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Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Ji Hwan Bae fields a ground ball hit by Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds in the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) CHICAGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals signed Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson. The Chicago Cubs added Shota Imanaga and Hector Neris. Even the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates jumped into free agency. There are no tanking teams in the NL Central right now, making for a wide-open landscape in a division that was captured by St. Louis or Milwaukee in five of the past six years. It was Milwaukee's turn in 2023, finishing nine games ahead of second-place
Posted: March 19, 2024, 4:19 am
“My first memories are really just listening to Tiger radio in the backseat of my dad's car as we were driving my brother to baseball practice or me to a softball practice, so I fell in love with baseball that way,” Jones recalled. Jones went to school in Chicago, at Loyola University, and studied psychology. Late last year, the Cubs named her vice president of baseball strategy. The appointment made her the first woman in team history to hold a vice president title in baseball operations, a distinction she hopes inspires other women to follow in her footsteps.
Posted: March 19, 2024, 1:04 am
Chicago Cubs Injured Starter Already Throwing Pitches Again Some positive news has been revealed for the Chicago Cubs as one of their injured starting pitchers is back throwing. Author: Brad Wakai Publish date: Mar 18, 2024 7:00 PM EDT In this story: Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs were dealt some bad news when it was announced that starting pitcher Jameson Taillon is dealing with a back injury that could keep him out of Opening Day and beyond. They signed him last offseason to a four-year, $68 million deal thinking that he would come in and be a solid starter towards the top of their rotation. His tenure did not get off to a good start in 2023 when he posted a career-high ERA of 4.84 across his
Posted: March 18, 2024, 9:17 pm
Both the Chicago Cubs and White Sox will host numerous promotional days throughout the season, and things will get kicked off on their respective Opening Days on March 28 at Guaranteed Rate Field and April 1 at Wrigley Field. Here's a list of everything you can get for free on the first day of the Cubs and White Sox seasons. The White Sox will open their 2024 regular season against the Detroit Tigers on the South Side.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 8:20 pm
With Ian Happ's return on Sunday to Spring Training action, the Chicago Cubs starting lineup for the regular season is starting to come into focus. Happ's return to the lineup saw him in a familiar spot. Happ was the leadoff hitter for the Cubs on Sunday, a spot that he was frequently used in at the start of his Major League Baseball career. Given Happ's ability to work counts to his favor and draw walks, chances are that he will get the first opportunity at being the team's leadoff hitter to open the 2024 under Craig Counsell.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 8:00 pm
Tabitha Villa loves baseball. She watches it all the time. She's a diehard Cubs fan. And her dream job? Crunching numbers for MLB as a data analyst.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 7:59 pm
Jeremiah Estrada, the Palm Desert grad who spent all six years of his MLB career with the Cubs, was acquired by the Padres in November
Posted: March 18, 2024, 6:33 pm
The Texas Rangers begin their 2024 title defense on March 28. against the Cubs. How easy is it to get tickets for opening day and how much do they cost?
Posted: March 18, 2024, 5:58 pm
With the Chicago Cubs planning on using a rotation of players as the designated hitter this season, there was a thought that Matt Mervis could make the roster as a left-handed power hitter. On a roster that includes Cody Bellinger, Michael Busch, and Patrick Wisdom, Mervis does not have a path to regular playing time at the Major League level as a first baseman. It was an opportunity that Mervis was afforded last season but struggled in his initial stint. Mervis posted a 46 wRC+ in 99 plate appearances at the Major League level last season before being demoted back to Triple-A Iowa.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 4:00 pm
Cubs great Rick Sutcliffe has been plotting to get Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg out to spring training this year. Sandberg has become a fixture at spring training since taking on an ambassador role in 2016. Sandberg has invited Cubs fans into the process with him, posting frequent updates on Instagram.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 3:04 pm
Even as spring training winds down, there’s something new in store at Chicago White Sox camp as Drew Thorpe is slated to start Monday against the Cleveland Guardians. The right-hander was one of the four players acquired from the San Diego Padres on Wednesday for pitcher Dylan Cease. The Chicago Cubs made five more camp cuts Sunday ahead of Monday’s off day. They optioned right-hander Keegan ...
Posted: March 18, 2024, 11:00 am
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Posted: March 18, 2024, 6:12 am
— Cubs outfielder Mike Tauchman has noticed some misconceptions about his approach at the plate. Tauchman came into this spring with a different plan. “I believe that when I'm in a real game situation, the plate discipline that seems to have been there always, will be there,” he said in a recent conversation with the Sun-Times. Tauchman has talked about how manager Craig Counsell informing him he'd made the team at the beginning of camp helped free him up to test some things this spring.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 12:09 am
MESA, Ariz. — Adbert Alzolay’s signature celebratory fist pump became the symbol of Chicago Cubs wins by the end of last season. Alzolay’s first full season as a reliever took time to adjust to a new routine and for the Cubs to figure out how to best deploy him, eventually settling in as their closer. He learned how to adapt and what he needed to do to take care of his body in a relief role. ...
