Michael Busch bombed a three-run homer into the San Francisco Bay, Javier Assad combined with two relievers on a four-hitter and the Chicago Cubs opened a three-game road series with a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
Iowa right-hander Connor Noland and catcher Casey Opitz were placed on the development list. Both threw too many innings and need a rest, I guess. Iowa right-hander Tyler Beede was activated off the development list.
While the MLB trade deadline is still well over a month away, the rumors are already starting to pick up steam. The Chicago Cubs have been no strangers to the headlines, as they started the year perceived as an obvious buyer after stringing together two separate 10-game winning streaks.
The Chicago Cubs made the calculated decision this past offseason to take a hard pass on re-signing right fielder Kyle Tucker in favor of signing third baseman Alex Bregman.
The Cubs looked like they were going to have a great 2026 after they started 27-12. They had a 3.5 game lead in the NL Central with that record after defeating the Rangers 7-1 on May 8.
Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.
Almost exactly a month ago, I wrote about Edward Cabrera‘s rough start against the Rangers and wondered aloud whether it was rock bottom or a harbinger of worse things to come.
The Chicago Cubs (35-34) finally found offensive life at Coors Field, snapping a three-game skid with a power-heavy road victory. The club exorcised recent demons by winning 9-3 over the Rockies.
The Chicago Cubs are in a self-created limbo right now. They are close enough to contention—7.5 games behind the NL Central Division-topping Milwaukee Brewers and one game away from a Wild Card spot—to still consider big moves by this season’s August 3 trade deadline.
Their win in Denver on Thursday helped just a little bit, but the Cubs still trail three divisional opponents when it comes to projected playoff odds. They now sit at 39.2%, up from a season low 35.4% earlier in the week, putting them six percentage points below the Pirates.
The Society for American Baseball Research has created something called their Defensive Index, rating players for their defense using a number of different criteria, which you can read about in detail here.
None of us is throwing any parades based on winning one game in Colorado. This was another disappointing series as part of more than 30 days of struggling.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
The Chicago Cubs started out the 2026 season with a bang. They played good baseball and dominated the NL Central, but a few months down the line, they tumbled to the fourth spot and are now just one game ahead of the .500 mark.
The Chicago Cubs finally managed to get a win on Thursday, defeating the Colorado Rockies after dropping the first two games of their three-game set. Nevertheless, the Cubs are just 35-34 and have gone a dreadful 8-22 since their 27-12 start, and there does not appear to be any end in sight to their woes.
Two powerful left-handed hitters will take aim at a first career deposit into the San Francisco Bay when Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Chicago Cubs open a three-game series against Bryce Eldridge and the host Giants on Friday night.
The Iowa Cubs got battered by the Louisville Bats (Reds), 20-3. It’s the second-straight game Iowa gave up 20 runs. Starter Connor Noland got the loss after allowing four runs on six hits over four innings.
The Chicago Cubs are going with a fresh face for Friday's opener in San Francisco ... sort of. A little over 24 hours before the matchup, the Cubs locked in Javier Assad as their starter, per Elise Menaker.
The Chicago Cubs earned an impressive 9-3 win against the Colorado Rockies on the road on Thursday. Colorado still won the series 2-1, however. After the game, Cubs manager Craig Counsell sent an honest message to the team while speaking to reporters, via Marquee Sports Network.
Seiya Suzuki hit a grand slam, Alex Bregman and Carson Kelly also went deep, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3 on Wednesday afternoon in Denver.
On a Chicago Cubs team that is riding a stretch of seven wins over their last 28 games, plenty has gone wrong. As a group, they have struggled offensively, defensively at times, on the mound, and even on the bases.
The Chicago Cubs starting rotation has been a problem this season. The club added right-hander Edward Cabrera this offseason in a trade with the Miami Marlins, yet he has not lived up to expectations.
The Cubs placed starter Jameson Taillon on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to June 8, with a left hamstring strain. Chicago brought up two relievers, Tyler Ferguson and Ethan Roberts, from Triple-A Iowa. Trent Thornton goes on the paternity list in the other pitching move.
The Chicago Cubs received good news Monday afternoon, with infielder/outfielder Matt Shaw returning to the lineup. According to ESPN's Jesse Rogers, Shaw will be activated on Tuesday following Monday's off day, when the Cubs open a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies.
Since Bregman signed a five-year, $175 million contract with the Chicago Cubs in the offseason, his offensive struggles have led to an all-time low in his career.
Jameson Taillon‘s start tonight was cut short in the second inning, as the right-hander was removed due to what the Cubs later revealed as a left hamstring
The Chicago Cubs starting rotation took another hit on Sunday night when Jameson Taillon had to leave his start against the San Francisco Giants after throwing just one inning.