Cubs Stuff

Marcus Semien needs a triple for the cycle today, and we're in the second inning! [...]

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images And a pitching roster move as well. Cody Bellinger suffered fractured ribs in the game April 23 against Houston at Wrigley Field. The aftermath of the play is depicted above. Here’s the entire play [VIDEO]. It didn’t look too bad at [...]

MLB front office executives loved the Chicago Cubs' signing of Shota Imanaga, even ahead of the Dodgers' record free agent mega-deal for Shohei Ohtani. [...]

Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced that outfielder Cody Bellinger is going to be activated from the injured list today, relayed by Bruce Levine of 670 The Score on X. The full slate of moves was laid out by Madde Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times on X, with outfielder Alexander Canario [...]

Cody Bellinger is back! [...]

The Chicago Cubs lineup could look very different in a few days. [...]

It's fine that Keegan Thompson is back, but who is hurt? [...]

One of baseball's biggest surprises through six weeks? The AL Central has been pretty good this season. Plus, Walker Buehler returns to a major league mound after 22 months, Shōta Imanaga's four-seamer draws national attention, and more in today's MLB Notes. [...]

The Chicago Cubs' rotation has been as good as the Chicago Cubs' bullpen has been bad. [...]

Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images Is there no one at MLB HQ with any common sense? I’ve written here previously about MLB’s apparent insistence, in recent years, to play every single game as scheduled, completing nine innings, rarely postponing or suspending games even when common [...]

The Chicago Cubs minor league affiliates were off on Monday, so it's time to take stock of some of the recent hot (and not-so-hot) performers inside the Cubs Top 25 prospects down on the farm in today's Cubs Farm Report. [...]

Multiple very hot stretches now on the year for Christopher Morel. [...]

Monday's loss to the San Diego Padres was another piece of evidence to file away in the case of the Chicago Cubs making a move to address their bullpen woes soo [...]

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images One bad inning spoils the whole darn bunch in a 6-3 Cubs loss. I’m pleased to add this fellow Steele to my spreadsheet. He had been one of the few Cubs to appear in a game but not yet [...]

The Cubs have an obvious bullpen need, the Marlins are obvious sellers, and there's a fit. [...]

Chicago is favorited over San Diego tonight at Wrigley Field. Here are the Cubs vs Padres betting odds for that game. [...]

The Chicago Cubs need to hold themselves to an even higher standard. [...]

The Chicago Cubs may have found the solution to their bullpen woes and all it took was Justin Steele returning from injury. [...]

It's really good to have Justin Steele back and looking like Justin Steele. [...]

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Justin Steele’s fine comeback start got ruined. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Or, maybe don’t stop me, because this has to be addressed, and soon. The Cubs got yet another excellent start from a rotation that’s looking like [...]