Posted: March 17, 2024, 10:31 pm
MESA, Ariz.— Cubs right-hander Javier Assad landed a curveball on the inside half of the plate against the Rangers' Jared Walsh for a called third strike to end his outing Sunday. Assad, who's competing for a rotation spot to open the season, held Texas to one run in 3⅔ innings and recorded four strikeouts. “He's a true pitcher,” manager Craig Counsell said. The Cubs have their four candidates for the last two spots in the rotation — right-handers Assad and Hayden Wesneski, and lefties Drew Smyly and Jordan Wicks — lined up so that any of them could slot into the open start days while remaining on a normal five- or six-day schedule.
Posted: March 17, 2024, 10:11 pm
New Chicago Cubs Reliever Makes "Fabulous" Gesture to Minor Leaguers Hector Neris, the Chicago Cubs new reliever, is already endearing himself to the organization. Author: Kade Kistner Publish date: Mar 17, 2024 2:00 PM EDT In this story: Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs made some significant moves this offseason but one that could really payoff is the one they made to bolster their bullpen. During the 2023 MLB season, the Cubs bullpen was the unit that was the shakiest to start the season and ended up costing Chicago multiple games. In order to address those concerns the front office went out and signed veteran reliever Hector Neris to a one-year, $9 million deal. A fair offer for a 35-year-old
Posted: March 17, 2024, 3:42 pm
There hasn't been this much excitement around a Chicago Cubs prospect since pre-2016 when a billboard was erected outside Wrigley Field hyping up Kris Bryant before he even made his MLB debut. Crow-Armstrong will open the year at Triple-A Iowa, where he has just 158 plate appearances to his credit, looking to prove he can excel offensively at the highest level of the minors. A lot of Cubs fans have written him off already based on 19 trips to the plate last summer where he went hitless and a paltry .138/.194/.241 slash line this spring in Cactus League action.
Posted: March 17, 2024, 3:00 pm
CHICAGO — There are certain Chicago teams who are synonymous with certain athletes. The Bears can’t be mentioned in the same breath without Walter Payton, the Blackhawks without Patrick Kane…the Cubs without Sammy Sosa. A legendary baseball player on the North Side and one of baseball’s all-time great sluggers sat down with WGN’s Jarrett Payton […]
Posted: March 16, 2024, 2:57 am
MESA, Ariz. — Michael Busch cleanly fielded the grounder and started to run toward first base to record the final out of the third inning Tuesday at Sloan Park when he pulled up. Busch decided midstep to instead toss the ball to Justin Steele, who broke off the mound to cover first after seeing the Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich pull the ball to Busch. Steele cleanly caught the toss and ...
Posted: March 16, 2024, 12:54 am
Rain wreaked havoc on Friday in Arizona.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 11:41 pm
Danny Jansen sustained the injury to the pisiform bone when he was hit by a 93.4 mph fastball from Pittsburgh’s Carmen Mlodzinski.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 8:08 pm
Five teams in the league received dedicated versions of the classic Crocs.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 3:12 pm
The White Sox turned another page Wednesday, trading ace Dylan Cease to the San Diego Padres. The deal was a topic of discussion Thursday at Camelback Ranch. In return, the Sox acquired pitchers Drew Thorpe, Jairo Iriarte and Steven Wilson and outfielder Samuel Zavala. Thorpe (No. 5), Zavala (No. 7) and Iriarte (No. 8) were ranked among the Padres’ top 10 by MLB.com. The Cubs, meanwhile, ...
Posted: March 15, 2024, 11:00 am
Beginning with its ninth international opener, Major League Baseball is traveling all over the world in 2024. Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres: Shohei Ohtani makes his Dodgers debut in Seoul, South Korea, against Manny Machado and the Padres. Ohtani signed a record $700 million, 10-year deal with LA in free agency.
Posted: March 14, 2024, 5:56 am
MESA, Ariz. — Justin Steele couldn’t help but reminisce about his journey to the majors. His contemplative mood was inspired by a meeting with Craig Counsell in the Chicago Cubs manager’s office Friday afternoon where Steele was informed he would start on opening day March 28, the first of his career, on the road against the Texas Rangers. To that point, the 28-year-old lefty wasn’t focused on ...
Posted: March 10, 2024, 1:42 am
One day after optioning several of the team's top prospects to the minor leagues, the Chicago Cubs have announced that their spring training roster has been trimmed further just ahead of their Saturday contest against the Colorado Rockies.
Posted: March 9, 2024, 6:00 pm
MESA, Ariz. — Pete Crow-Armstrong’s time will come in the Chicago Cubs outfield. The organization’s top prospect got his first taste of the majors in September and entered big-league camp with a chance to make the opening-day roster. However, that calculus changed when the Cubs re-signed Cody Bellinger, making Crow-Armstrong among the initial big-league camp cuts Friday. “When we signed Cody, ...
Posted: March 9, 2024, 12:36 am