Closerwatch: It’s Kevin Gregg

While the rest of the baseball world was enraptured by Shohei Ohtani's singularly incredible accomplishment, Cubs fans were treated to the Cubs, having briefly blown a lead, coming back late to win this one. The Nationals lineup is quite a...

When it comes to Shohei Ohtani, you can finish the following sentence about a dozen different ways: "He's the first player in MLB history to...." And they're almost all very impressive feats. But tonight's edition is especially insane. As of...

CUBS LINEUP — The Chicago Cubs have just ten games remaining this season. Seven of those ten games are at Wrigley Field, starting tonight with the four-game series opener against the Washington Nationals. Here's a look at the Cubs lineup...

I know it hasn't been a good year overall for Kyle Hendricks, but much of that was wrapped up in some deep early-season struggles that were alleviated by a stint on the IL. Since the start of June, Hendricks has...

[BN_drinks] CUBS VS NATIONALS — This weekend was (very likely) GOING to be Kyle Hendricks final start in a Cubs uniform *at Wrigley Field*. But because Justin Steele came back and moved the rotation around, Hendricks will likely get one...

Top Chicago Cubs prospect Matt Shaw quickly turned his 20-20 club membership into a 20-30 club membership by stealing his 30th base of the season. These are all completely arbitrary cut-offs, of course, but they do make for fun factoids:...

I have seen people referencing this as one of the worst baserunning mistakes ever, but that strikes me as a little harsh, given the circumstances. I'll grant, though, that I've never seen one quite like it. Most bizarre? Yeah, I'll...

The Milwaukee Brewers officially clinched the NL Central with yesterday's Cubs loss. It's been all but accomplished for months now, and I will grit my teeth to dust conceding that what they accomplished this year - despite all the injuries,...

If I needed confirmed for me that, in my heart, I know the season is over, today did it: I felt completely emotionless about the Cubs blowing their lead. I was just shrugging as I watched. So I guess, yeah,...

Being that he's starting this afternoon for the Chicago Cubs, we knew Justin Steele (elbow) would be activated from the Injured List today. But he's not alone, as reliever Jorge Lopez, who'd been rehabbing at Iowa, has also been activated...