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Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got some solid pitching and enough home runs to win. The wind was blowing in at Wrigley Field yet again Thursday evening, as it has seemingly for pretty much every home game this year. That didn’t matter to [...]

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Javier Báez is El Mago again. A Brewers rookie has an impressive debut. A look ahead to the trade deadline and the draft. And other baseball news. Let’s go surfing now. Everybody’s learning how. Come on and safari with [...]

The Kyle Tucker trade seems to be working out for both the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. Tucker has proved to be the impact bat the Cubs' lineup has been mis [...]

Photo by Mickey Pfleger/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. The Red Baron* comes to Chicago, Ryno retires, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric [...]

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Owen Caissie | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Everyone wins! Iowa wins twice. Everyone wins! Even the major league team and the ACL team! The Cubs system was 7-0 tonight. (The two Dominican Summer League teams went 1-1 if [...]

The Cubs and Pirates got their series underway at Wrigley Field on Thursday night. It was a low-scoring affair, but the home team hit a pair of home runs to give them just enough for a win Both starting pitchers, Jameson Taillon and Andrew Heaney, were very sharp early and neither [...]

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Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Go get ‘em, Jamo. [...]

There was a belief that Chicago Cubs pitching prospect Brandon Birdsell could be a meaningful addition to the team's Major League pitching staff this season. Bi [...]

Right-hander Tyson Miller has been outrighted by the Cubs to Triple-A Iowa, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week. He has the right to elect free agency, though it’s not yet clear if he will exercise that right. It’s [...]

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Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Cubs open a four-game set against a division rival. Thursday notes... CUBS vs. PIRATES AT WRIGLEY: Since 2015, the Cubs are 52-29 at home against the Pirates. They have outscored them by 149 runs, 1.83 per game; made 108 more [...]

As the Chicago Cubs continue to map their approach to the Major League Baseball Trade Deadline, the biggest focus remains on the pitching staff getting healthy. [...]

Jed Hoyer and the Chicago Cubs are in a position to make a major move at the Major League Baseball Trade Deadline. The Cubs, entering play on Thursday, sit in f [...]

The Cubs return home with their tales between their legs after consecutive series losses to the Tigers and Phillies. They can’t feel too bad, however, as going 4-5 on the road trip enabled them to gain ground on the Cardinals and Brewers. Now they face the Pirates for four games [...]

In a serious turn of events, the highly-anticipated debut of Jacob Misiorowski has led to some clubhouse drama for the Milwaukee Brewers. [...]

David Frerker-Imagn Images The Cubs welcome an NL Central rival to Wrigley Field for just the second time this year. When the Cubs last played the Pirates, taking two of three in PNC Park in April, Derek Shelton was their manager. About a week after that [...]

Just about every Major League Baseball insider expects that the Chicago Cubs will add to their starting rotation ahead of the Trade Deadline, and beyond that, t [...]

Kyle Schwarber hits a home run against the Cubs in Philadelphia | Kyle Ross-Imagn Images There haven’t been many, but they do have a pattern. The Cubs are five games ahead of the Cardinals in the National League Central as they begin their lone home [...]