It was announced on Thursday that the Chicago Cubs have purchased the contract of veteran pitcher Kyle McGowin. The former big leaguer comes from the Charleston Dirty Birds of the Atlantic League.
Three losses and some rain among the top four affiliates. Just as a heads-up, Cade Horton is scheduled to pitch for Iowa tomorrow (Friday). A whole lotta rain today.
The Chicago Cubs will look to bounce back from a tough offensive showing when they open a three-game series against the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.
Tuesday night at Wrigley was magical. But so were a couple of other Cubs walk-offs. Walk-offs always feel like a little bit of magic. Whether they are a single to drive in a run during a tie game or the slow build of walks and hits and disaster before runs inevitably cross the plate, they build a ton of drama and enthrall the audience.
The Cubs were shut out by their former prospect, 3-0. I had to check if my memory was correct. Yes, that is Adbert Alzolay on the cover photo for the first time this year.
The Cubs have managed to cling to a virtual tie for first place by virtue of the Brewers going 4-6 over their last 10, and being six games over .500 despite myriad injuries is actually pretty admirable.
#Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs exercised in futility Wednesday afternoon against Dylan Cease and dropped two out of three to the visitors.
A stint on the injured list did little to cool down the hot bat of Cody Bellinger. Fresh off a three-hit performance, Bellinger will look to continue his good fortune at the plate Wednesday afternoon when his Chicago Cubs and the visiting San Diego Padres play the rubber match of a three-game series.
Former Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras suffered a fractured forearm during his game with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Contreras broke in with the Chicago Cubs in 2016 and played on their World Series championship team.
Michael Busch homered to lead off the ninth inning, lifting the host Chicago Cubs to a walk-off, 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday. Busch deposited a first-pitch fastball from Enyel De Los Santos (1-2) over the wall in right-center field.
The Cubs play tonight with a 21-15 record and are in first place in the National League Central. They lost the first game of the series to the Padres last night, six to three, but will look to rebound tonight.
Let’s just say that Edey probably wishes the video never came out with how badly he missed the catcher.
The Chicago Cubs' health as a team is greatly improving. On Monday, Justin Steele returned to the mound and pitched 4.2 scoreless innings. On Tuesday, news of Cody Bellinger's activation was confirmed by Craig Counsell on the radio.
Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced that outfielder Cody Bellinger will be activated from the injured list.
In a very cool moment, former All-Star outfielder Dexter Fowler walked across the stage at Penn State this week with a college degree. The MLB "X" account
Through 36 games, the Chicago Cubs find themselves sitting at 21-15, just percentage points behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. This comes as a welcome surprise to Cubs fans considering the string of injuries this team has faced from the start of the season.
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell updated reporters on Monday about the status of a few injured players, including center fielder Cody Bellinger. Bellinger, who is on the injured list with two right rib fractures, ran the bases and did other baseball activities as he prepares to come off the injured list.
Kyle Hendricks isn’t ready to return to the Chicago Cubs just yet. MLB.com reported on Monday that Hendricks would make another injury rehab start with Triple-A Iowa, with this one set for Tuesday.
And the Bullpen Could Benefit. Going into the 2024 season, the Chicago Cubs starting rotation looked to have depth if not a lot of front-end talent. Well, there has certainly been some depth displayed.
The Chicago Cubs‘ top prospects and all minor league affiliates took the field this past week. You can see how the top prospect and their teams did below in the weekly breakdown of the Cubs Farms system here.
The Chicago Cubs have had some poor injury luck at the start of the 2024 MLB season. Their roster has yet to be whole as we enter the second week of May, but they could be getting close to having all of their regulars back in the mix as early as this week.
The Cubs currently sit at a solid 20-14 record, just one game back of the Brewers for the NL Central lead.
Chicago Cubs third baseman Christopher Morel has hit yet another tape-measure home run.
Here's what has surprised the Chicago Cubs star the most about his new home.
MLB seems to be confused about its own rules.
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