When the Diamondbacks visited Wrigley Field to start a four-game set last week, they were going up against a Cubs team that was at the peak of its hot streak. They were 12 games above .500 after finishing off a sweep of the Giants. They had won 17 of their last 25 games dating back to Aug. 9, which was…
With the Cubs looking to lock down a playoff spot over the last three weeks of the regular season, per reports, it appears they’ll be asking top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong to help them get there. ESPN’s Jeff Passan first reported Monday morning the Cubs’ plan to call up the 21-year-old phenom and activate him for Tuesday’s game in Colorado. MLB.com’s…
The Cubs won using a familiar recipe of good pitching and strong defense to beat the Diamondbacks 5-2 in Sunday’s series finale.
The Cubs have lost three in a row to Arizona, but they believe the resilience they’ve shown all season will keep things from getting worse.
Starting your major league career is never easy, even if early results make it seem that way. That’s especially true when it comes with being thrust into the rotation of a team in the heat of a playoff push. But if you ask Jordan Wicks, coming up in this situation might actually be more helpful for him than the alternative.…
Labor Day, or the “end of summer” around these parts, has come and gone. School is back in session. So, the fact that the smallest home crowd (at 28,684) since July 19 — when the Cubs were still clawing their way back to .500 — isn’t a total shock. But with their team in the thick of a playoff race…
With the Cubs in the thick of a playoff race, end-of-season awards aren’t the biggest motivating factor for Justin Steele right now. It’s nice to be in the conversation for any of those, for sure. But getting this team to the playoffs — and potentially playing deep into October — is the No. 1 focus. “It’s really cool. It’s quite…
The Cubs’ prospect pipeline looks as strong as it has been in years. Recent updates from MLB Pipeline (No. 4), ESPN (No. 2) and FanGraphs (No. 2) have their farm system ranked among the best of the 30 major league teams. It’s no secret that they have a number of potentially impactful players rising through the ranks in the minor…
After dropping the series opener against the Brewers on Monday, Dansby Swanson still believed the Cubs had the ability to come back around and take the last two games of the three-game set at Wrigley Field. He was confident that what the team had done to pile up wins — a 27-14 record from the All-Star break through Sunday, second-best…
As Ian Happ crashed into the ivy-covered wall in left field in the top of the fifth, Justin Steele raised both hands in the air — one in a fist, the other still inside his glove — in celebration of his left fielder’s impressive catch. “I was just hoping it was staying in, hoping the basket wouldn’t catch it,” Steele…
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