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PCA's June has been silly good.
The Chicago Cubs are pouring it on here in the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. The bats are grinding him through long at bats, Seiya Suzuki blooped a two-run double, and now Carson...
As a fan of meatloaf, I’d be perfectly fine eating it somewhat frequently. But if we’re talking about how two out of three ain’t bad, a phrase coined by the late Marvin Lee Aday and later used by...
I didn’t expect there to be any surprises in Craig Counsell’s explanation of today’s positional roster move, which sent Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A and called up Justin Dean, because it was...
“We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Message of Love by Pretenders Summerfest is happening up here in Milwaukee, and its a helluva break from Cubs baseball....
SportsLine's model simulated Toronto Blue Jays vs. Chicago Cubs 10,000 times and revealed its MLB predictions for Friday's matchup
According to Bruce Levine, Matthew Boyd will be making a rehab start tomorrow in South Bend, a positive step towards his return to the big-league rotation. Cubs Matt Boyd said he will have rehab...
It’s Cubbie Blue against the Blue Jays as a pair of disappointing would-be contenders square off at Wrigley. Both teams made big free agency splashes over the winter and feature payrolls that...
CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs have won back-to-back series and five of their last seven games. They did lose their closer, Daniel Palencia, to the IL, but they had an off day yesterday and are playing at...
A little over a month ago, after making waves too large to ignore, 19-year-old Chicago Cubs outfield prospect Josiah Hartshorn popped onto Baseball America’s top-100 list. Now, he’s on a second...
Cubs vs Blue Jays — Like the Cubs (and Mets), the Toronto Blue Jays came into this season with high expectations. They nearly won the World Series last year and had a fairly big offseason...
Ten years ago today, on Father’s Day, 2016, Willson Contreras took the first big-league swing of his life. It was a pretttttttty good one: The hype at that moment was as high as it could get for a...
Chicago is definitely in need of healthy pitching.
Chicago decided to make a move sooner rather than later.
The Cubs will option catcher/designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa today, as first indicated on the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Michael Cerami of Bleacher Nation reports...
Today is Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Although we think of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War as marking the...
We’re still a good month away from the very earliest start of trade season (i.e., after the All-Star break), but that doesn’t mean MLB trades can’t or won’t happen now. They’re just very rare, and...
Ken Schultz from Out Sports joins us to talk Pride, as PCA hits for the reverse cycle and the Cubs win a couple of series! Brought to you by Penguin Imprints, Fanarchy and our Patreon...
The Cubs (39-36) won their second consecutive series earlier in the week, taking two of the three from the Rockies at Wrigley Field. It was a real battle, but the offense came through at a couple...
Could they have a shot at this Mets star?
These division rivals could have a bidding war on their hands.
Could a bidding war be brewing?
Although riding quite the hot streak at the plate, Pete Crow-Armstrong was quick to pour cold water on the Chicago Cubs' recent run of success.,After
Moisés Ballesteros has endured some growing pains in what could have been his first full season in Chicago, but his performance of late convinced the Cubs that he needs a little get-right time in...
After a brutal month and a half in the big leagues, Moises Ballesteros will get an opportunity to turn things around back in the minor leagues. Per the team transaction log, he has been optioned...
Dansby Swanson is off to a historic start to the 2026 season. Only … it’s not the right kind of history. Per ESPN 1000’s Marc Silverman and Stathead, Swanson’s .176 batting average was the worst...
Well, the good news is that the wheels are indeed still churning, however slowly and angrily, behind the scenes. Major League Baseball’s owners have submitted some new materials to the MLB Players...
Episode 67 of the Bleacher Nation Cubs Podcast is officially live! This week, Brett and I talk about Matt Shaw’s progress, PCA’s dominance, what to do about Dansby Swanson (and Nico Hoerner’s role...
After the initial volley of proposals and reactions, we haven’t heard much about talks between MLB’s owners and players about the Collective Bargaining Agreement that governs the sport and expires...
Perhaps Thursday's off-day is a good time to assess the Chicago Cubs' bizarre 2026 season, specifically where it's headed and what the team might do by MLB's Aug. 3 trade deadline. Or maybe...
I had no clue when I wrote earlier today about Zack Wheeler’s magnificent recovery from surgery to address thoracic outlet syndrome that I’d be talking about it again just a few hours later. It’s...
Although he had to leave his last start with a right hand cramp, it sounds like Edward Cabrera is going to be good to go for his next time through the rotation. Edward Cabrera was throwing on the...
In case you’ve been sleeping on this, the 2026 MLB Draft is less than a month away! And with the prediction industry in full swing, countless first-round players have been mocked to the Cubs. The...
We’re in for a lot of differences this year with the MLB Home Run Derby. For one thing, the event will be on Netflix for the first time ever, and here’s hoping they used the Opening Night Game...
Chicago has a very clear need.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, or so goes an old saying that has been attributed to a number of different sources, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear....
Is there a word in the English language as sweet as “another”? Oh, OK, I guess there are lots of great words, but in this context, another sounds pretty darn good to me. Watching the Cubs hang on...
The AL East will battle it out in the trade market.
The Cubs picked up a second consecutive series win on Wednesday night, this time against the Rockies at Wrigley Field. They jumped way in front with a seven-run 2nd inning and managed to hang on...
The Cubs made us sweat for it, but ultimately hung on to win last night’s game 8-6 over the Rockies. It’s a second straight series win, and hopefully a continued springboard to better places....
Dansby Swanson and Pete Crow-Armstrong homered as the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Wednesday night.
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Matt Shaw had a two-run triple as the host Chicago Cubs scored seven runs in the second inning to beat the Colo
Although tonight’s win wasn’t totally stress-free, it was nice to see the offense break out early and in convincing fashion. The Cubs have now won five of their last seven games, all thanks to a...
Cubs erupt for 7-run 2nd inning to down Rockies
Pete Crow-Armstrong is on another planet right now. After Dansby Swanson homered as part of the seven runs scored by the Cubs in the second inning, Pete Crow-Armstrong joined in on the fun with a...