Cubs Stuff

The regular season is now done, which means it’s almost time for decisions to be made on contract options. MLBTR looked at the player options last month. Now let’s turn to the club options. For the sake of streamlining this post, mutual options have not been included, as it’s been [...]

“I wish I could be sadder about this.” That’s a text I received from a friend seconds after catcher Carson Kelly’s groundout to short ended the Cubs’ season. After a quick scroll through the “For You” tab on X, it was clear that sentiment was shared by many Cubs fans in the [...]

Looming free agencies of Happ, Suzuki at forefront as Chicago looks ahead after 'sour taste' of 2026's end [...]

The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts. This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined [...]

TODAY: Kelly cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A, as per his MLB.com profile page. SEPTEMBER 26, 8:43pm: Left-hander Antoine Kelly has been designated for assignment, according to his official transactions page at MLB.com. That clears a 40-man roster spot for Aguiar, who’s been optioned to the Arizona Complex League. Kelly [...]

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It’s only a wild card, and there will be some work to do plus some help we hope will come to get the Cubs back into the top spot, but it happened and now we have to deal with weather and stuff for the final series to determine final seeding. [...]

The Chicago Cubs are back in the postseason. The North Siders punched their ticket Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field with a 2-1 win over the Miami Marlins to clinch a playoff spot. It took a little bit longer than many expected, as the Cubs dropped each of the first two games of [...]

Pick an achievement, and Pete Crow-Armstrong probably added it to his resume this year. To name just a couple, he became only the second left-handed Cubs batter in franchise history to hit 40 home runs in a season (joining Billy Williams, who hit 42 in 1970), and he has effectively [...]

Weather issues have complicated the final stretch of the regular season for the Cubs. A three-game set against the Red Sox has been moved up due to a pending storm in Boston. With a doubleheader now on Friday, Chicago will have four games in three days, starting with an afternoon [...]

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It’s going to be a complicated final five days of the Cubs‘ 2026 season. To say nothing for what the playoffs might hold, just finishing the regular 162 games is going to take some machinations. Not that the Cubs aren’t already accustomed to that; navigating the pitching injuries alone has been [...]

Cubs manager Craig Counsell informed reporters, including Vinnie Duber of the Chicago Sun-Times, that third baseman Alex Bregman will not be placed on the injured list. He has multiple facial fractures and lots of swelling but could be back on the field before the regular season ends on Sunday. Bregman was [...]

Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman was hit by a foul ball in the on deck circle yesterday. Today, Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that Bregman suffered multiple facial fractures. He will not undergo surgery and is hoping to return during the postseason. Bregman was in the on deck circle yesterday when [...]