Cubs Stuff

The Chicago Cubs have signed shortstop prospect Alex Madera, and the 25-year-old North Carolina Tar Heel will make his professional debut sometime this season. Madera played two seasons at UNC after parts of four years at Arcadia, hence him being quite a bit older than your typical undrafted free agent [...]

One reading of Edward Cabrera's scouting report and career track record is that he doesn't have a good four-seam fastball. There's a better way to put that, though, with an important twist: he doesn't have a good four-seam fastball... yet. [...]

The Cubs are back in action Monday afternoon, and they’ll be playing on Marquee for the second game in a row. Only problem is that, between the game being in Goodyear and several players having left for the WBC, it’s a thin lineup. Teams used to be fined for not [...]

The big reveal from Ben Brown’s first Spring Training start was an explosive new sinker that sat at 97 mph, got a little bit of drop compared to his four-seamer, and a whole lot of arm-side run compared to his four-seamer. Brown said he’d added the pitch this offseason, which [...]

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Shota Imanaga had a much more 2025-type outing this time around, not locating all that well, and giving up three solo home runs in his 2.2 innings of work yesterday against the White Sox. The velocity was still up in the 93 mph range like his first spring appearance, so [...]

I’m not saying I don’t think at all about the St. Louis Cardinals these days, but they have embarked on a rebuilding process under new president Chaim Bloom that is likely to take them out of a competitive window for a little while. So the day-to-day maneuverings of the organization [...]

Although the real games don’t start for another couple games, exhibition World Baseball Classic match-ups have started in Tokyo, with Team Japan playing the Orix Buffaloes today. And even THAT fake game had a thrilling ending! The would-be game-tying run gunned down at the plate to end the game: Team Japan [...]

After much was made of his uptick in velocity during his 2026 spring training debut last week, Shota Imanaga had familiar struggles in his Cactus League start a [...]

We got a surprise dump of snow during the morning rush today, so it took forever to get the kids to school. Feel like that’s happened three or four times now this year, both the timing of the snow dump and the general lack of warning. Turns my morning all [...]

North Side Baseball's top Chicago Cubs prospect list continues for the 2026 season with Nos. 11-15. [...]

The Chicago Cubs placed Shelby Miller on the 60-day IL over the weekend, considering the veteran right-hander is expected to miss the entire 2026 season recover [...]

The good news for infielder Ben Cowles is that a lot of teams want him as part of their organization. The less good news is that they seem to want him juuuuuuust outside the 40-man roster. It’s for that reason that, after the Chicago Cubs claimed Cowles once again off [...]

The Cubs welcomed the White Sox to Sloan Park on Sunday afternoon to begin the month of March. The visitors put on a power display with four solo homers and went on to win in a game that lacked much drama. Shōta Imanaga got the start and was greeted almost immediately [...]

The Cubs designated infielder Ben Cowles for assignment two weeks ago to clear a space for righty reliever Shelby Miller, after which Cowles was claimed by the Blue Jays. But when Toronto needed a spot for Max Scherzer, Cowles was back on the waiver wire. That gave the Cubs the [...]

MESA, Ariz. — The light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to show. Justin Steele shared on social media on Saturday that he had been cleared by Dr. Keith Meister for full baseball activities without restrictions. This weekend marked Steele’s final checkup with Dr. Meister, and it means [...]

Chicago Cubs first baseman Michael Busch could finally draw national attention this year - and potentially be a dark-horse MVP candidate in the National League. [...]

The Cubs have brought Ben Cowles back to Wrigleyville, as the team announced that the infielder has been claimed off waivers from the Blue Jays.  In a corresponding move, right-hander Shelby Miller was moved to Chicago’s 60-day injured list.  Miller underwent UCL and flexor surgery last October and will miss [...]

Hey, it’s only Spring Training, but we’ll take it. Today, in the bottom half of the first inning at Sloan Park, new Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman took Anthony Kay deep to left-center field for his first homer as a Cub. FIRST BREGMAN HOMER IN A CUBS UNIFORM. pic.twitter.com/HIStzMU9Mu— Chicago Cubs [...]

It's time to let the horses run. Or something like that. Chicago Cubs left-hander Justin Steele has officially been cleared in his rehab from UCL revision surge [...]