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Whether fans are willing to realize it or not, Dansby Swanson has been a fantastic player for the Cubs. He’s put up a team-leading 9.6 fWAR during his time in Chicago (18th in MLB since 2023), hitting 42 home runs with 157 runs batted in. He also leads all of [...]

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The injury bug has come for the Chicago Cubs' starting rotation as Justin Steele was placed on the 15-Day IL on Wednesday morning with elbow tendonitis. The Cu [...]

Gage Workman was a spring training sensation for the Chicago Cubs, but he's barely played in the team's first 15 games - making rostering him seem questionable. [...]

The Chicago Cubs had a chance to sweep the Rangers on a cold, cloudy day at Wrigley Field Wednesday. Unfortunately for Chicago, their offense never got going, and they dropped the final game of the series. Texas went ahead early when Corey Seager lofted an opposite-field solo homer against starter Shōta Imanaga. [...]

The Cubs enter Wednesday’s game tied for the MLB lead with nine wins and they’re up a game and a half in the division. This despite an 0-2 start in Japan that doomed their season. Did I mention they also have a +32 run differential that is 10 runs better [...]

The Chicago Cubs had to place their ace on the IL and recalled reliever Ethan Roberts to take his place. [...]

Just went it felt like everything was going just right for the Chicago Cubs, suddenly it’s not. The Cubs just announced that RHP Justin Steele was placed on the 15-Day Injured List with left elbow tendinitis, retroactive to April 8. Que the haunting music. The Cubs have called Ethan Roberts from [...]

The Cubs placed lefty Justin Steele on the 15-day injured list due to tendinitis in his left elbow, per a team announcement. Righty Ethan Roberts has been recalled from Triple-A Iowa to take his spot on the roster. It’s something of a surprise IL placement for the excellent 29-year-old southpaw. The [...]

The Chicago Cubs just keep winning. They’re 8-2 over their last ten games, including Tuesday night’s 10-6 victory over the Texas Rangers. They’ll go for the series sweep today, Wednesday, in a 1:20pm CT matchup. Day baseball at Wrigley Field, the way God intended. Last night’s game included 24 hits combined, [...]

The Chicago Cubs are starting 2025 among the better teams in baseball, currently leading the NL Central with a 9-5 record. The offense has been explosive thanks [...]

The Cubs came into Tuesday’s game against the Rangers with a chance for a third consecutive series victory at a frigid Wrigley Field. It turned out to be a wild back-and-forth game, but Chicago got a clutch hit in the 8th inning to pull out the victory and take the [...]

The Cubs have so much speed up and down the order to apply extra pressure to opponent pitching staffs. [...]

It's been a slow start for Matt Shaw to his Major League career, a sign that the Chicago Cubs may still have a third base problem. [...]

The Cubs bounced back in a big way for the second consecutive Monday, trouncing the Rangers at a frigid Wrigley Field. They have now outscored their opponents 25-3 following Sunday bullpen implosions, which would be a great trend if it didn’t necessitate bad losses. Craig Counsell went with speed merchant [...]

New deals for Garrett Crochet, Ketel Marte, Jackson Merrill, and Kristian Campbell all grabbed their share of headlines, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr.‘s 14-year, $500 million deal with the Blue Jays made an even bigger splash. The ripples were seen washing across Lake Michigan from Wrigley Field, where Kyle Tucker‘s future [...]

Kyle Tucker is making Chicago Cubs fans forget about the fact that the Cubs traded Cody Bellinger as a pure salary dump this offseason. Sure, the Cubs did not [...]

Chicago Cubs fans probably didn't realize just how good a start Kyle Tucker is currently enjoying. [...]

If the Chicago Cubs are going to avoid a disaster in their bullpen, they may need to resort to one of these solutions soon. [...]