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In his time with the Chicago Cubs, Javier Báez was CONSTANTLY doing things to justify his El Mago nickname. Coming up with a list of Javy’s 10 best moments would be a torturous (but enjoyable!)...
CHICAGO — The Cubs have reportedly signed former White Sox lefty reliever Aaron Bummer. According to MLB insider Bob Nightengale, Bummer has agreed to a minor league contract with the North...
A soft-tossing veteran lefty hit the free agent market, and Jed Hoyer couldn’t help himself. A Bummer for Chicago! And other jokes to avoid staring into the darkness. According to Bob Nightengale,...
This addition for the Cubs comes amid a bummer of a stretch.
You know by now that the Chicago Cubs have twice won ten games in a row this season, and have now also lost ten games in a row. It’s the kind of absurd thing that doesn’t happen too often in a...
The Cubs have cleverly managed to offset the expectations created by two 10-game winning streaks by losing 10 straight — they’re the second team in 10 years to do so — and could well be...
A couple top Chicago Cubs prospects to mention today. It’s possible some will see them as the top positional prospect in the system and the top pitching prospect in the system, so maybe it makes...
This prediction would be some very welcome news for a collapsing Cubs team.
Hey, it only took a ten-game losing streak! I kid. We already knew that Craig Counsell was not the type of manager to unleash a Lou Piniella-like explosion, and his steady nature undoubtedly helps...
Given that it’s often difficult for even the doctors to state with precision when a player might return from a particular ailment, I try to never pretend to be able to break these kinds of things...
No Iowa Cubs matchup from Tuesday to talk about as they were off following their Memorial Day win, but the rest of the three squads were in action. The Smokies struggled in their opener, while in...
Cubs Playoff Odds — After getting stomped last night in Pittsburgh, the Chicago Cubs have officially lost TEN games in a row, completely wiping away one of their winning streaks from earlier this...
When we last looked at slugging teenager Josiah Hartshorn, he was tearing it up at Low-A Myrtle Beach and showing why the Cubs gave him a record signing bonus for a sixth-round pick. That run...
I have seen many things in my day, including a wide range of celebratory moments on the field. Some creative. Some weird. Some fun. Some antagonistic. Can’t say I’ve ever seen this, though: Abner...
It’s been about three weeks since Matthew Boyd had surgery to hack off a little piece of the meniscus in his knee after an injury playing with his kids. That many not seem like a long time, but...
This may be tough for Chicago to pull off.
Surely the Cubs will win a game *accidentally* at some point, right? It’s actually really hard to lose 10 games in a row in this sport … Last night was not that night, with the Cubs getting...
The Chicago Cubs are in the midst of their longest losing streak in nearly four years. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bubba Chandler has lost his past fou
During the height of his run with the Cubs, Baez pulled off a magic trick that made the Pirates look like Little Leaguers. Here's how it all went down.
The Cubs losing streak hit 10 games after they were routed 12-1 by the Pirates on Tuesday night.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning on Tuesday night and the Pittsburgh Pirates routed the skidding Cubs 12-1 to extend Chicago’s losing streak...
The Cubs’ shockingly bad play continued with their 10th consecutive loss Tuesday night at PNC Park. The Pirates jumped all over spot starter Jordan Wicks in the opening inning and cruised to...
Chicago became the 25th team in MLB history to collect 10-game winning and losing streaks.
Chicago improbably has three streaks of at least 10 games this season
Rookie Esmerlyn Valdez hit his second career home run and Oneil Cruz had the first of his three hits to highlight a five-run first inning, putting the
Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd is scheduled to make the first of what is expected to be two rehab starts for Triple-A Iowa on Sunday.
What a horrible, embarrassing, lifeless brand of baseball this team is playing right now. I really didn’t think it could get this bad for the 2026 Chicago Cubs. Not before the season, and...
The Cubs have already had boatloads of bad pitching news, and things didn’t get any better as Jordan Wicks allowed five runs in the 1st inning of his 2026 debut. The good news is that...
CUBS LINEUP — Will the Cubs really lose ten games in a row, after having not one, but TWO ten-game winning streaks already this season? With Jordan Wicks coming up for a spot start against Braxton...
The Cubs have lost nine games in a row and 13 of their last 15, and the way they’re losing makes it that much worse. They may have the worst offense in baseball during that stretch, so it doesn’t...
“Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.” – Truckin’ by The Grateful Dead The Wrong Way Cubs now have nine losses in a row. Tom Ricketts could make a fortune selling antacids at Wrigley Field....
Individual players do not lose nine games in a row on their own. It happens at the team level, and I am sure, to a man, the guys in the Cubs’ clubhouse would refuse to throw stones at any of their...
Things are … not great right now in Cubdom. And that’s probably an understatement. The Cubs are mired in a 9-game losing streak — the worst stretch of baseball this franchise has played since the...
The South Bend Cubs are about to get a further infusion of bigger-name prospect talent, with outfielder Josiah Hartshorn and righty Mason McGwire reportedly getting the bump up from Low-A Myrtle...
It’s easy to look at the 94 wRC+ Pete Crow-Armstrong has posted so far this season and surmise that his issues from the end of 2025 have carried over to this season. But that’s just not the case....
The lower stakes stuff allows you to have a little fun with the headline … The thing about Triple-A/MLB fringe veteran types is that they tend not to have minor league options available, so you...
There hasn’t been a whole lot to write home about during the Cubs’ nine-game losing streak, and this stretch where they’ve lost 13 of 15. One thing that’s been unflappably good throughout, though?...
May 26: Blach is headed back to the Cubs on a minor league deal, per MLBTR’s Steve Adams. He’ll remain with the organization as a depth option at Triple-A. May 25: Left-hander Ty Blach has elected...
If I had told you 18 days ago that the Cubs looked like the worst team in baseball, you’d have thought I was an idiot. Well, even more of an idiot. They had just completed their second 10-game...
The Cubs have gone ice cold after going on an absolute tear. Cubs Insider EIC Evan Altman joins Sean to figure out exactly what’s happening. Sean Holland · Holy Cow! A Cubs Podcast Episode 127:...
The Braves and Dodgers hold the top two spots, but the Brewers, one of MLB's best-run franchises, are right on their tails
I have learned that Diet Coke remains an incredibly popular drink, even in comparison to the popularity of Coke Zero. How ANYONE could intentionally choose Diet Coke over Coke Zero will forever...
The Chicago Cubs have lost nine straight games and watched their NL Central odds plummet. Injuries and offensive struggles are threatening their playo
Jordan Wicks will make his season debut on Tuesday night as the Chicago Cubs try to snap a season-long nine-game losing streak when they face the host
History was made tonight, as the Houston Astros threw the first no-hitter in 628 days. Tatsuya Imai, Steven Okert, and Alimber Santa combined to no-hit the Texas Rangers on Monday, en route to a...
Things have gotten quite ugly.
Chicago's 2-1 loss to the Pirates on Monday marked its ninth straight defeat, joining the 2017 Dodgers as the only two teams in the expansion era to have multiple 10-game winning streaks and a...