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The Cubs had a chance not only to win their series against the Brewers Sunday, but also to move into a tie for first place in the National League Central. Chicago received another terrific starting pitching outing and built up a big lead in the middle innings. Unlike Saturday afternoon’s [...]

Headed into Sunday’s game against the Brewers, Dansby Swanson was in a particularly tough stretch in what has been a slow start to the season as a whole. He had a .170 batting average over the 15 games leading up to Sunday, and Swanson committed a rare throwing error that [...]

Darius Hill | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Smokies walk off against the Shuckers in the day’s only win. The Cubs organization played the Brewers organization twice today and shut them out both times. The Cubs didn’t do so well against [...]

This would make a whole lot of sense, especially if the target is Tanner Scott. [...]

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs finally got some good pen work to back up an excellent start. Remember after Saturday’s game, when I opened the complaint department door wide open? It’s slammed shut and locked today after an outstanding 5-0 Cubs win over the [...]

Outstanding pitching today, and Cubs take the series. [...]

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Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Go get ‘em, Javier. [...]

Javier Assad and the Chicago Cubs go for the series win in the rubber match against Freddy Peralta and the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field. [...]

Sunday’s game threads? All right here. [...]

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Sunday notes... ABOUT LEADS: In 11 of the Cubs’ 20 wins, their margin of victory was equal to their largest lead of the game, and they won those games by a total of 41 [...]

The Cubs got back in the win column yesterday to even the series, though they managed to make the win nearly as frustrating as Friday’s loss. This bullpen is in shambles at the moment and can’t be trusted with anything shy of the 5-0 lead it inherited after Jameson Taillon‘s [...]

Take a look at the Chicago Cubs lineup for the finale against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field. [...]

Last Tuesday, the Cubs promoted their top pitching prospect, Cade Horton, from Double-A Tennessee to Triple-A Iowa for once final test before he reaches Chicago. Horton had made ten starts over two seasons with the Smokies before his promotion, and there’s no other way to describe those results but dominant: [...]

AJ Preller is at it again, luring two-time batting champ Luis Arraez away from the Marlins in exchange for a package of prospect and reliever Woo-Suk Go. Why ar [...]

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Cubs hang on for 6-5 win over Brewers. Florida man eschews sleeves. News at 11. Jameson Taillon was on the hill and for the fourth straight time, looked excellent. Taillon, Mark Leiter Jr. and so many other guys through [...]

Without improvements from several players, most notably Dansby Swanson, the Chicago Cubs could face an uphill battle in their quest to return to the postseason. [...]

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The home runs were ‘good-looking’ as the offense ‘came together’ for an afternoon, but the Cubs’ bullpen is off and the solutions are ‘so hard to see.’ WELCOME [...]

Pedro Ramirez – Picture by Todd Johnson It was a pretty busy week in terms of news as there was a new top 100 list and a couple cool news articles. In addition, the Cubs continued to sign some more minor league free agent pitchers. We’ve seen both the South Bend [...]

Cade Horton | Dylan Heuer Iowa loses Cade Horton’s debut, but the other three farm clubs win. Right-hander Joe Nahas was promoted to Tennessee from South Bend. The Cubs signed right-hander Aaron Perry out of Lexington of the Atlantic League. Perry pitched in the [...]