Padres Reportedly Nearing Deal with Fernando Rodney

A trio of pitcher injury news updates, all of potential relevance to the Chicago Cubs ... Sandy Alcántara - The Marlins' ace, out with a UCL sprain, was trying to hustle his way back through a rehab assignment so he...

Well there it is. Another surprising turn in the ever-mysterious, ever-twisting saga of Marcus Stroman's injury and return. It's very good news: https://twitter.com/jon_greenberg/status/1705330802802757828 https://twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1705333054691070457 The Cubs obviously kept that one very much close to the vest, with Stroman pitching twice...

FINALLY. The Cubs really took care of business in a game where they were supposed to take care of business. The final regular season Friday at Wrigley Field ends in a W. Jameson Taillon was not super efficient today, but...

You really couldn't ask for a better second-half from Seiya Suzuki, who just hit his 20th home run of the season, as part of a 3-3 effort so far. https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1705304145962455136?s=20 He's now slashing .281/.352/.485 (124 wRC+) and has been the...

Was that headline a little mean-spirited? Perhaps. But we're all a little tense right now. So while I was very happy to see Kris Bryant get his standing ovation at Wrigley Field in his first at-bat this afternoon, I was...

Well the news is all there in the headline: Jeimer Candelario, who's been on the injured list with a strained lower back since September 10, could be back with the team as soon as this weekend. But we can get...

Some years, it's pretty easy to guess who is going to win player of the year-type honors in the Chicago Cubs' farm system. Other years, it's really difficult, either because several guys were so good that you're just picking between...

Cubs Lineup — The Cubs cannot afford to lose more than one game this series. In fact, they probably need to sweep. But let's just take it one game at a time ... especially with Jameson Taillon on the mound....

Cubs vs Rockies — I ended the last series preview asking the Cubs, directly: "Can you just not make this terrible, please?" They did not oblige. After dropping two of three to the Pittsburgh freakin' Pirates, who were playing on...

The Little Boy and I are headed to Chicago today for the final series of the year at Wrigley, and I gotta tell you, when we planned this a couple weeks ago, I didn't think THESE would be the circumstances....