Chicago Cubs

Cubs right-hander Bryse Wison went unclaimed on waivers following his recent DFA, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. He’s been assigned outright to Triple-A Iowa, but Wilson has the right...

The Chicago Cubs won last night as a team, with the bats grinding and coming through just enough (though they had a lot of unrewarded hard contact, too), and the bullpen mostly holding serve. But...

The Cubs‘ minor league squads were back in action for their final series before the All-Star break. The teams combined for a 3-1 record last night with some high-end prospects coming up big at the...

You could contend that Pete Crow-Armstrong won’t be one of the nine most valuable players in baseball going forward in 2026. I wouldn’t agree with you, but I there’s a straight-faced, legitimate...

The trade deadline is less than a month away

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...

Having salvaged the final game of the Cardinals series on Sunday, the Cubs stayed on the positive side of the ledger by kicking off their Orioles series with a 5-2 win last night. Enjoy the...

The Cubs opened their series against the Orioles on a positive note with a victory Tuesday night. They got a terrific performance from opening-day starter Matthew Boyd, who had his best effort of...

The Chicago Cubs might be feeling right at home when they take on the host Baltimore Orioles again Wednesday night.,The Cubs hold a 10-2 all-time reco

Matthew Boyd fired six shutout innings and Alex Bregman drove in two runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the host Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Tuesday night in

BALTIMORE (AP) — Matthew Boyd pitched six shutout innings, Alex Bregman drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Tuesday night. Miguel Amaya scored three times for the...

Good way to start the week in Baltimore! The Cubs probably could’ve put up a lot more runs tonight, given a fair bit of hard contact that didn’t find grass, but they came through in enough spots...

Frankly, I’m amazed that a play this embarrassing involving the 2026 New York Mets wasn’t committed BY the Mets. Maybe they’re contagious? Either way, this is just absolutely hilarious. Tonight,...

Cubs jump up a spot despite losing a series to their division rivals.

The Cubs sandwiched a disappointing weekend performance between days off, and now they start their final first-half kick with three in Baltimore to face an Orioles team that hasn’t made good on...

Some Chicago Cubs prospect notes for your Tuesday afternoon … Owen Ayers, recent winner of player of the month honors in the Southern League, just keeps on raking at Double-A, and got a lot of...

CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs just wrapped up a tough three-series stretch against the Padres, Brewers, and Cardinals. And although they didn’t finish particularly strong (losing the series to St....

Cubs vs Orioles — The Cubs couldn’t finish strong in their tough three-series-stretch against the Padres, Brewers, and Cardinals, dropping two of three to St. Louis before the off-day yesterday....

FREDDY PERALTA TRADE RUMORS — I don’t need to tell you that the 2026 Chicago Cubs need to trade for pitching at the MLB Trade Deadline. If they have even MODESTLY serious hopes of qualifying for —...

By and large, I think most would say uber-prospect Konnor Griffin’s big league debut has gone quite well. Yes, there were some early adjustments, but this is a guy who just turned 20 in April, and...

The 2026 MLB Draft is this weekend, Saturday, July 11 (rounds 1 through 4) and Sunday, July 12 (rounds 5 through 20). It’s arguably the most important event of the year in the life blood of an...

The Chicago Cubs’ season-long arm accumulation project rolls on, this time with a lefty who does something most of the other reclamation types do not: simply throws strikes. The Cubs are signing...

Another day, another pitching addition for the Cubs. As first reported by Marquee’s Lance Brozdowski, the Cubs have signed lefty Josh Fleming to a minor league deal after he was released by the...

It’s an endless supply. Probably fun. Another top prospect is coming up to join the Milwaukee Brewers, and it’s another one on a long-term contract: The Brewers are calling up OF Luis Lara, per...

The Cubs (50-40) lost their first series in almost a month when they dropped two of three to the rival Cardinals at Wrigley Field over the Fourth of July weekend. The offense that had been rolling...

Although it isn’t necessarily surprising that these two Chicago Cubs prospects won the highest honors for their league in the month of June – we talked about them quite a few times – I don’t want...

This would be a great addition to Chicago's rotation.

Join former Cubs player, mental skills coordinator, and baseball folk hero, John Baker on the 12th anniversary of the longest game in Wrigley Field history, “The Night the Backup Catcher Got the...

From contenders acing 2026 to surprise performances to first-half failures, we take a look at every club's performance so far.

The Cubs open up a series in Baltimore tonight, where the Orioles are seven games under .500, and still a long ways off from fulfilling the promise of what was only very recently an overflow of so...

The Chicago Cubs have largely done good work so far this season, and they're looking to put together a strong push going into the All-Star break. They

This trade cost would be very high for the Cubs, but it could be worth it.

We love this big dumb sport of ours, but sometimes baseball just doesn’t play fair. Thank you to Jon Morosi for today’s very interesting factoid that nevertheless just made me feel extremely...

The rotation might not be the Cubs' top need this summer.

“Now and then it keeps you running; it never seems to die. The trail’s spent with fear, not enough, living on the outside.” – Windfall by Son Volt The Cubs entered the week riding the surge of...

It’s probably too much to say that Javier Assad’s role is a “thankless” one – he receives many well-deserved tips of the cap – but it certainly can’t be easy to be as completely fungible as he’s...

Typically, the MLB Trade Deadline arrives sometime at the end of July (most years it’s somewhere between July 29 and July 31). But in 2026, the deadline is later than usual: 5:00 pm CT on August...

They always say it isn’t a good thing when you know an umpire’s name. So that headline right there is already pretty inauspicious. Whatever else you want to say about the ABS challenge system –...

The Cubs‘ minor league squads had a bit of a tough day at the plate overall, with the exception of the Knoxville Smokies, who took home a win thanks in part to a long ball from Owen Ayers....

Although I would stack the Chicago Cubs’ injury issues up against any team in the league, it’s not as if other clubs don’t deal with absences of note. That includes, for example, the Milwaukee...

Just a few Chicago Cubs injury items to share today. It’s crazy that the Cubs went AN ENTIRE WEEKEND without a new injury, eh? Jameson Taillon (hamstring) made his first (and only?) rehab start...