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Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Christopher Morel and his bat speed averted a hitless outing and Miguel Amaya averted a shutout. Still, lots of Cubs averted their eyes. WELCOME to today’s episode [...]

Over the next month, I’m going to be using Fridays and/or Saturdays to do updates on each affiliate. That also includes what is happening out in Arizona and all the way up to Iowa. First up is the Tennessee Smokies. After scuffling around most of April, the Smokies are starting [...]

Pablo Aliendo | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The Smokies walk off a win. The Pelicans shut down Fredericksburg. Right-handed pitcher Ethan Roberts was promoted up to Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to the Syracuse Mets, 12-5. Starter Dan Straily took the loss after getting hammered [...]

The Cubs met the Pirates for the second game of their series Friday afternoon at Wrigley after dropping the first in disappointing fashion. Pretty much nothing went right for Chicago in this contest as Pittsburgh’s phenom starting pitcher Paul Skenes dazzled and Kyle Hendricks imploded again in a blowout loss. Skenes [...]

Poor fourth-quarter shooting sunk Washington The Washington Mystics lost to the Connecticut Sun on Friday, 84-77. Following a narrow defeat Tuesday night to the New York Liberty, Washington hit the road for a difficult matchup against the title-contending Connecticut Sun. Coming off an impressive defensive display against Caitlin Clark and the [...]

Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images 53% of voters said... Earlier this week, we asked readers where they thought the New Orleans Saints will finish in the division this year. 53% of the voters [...]

As Cubs ace Justin Steele works his way back from the IL, the Pirates continue to give the lefty some issues. [...]

When the Chicago Cubs faced Paul Skenes in his first major league start last Saturday, they didn’t let him get through it cleanly. Though he flashed the electric stuff and elite velocity that’s made him MLB’s No. 2 prospect (per MLB Pipeline), the Cubs tagged him for three earned runs on [...]

In a new piece ranking the best moves of the MLB offseason, New York Post columnist Jon Heyman listed Chicago Cubs left-handed starter Shota Imanaga as the best [...]

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs ran into the buzzsaw that is Paul Skenes. And yikes, Kyle Hendricks. Well, the weather was nice. Kyle Hendricks had another one of those bad outings we’ve seen too often this year, but honestly that didn’t matter because Paul [...]

Paul Skenes was simply overwhelming today, and the Cubs lost bad. [...]

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Elly De La Cruz continues to dazzle and the Yankees want Juan Soto in New York for the rest of his career. That and more in today's MLB Notes! [...]

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The pitching matchup for the Chicago Cubs game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday signals what once was and what currently is in terms of pitching at the [...]

It just wouldn’t be a normal day if we weren’t talking about another Cubs player going on the IL. Righty Colten Brewer has a low back strain and will be on the shelf for a while, so the team has called up Porter Hodge to help in the bullpen. Hodge [...]

The Iowa Cubs mashed four home runs and scored 10 runs as Cade Horton made his best start at Triple-A on Thursday. That and more in today's Cubs Farm Report. [...]

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images Things are trending up with the Wizards, even if the offseason is otherwise going very quietly. Thank you for your responses to this week’s SB Nation Reacts Washington Wizards survey. Here are the results! Wizards fans are happy with [...]

The Cubs on Friday recalled right-hander Porter Hodge from Triple-A Iowa and placed fellow righty Colten Brewer on the 15-day injured list due to tightness in his lower back, tweets Meaghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune. Hodge will give the Cubs a fresh arm in the bullpen, and if he [...]