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According to sources familiar with the situation, Cubs centerfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, 24, is being fined an undisclosed amount of money for an incident with a fan in the outfield on Sunday at...
Strictly speaking, James Wood, 23, had his big breakout season last year with the Nats, earning 3.3 WAR and a 127 wRC+ over 157 games out in D.C. But he’s off to an even better start this season,...
Cubs reliever Caleb Thielbar was activated from the 15-day injured list after recovering from a hamstring injury, giving their depleted bullpen a boost.
The Cubs are holding onto first place in the NL Central, but last night’s loss pulled the Brewers within just half a game. That means Milwaukee has gained five games in the standings over the last...
The bullpen revolving door has been spinning furiously for a while now, but at least this revolution brings back one of the guys who was expected to contribute a lot of important innings. Caleb...
Sometimes things just don’t happen the way you’d like them to. Here’s the story of a couple of Cubs who were born on May 19 and didn’t manage to stay at the top. Despite their early promise,...
CUBS LINEUP — Although they’re still in sole possession of first place, the Cubs aren’t in a great place at the moment, vibe wise. And that was made worse when they lost the most winnable game of...
Slowly, but surely, the Chicago Cubs bullpen is healing up/returning to the big leagues. And today represents a particularly big step forward. Almost a month since Caleb Thielbar limped off the...
The Cubs have designated left-hander Ty Blach for assignment, per Jordan Bastian of MLB.com. His spot on the roster goes to fellow southpaw Caleb Thielbar, who has been reinstated from the injured...
Targeting a player in trade has its pros and cons, largely related to the price tag, the performance projections, and the fit on your roster. But a lesser-discussed issue – because we don’t always...
The Atlanta Braves got Ronald Acuña Jr. back Monday after a two-week hamstring stint. They couldn’t even enjoy it for 24 hours before Drake Baldwin took his place on the IL. Drake Baldwin Heads to...
“They wanna sap your energy, incarcerate your mind” – Industrial Disease by Dire Straits Watching Chicago’s North Side Baseballers lose to the Brewers is never fun, but it’s much worse as a Cubs...
A number of Cubs prospect notes for you today … Everything we see and hear coming out of Arizona on Cubs pitching prospect Kaleb Wing is so impressive: Absolute bulldog mound presence –works...
I wasn’t even aware that Disney was working on a live-action production of Frozen, nor that principal photography would be taking place in Chicago, but that appears to be the case. It’s going to...
It’s been a weird year for the Chicago Cubs. They began the season floating at or below .500 for a little bit longer than anyone would like. Then they rattled off a 20-3 stretch, including two...
As I was writing the Bullets this morning, I recognized that I was focused on the offense’s needs, even after a game where the pitching gave up nine runs. That was intentional – the point is that...
Even including a monster effort on Opening Day (3-5, two 2Bs, BB), Michael Busch got off to a horrendous start offensively this season. Through his first 15 games of the year (60 PAs), Busch...
Like I said about the whole dust-up between Pete Crow-Armstrong and a White Sox fan who’d apparently made a specific trip to heckle him in center field, I don’t think PCA had any reason to...
This would help Chicago's World Series hopes.
Kelly is showing he can handle the new system.
Sometimes I’ll discover that someone has blocked me on a social media site, and I just want want to know why. It’s like, I’m totally fine with the block, I’m sure I earned it, and I won’t try to...
In what could be another season-long battle to the finish line, a victory for the visiting Milwaukee Brewers over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday would pr
This could be the move the Cubs need.
Could the Yankees pull this off?
The Cubs home winning streak came to an end Monday night when the Brewers beat them handedly. Starting pitcher Shōta Imanaga had his worst outing of the season and the outcome was decided early....
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning and David Bednar retired Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with two on in th
Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs on Monday night to help the visiting Milwaukee Brewers earn a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.,Christian
CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3 on Monday night in the first meeting this season between the longtime NL Central...
Really not the way you wanted to see this Brewers series begin, with a clunker on the mound and at the plate. Shota Imanaga wasn’t missing by much, but he was missing just frequently enough...
PCA's vulgar response to a heckling White Sox fan was caught on camera over the weekend in Chicago
OK, so the Cubs are statistically unlikely to come all the way back in this one, but if it WERE going to happen, it’s gotta start somewhere, right? Dansby Swanson clobbered a two-run shot to get...
Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong apologized Monday for his "choice of words" in a heated exchange with a fan during the team's loss to the White Sox on Sunday.
The Cubs haven’t exactly been lighting the world on fire offensively, and certainly not when facing good starting pitching, but Craig Counsell is betting that water will find its level. If you...
CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs dropped the finale on the South Side of Chicago yesterday, which makes that three series losses in a row. And all that heading into the first Cubs-Brewers series of the...
“And when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs. The Go-Go White Sox… and whoever plays the Cubs!” – Southside Irish by The Irish Choir The White Sox own bragging rights between...
Cubs vs Brewers— Despite two ten-game winning streaks before the end of May, the Chicago Cubs are tied in the loss column with the Milwaukee Brewers, who’ve come surging back from last place with...
The loss was the main shame, to be sure, but it also sucks that the Cubs lost yesterday after another hero moment from Michael Conforto. That COULD have been a really special moment in this...
Surely no one in these parts was tuned in — we had a must-see Crosstown Series matchup of our own — but the Paul Skenes vs. Zack Wheeler showdown in Pittsburgh was, on paper, about as good as...
I’m not gonna say the Cubs “almost won” yesterday if not for a particular Ian Happ fly out. That isn’t really the point here, because we know things like that happen on both sides throughout a...
SportsLine expert Angelo "Amags" Magliocca has identified his best MLB home run props picks for Monday, May 18
The Cubs bullpen has been more than just an issue this season. It’s been the issue. And while that’s not entirely any one player or executive’s fault — there have been a TON of injuries both to...
The Cubs (29-18) slowed down from their red-hot 20-3 stretch with a 3-6 road trip against the Rangers, Braves, and White Sox. The offense struggled to score runs in Atlanta and Texas, but the...