined to throw a five-hit shutout on Thursday as the visiting Cubs avoided a sweep with a 2-0 victory ov

Thursday, May 14, 2026
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Ian Happ homers, 5 combine for shutout as Cubs snap a 4-game skid with a 2-0 win over Braves

Ian Happ hit a long home run and five Chicago Cubs pitchers combined for a 2-0 shutout of the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night, snapping a four-game losing streak.

Ian Happ, Cubs blank Braves to avoid sweep

Ian Happ homered and five pitchers combined to throw a five-hit shutout on Thursday as the visiting Chicago Cubs avoided a sweep with their 2-0 victor

Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 2, Braves 0 – May 14, 2026

Well, the Cubs’ offense didn’t do much again tonight, but they did enough! And enough is all it took to avoid a five-game losing streak, which feels like a pretty big relief. I don’t know what it...

Ian Happ with an Insurance Blast for Home Run #10!

Whew. The Cubs needed that. There was not much offense brewing tonight against Chris Sale (or the start of the Braves bullpen), but Ian Happ led off the eighth inning with his team-leading tenth...

Chicago Cubs Might’ve Fleeced Miami Marlins in Edward Cabrera Trade

The Cubs’ trade for Edward Cabrera is already paying off as Chicago continues to lead the NL Central despite major injuries.

Amaya returns to Cubs' lineup after battling back tightness
Best Father's Day Gifts for the Cubs Dad

Top gift ideas for the sports dad — from jerseys to collectibles, find the perfect present.

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