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Craig Counsell provided some injury updates prior to Monday’s opener in Miami, telling media members that Ian Happ should be activated during the series. He’s eligible to come off the IL Tuesday, so it makes sense for them to have him back in the lineup right away. He may not [...]

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While Pete Crow-Armstrong continues to steal the show on a daily basis, Chicago Cubs veteran Dansby Swanson has been even hotter at the plate recently. [...]

Fresh off their first sweep since taking the A’s down in Sacramento, the Cubs now have a chance to redeem themselves for blowing the final game against the Marlins last week. That series would have looked decidedly different were it not for a late rally in the middle game, and [...]

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Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs open a six-game road trip at Marlins Park. Today’s roster move: Here Monday notes... RUN DIFFERENTIAL: The Cubs’ run differential stands at a season-high +70, 270 runs scored to 200 allowed. Their previous high was +69 after a 9-2 [...]

One of the pieces sent from the Chicago Cubs to the Houston Astros in the Kyle Tucker deal, Hayden Wesneski, will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the year. [...]

Infielder Nicky Lopez has been designated for assignment by the Cubs, reports Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times. That was the expected corresponding move when it was reported earlier that Matt Shaw was coming back up to the big leagues. The Cubs’ 40-man roster count drops to 39. Lopez, 30, has [...]

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Cubs hope their third-base problem has been solved. Matt Shaw appeared in 18 games to start the 2025 season with the Cubs. He batted .172/.294/.241 (10-for-58) with one home run. Clearly, that’s not good, so the Cubs optioned him [...]

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images What, YOU again? Since these two teams met last week, the Cubs swept the White Sox at home, and the Marlins won two of three from the Rays at home. And I just want to say that I hate scheduling like [...]

With clues first emerging on Sunday afternoon that Matt Shaw could be on his way back to the Major League level, the Chicago Cubs had a corresponding roster mov [...]

What a wild run it’s been for budding Chicago Cubs superstar Pete Crow-Armstrong. At the beginning of the season, he struggled at the plate while showing off so [...]

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs had an excellent homestand and remained in first place in the NL Central. The Cubs began a stretch of 21 games against teams with sub-.500 records by going 5-1 against the Marlins and White Sox at Wrigley Field. With [...]

With Gold Glover Ian Happ sidelined, Seiya Suzuki has done a solid job filling in the Cubs left field position. [...]

Matt Shaw's return to the Cubs looks ever more likely after the third baseman's hot stretch for the Iowa Cubs. The team's no. 1 prospect has six home runs, 14 [...]

The Cubs opened the 2024 season with top prospect Matt Shaw in their lineup, hoping he could immediately step up and seize the everyday job at third base. The former first-round pick struggled in 18 games before being optioned to Triple-A, but it seems like he’s set to rejoin the [...]

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A 6-2 win and a sweep of the White Sox made for a good Sunday. It feels fitting for Pete Crow-Armstrong to be right in the middle of the defining inning of this game. He scored two of the [...]

The Cubs are promoting Matt Shaw, deciding they have seen enough to bring the third baseman back to the big leagues. Craig Counsell was coy about the move during his media availability following the sweep of the White Sox, but the writing on the wall was already clear. Shaw was originally [...]

The Cubs (28-19) just completed a three-game sweep of the crosstown White Sox at Wrigley Field with a rare Sunday victory. Overall, the North Siders went 5-1 against the two last place teams they welcomed to the Friendly Confines this week. Now they head to the Sunshine State to take [...]