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The Cubs dominated the Phillies in a shutout win in the Friday opener, then got thumped on Saturday to square the series. Ben Brown ran into a spot of bother in the 4th inning as the Phillies dinked and dunked their way to a series of singles and a double [...]

The Chicago Cubs need more from Ben Brown, especially in the wake of the Justin Steele injury. Craig Counsell is putting the onus on the young right-hander. [...]

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Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Today’s roster move: Here Sunday notes... A LOOK AT LOSSES: The Cubs have lost back-to-back games to the same opponent only once this season: to the Dodgers, in Tokyo, in the first two games of [...]

The Chicago Cubs are taking an aggressive approach when it comes to the spots to fill in their bullpen. The latest case of that was Ethan Roberts quickly being [...]

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Cubs have another lefty in the bullpen. The Cubs acquired lefthander Tom Cosgrove from the Padres about two weeks ago. Cosgrove had a pretty good year for San Diego in 2023, but last year he was awful. He’s [...]

Al Yellon SNB comes to Wrigley Field for the first time in 2025. Happy Sunday, Cubs fans! The Cubs will be hosting the Phillies tonight for ESPN’s showcase game of the week, and you know that that means here at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Sunday Night [...]

One wild trade idea making the rounds would fix the Chicago Cubs’ third base hole - but a Nolan Arenado trade with the St. Louis Cardinals is pure fantasy. [...]

Sources have informed CI that the Cubs are promoting reliever Tom Cosgrove, giving their bullpen a fresh arm as they look to win the series against the Phillies. Cosgrove was acquired earlier in April from the Padres, a deal that gave the Cubs more depth for their bullpen. He’s appeared in [...]

Philadelphia Phillies superstar Bryce Harper wanted to play for the Chicago Cubs - but the team never even had talks with him as a free agent in 2018. [...]

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs were pounded by the Phillies, 10-4. The Cubs haven’t had a lot of completely uncompetitive games. This was the first one since April 14, when they also lost to the Padres 10-4. If this were to happen regularly, I’d [...]

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs fell 10-4 to the Phillies, tying up the series and bringing on the match for the meatloaf. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub [...]

Think you can guess which Cubs player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. Good morning! We’d like to introduce you to our brand new Bleed Cubbie Blue In-5 daily trivia game. The objective is to guess the correct active OR retired Cubs player in as [...]

Moises Ballesteros | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Moisés Ballesteros excels in a doubleheader split for Iowa. Smokies, Pelicans and South Bend all lose. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs split a doubleheader with the Louisville Bats (Reds), winning game one [...]

The Cubs faced off against the Phillies at a clear and cold Wrigley Field Saturday afternoon. Philadelphia’s talented offense snapped out of it’s recent slump in the middle innings and buried Chicago to even the series. Both starting pitchers, Ben Brown and Jesús Luzardo, had nasty stuff early and neither squad [...]

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs played the Phillies even for three innings. And then... they didn’t. There’s an old baseball saying, you’ve likely heard this one: “Every team wins a third of its games and loses a third of its games. It’s what [...]

Former Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon, always outspoken, recently singled out what he believes is a major issue across Major League Baseball in today's game. [...]

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The discourse of Kyle Tucker will always be centered around his next contract and whether or not the Chicago Cubs will be able to get an extension done in-seaso [...]

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Go get ‘em, Ben. [...]