Nine years ago, Jameson Taillon was a pitching prospect with Pittsburgh, part of a core that the Pirates hoped would turn around the long-suffering franchise.
The Cubs edged closer to clinching both a postseason spot and the top wild-card spot by taking two of three from both the Braves and Rays over the week.
I take pride in at least a few times a week breaking down the next day’s matchup and giving you some insight into what the next game is likely to look at.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths.
After suffering an injury while running into a wall in the Chicago Cubs' 5-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, rookie outfielder Owen Caissie has been sent to the IL.
The Chicago Cubs enter this week with an eye on knocking their magic number down to zero to claim their first National League playoff berth in five years.
Nico Hoerner doubled in two runs with two outs in the seventh inning to lift the host Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. The Cubs (85-64) won their 29th series of the season and still hold the top wild-card spot in the National League after winning for the fourth time in their past five games.
The Chicago Cubs got another helping of bad news on Saturday– aside from the frustrating 5-4 loss suffered at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays at Wrigley Field.
We have just six more games for Iowa in the 2025 Cubs minor league season after today. The Iowa Cubs were shut out by Indianapolis (Pirates), 4-0. Will Sanders was activated off the Development List to make this start and he got the loss.
The Cubs announced this afternoon that they’ve placed outfielder Owen Caissie on the 7-day concussion-related injured list. Outfielder Kevin Alcantara was recalled from Triple-A to replace Caissie on the active roster.
The Chicago Cubs had a lot to look forward to in Saturday's game at Wrigley Field. Not only did the NL Wild Card leaders own a three-game winning streak, they already took the series opener on Friday from the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-4.
It was great to see Anthony Rizzo back at the park and in a Cubs jersey. The first four innings were great, through five things were fine. But after that, things turned sour pretty quickly.
The Chicago Cubs are running thin in right field as they try to clinch a National League playoff spot. Chicago (84-64) is 6 1/2 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central and has a 3 1/2-game lead on the San Diego Padres for the top wild-card spot despite a 5-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.
The Chicago Cubs, this past offseason, took an uncharacteristic gamble on an elite-level acquisition in Kyle Tucker…and it may be backfiring now. The move, itself, was sound enough.
The Chicago Cubs got a terrible jolt of reality when closer Daniel Palencia was pulled from last Sunday’s game against the Washington Nationals with a painfully evident shoulder injury.
There's one clear guy at the top of the pending Major League Baseball free agent list and that is, of course, Kyle Tucker of the Chicago Cubs. Tucker is a superstar.
For a sense of serendipity, Tampa Bay Rays' Christopher Morel hit a very familiar home run against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon.
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Cade Horton has emerged into an NL Rookie of the Year candidate this season. Now, Horton is the odds-on favorite for ROY.
The days leading up to the MLB trade deadline are always chock-full of names thrown around every which way. Whether you are an established big leaguer or a prospect who is starting to pop up on radars, there is no limit to how many deals you can be mocked in.
The Chicago Cubs have placed star Outfielder Kyle Tucker on the 10-day injured list with a calf strain. Tucker has been dealing with the calf issue for a while, and after the injury flared up before Tuesday’s game against the Atlanta Braves, the front office decided to put Tucker on the IL.
The Chicago Cubs (82-63) currently hold the top wild card spot in the National League entering Wednesday, and the storied franchise will look to finish the regular season strong heading into October.
The Cubs are going to welcome right-hander Jameson Taillon back from the injured list, which will bump fellow righty Javier Assad to the bullpen, per Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic.
The Chicago Cubs will be without Closer Daniel Palencia for at least two weeks with a shoulder injury. The team placed Palencia on the 15-day injured list after he left Sunday’s game against the Washington Nationals.