Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 7-5 win against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.
Iowa sneaks by Louisville. Tennessee and Myrtle Beach win with shutouts. Right-handed pitcher Julio Teheran opted out of his contract with the Cubs and was released.
June is a new month and offers the Chicago Cubs a new opportunity after their May finish put them in a horrendous spot compared to where they were earlier in the year.
His performance at Triple-A Iowa during his time with Chicago is unlikely to help him find a path back to the big leagues.
The Chicago Cubs are at a crossroads and the calendar just flipped to June. The team is two games below .500, the first time they've been below the .500 mark since the first series of the season, and there are plenty of issues.
The Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs will face each other in the second meeting of their three-game interdivisional series in the 2024 MLB. The event will occur on Saturday, June 1st, at 7:00 PM ET in the Wrigley Field.
It was a brutal stretch for the Chicago Cubs to close out the month of May. They might be the happiest team to see the calendar flip to June as they have to focus on putting their 10-18 record and 4-13 spurt from the month's midpoint behind them.
Friday’s loss would still have been disappointing had it come during a stretch in which the team was playing well. Based on this prolonged stretch during
The Chicago Cubs season has flipped in a major way, struggling like never before. A few weeks ago, it looked likely that they'd be in a position to win the National League Central.
Oh so close, but no cigar in a Cubs 5-4 loss. If you’ve ever been in a long term relationship that eventually ended, you recognize that there is a point that eventually comes.
After enduring three straight years of missing the playoffs, the Chicago Cubs set out on a goal to be playing baseball in the fall this season. That was apparent in the winter when they made an aggressive move to hire Craig Counsell as manager, letting go of David Ross despite giving him the dreaded vote of confidence.
#Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs found another way to lose, but it wasn’t entirely their doing.
Action Network MLB analyst Tony Sartori makes a Cubs vs. Reds prediction for Saturday, June 1, which includes MLB odds for the second game of this NL Central clash.
The Chicago Cubs entered the 2024 season banking on Miguel Amaya and Yan Gomes as their catching tandem. Now two-plus months into the season, it's become evident that the position is a black hole offensively.
A send by Chicago Cubs third base coach Willie Harris did not end up paying dividends on Friday.
Was this just an off day, or has the league simply figured out Imanaga?
The Chicago Cubs continue to slide in the standings, but manager Craig Counsell is choosing to remain optimistic. After the Cubs fell to 28-29 after their seventh loss in eight games at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, Counsell tried keeping things in perspective.
Kyle Hendricks was used in relief Wednesday night and the results were all too familiar. Kyle went 3.2 innings and gave up three earned runs. Even more telling was the performance actually LOWERED his ERA to 10.16.
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick turned it up on the bases during Thursday's series finale against the Chicago Cubs and old friend Craig Counsell.
MILWAUKEE – Pete Crow-Armstrong is back in the big leagues. The Chicago Cubs outfielder was recalled from Triple-A Iowa Thursday morning and in manager Craig Counsell’s lineup ahead of his team’s series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field.
The opening of the Craig Counsell era in Chicago has met with mixed results. Inconsistencies have led to the Cubs falling in several offensive and defensive categories.
The Chicago Cubs are in second place in the NL Central despite, not because of, their offense. It’s something that needs to change as the season continues.
After a promising start in April, the Chicago Cubs have hit a rough patch in May, causing a slide in the MLB standings. With the trade deadline approaching, the Cubs have an opportunity to strengthen their roster and boost their playoff chances.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit what has to be the most satisfying home run of the season. On Friday, Crow-Armstrong was facing former MLB pitcher Wily Peralta in a Triple-A game between PCA’s Iowa Cubs and Peralta’s Indianapolis Indians.
His microscopic 0.84 ERA is both the lowest in baseball this year and the lowest of any rookie pitcher’s first nine starts in the modern era.
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