Cubs' Miles confident he can bounce back

Game One Hundred Sixty - Cubs 5 Diamondbacks 0 WP - Randy Wells (12-10) LP - Daniel Cabrera (0-6) Save - None Randy Wells finished his rookie campaign with one of his better starts of the year on Saturday afternoon. Wells struck out a career-high 10 batters and allowed only three hits in seven shutout innings. Wells gave up a leadoff double to Stephen Drew in the first inning...

Game One Hundred Sixty-One: Cubs (82-77) vs. Diamondbacks (69-91) Game Time - 12:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Randy Wells (11-10, 3.18/1.31) vs. Daniel Cabrera (0-5, 6.07/2.04) Only two games remaining on the 2009 schedule ... Weather permitting the big question is, will the Cubs show up to play...

Last day of the season (for teams that aren’t good enough to be in the playoffs).  Time to hand out some awards for accomplishment or lack thereof to deserving Cubs players. Ryne Sandberg MVP Award: Derrek Lee.  Easy call here.  He leads the team in batting average, homers, RBI, runs and all those dopey made-up Bill [...]

the Cubs would be in 1st place at 93-66, two games ahead of the Cardinals who are 91-68. The three of them were projected to be worth a total of 12.1 wins and have only been worth 0.8. Soriano projected: 3.9 WAR (-0.9) Soto: 4.9 (1.2) Fontenot: 3.3 (0.5) With two games left, the Cubs would have likely won 94 games. They were projected to win 91 to 92 games. There are certainly...

The Cubs have four players who are headed for free agency this winter: reliever John Grabow, outfielder Reed Johnson, reliever Kevin Gregg and starter Rich Harden.  Thanks to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, we already have news on two of them... John Grabow has begun "preliminary talks" with the Cubs about returning for the 2010 season.  He wants to come back, and hasÂ...

OverviewWell it’s finally here. The end of the season. As tough as this season as been on some of us, I’m personally not looking forward to the winter. Do I want to see the Cubs win? Of course, but baseball is baseball. It’s a great game that people all across the country can enjoy the same way. The weather is hot, the beers are cold, and the game is there for us almost everyday...

This season may be remembered as a disappointment for the Cubs, but for Bobby Scales, 2009 is when a door opened.

Daniel Cabrera (0-5, 6.07 ERA) vs. Randy Wells (11-10, 3.18 ERA) Story Lines Randy Wells' rotation spot for next season is pretty secure, I would guess, but I'm sure he would like to end the year with a better than .500 record. The Cubs, by the looks of it, looked terrible yesterday. Thank goodness, I didn't see anything. Who's Hot The Twins - Don't look...

Arizona at Chicago Cubs 1:05 PM Cabrera vs WellsHouston at NY Mets 1:10 PM Bazardo vs MischMilwaukee at St. Louis 1:10 PM Villanueva vs LohseLA Angels at Oakland 4:05 PM Kazmir vs EvelandKansas City at Minnesota 4:10 PM Greinke vs BlackburnWashington at Atlanta 4:10 PM Detwiler vs JurrjensFlorida at Philadelphia 4:10 PM Sanchez vs HamelsToronto at Baltimore...

Randy Wells allowed three hits in seven strong innings and struck out a career-high 10, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Saturday.

Some rumors on the Cubs as their season comes to a close... Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times says Cubs GM Jim Hendry had one of his worst offseasons last winter. Aramis Ramirez tells Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune it's not Hendry's fault that the Milton Bradley signing didn't work out. In the same article we hear that Ted Lilly wants...

Lefty Tom Gorzelanny can finish a tumultuous season on a winning note when the Chicago Cubs host the Arizona Diamondbacks today in the first test of a three-game schedule-closing set at Wrigley Field.