It has certainly been a busy season for the Chicago Cubs' coaching staff and front office as they've had to navigate multiple roster moves that have come from injuries and poor play this year.
Wins for Tennessee and South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were frightened by the Louisville Bats (Reds), 4-2. Jordan Wicks started this game on a rehab assignment and threw 65 pitches over 3.1 innings.
The Chicago Cubs recalled a fan favorite from Triple-A Iowa earlier today. Longtime Cubs organizational journeyman David Bote was promoted to the major league roster, as reported by Tony Andracki of Marquee Sports Network.
The rookie Cubs righthander was hit hard in this loss. After Ben Brown’s seven no-hit innings against the Brewers last week, hopes were high for another good outing from the Cubs rookie.
The Chicago Cubs are coming off an electric, late-night win at Wrigley Field. With short rest, they’ll run it back for an early start on Sunday. Prior to the game, David Bote was recalled from Triple-A, returning to the majors for the first time since 2022.
Prior to Sunday's game, the Chicago Cubs will be calling up David Bote from Triple-A Iowa. In a corresponding move, Nick Madrigal has been sent down to make room on the roster.
The Cubs are sending Nick Madrigal down to Triple-A Iowa.
Former Atlanta Braves All-Star Julio Teheran signed with the Chicago Cubs in April on a minor league deal but after an ugly stint in the Triple-A, he’s opting out of his contract.
The Cubs finally return to the win column with a 7-5 triumph. It wasn’t pretty by, any stretch of the imagination. But it was nice to see the efforts to get back into this game not go to waste.
The Chicago Cubs haven't won consecutive games in nearly a month. They'll try to accomplish the feat again on Sunday afternoon when they host the Cincinnati Reds in the rubber match of their three-game set.
Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 7-5 win against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.
Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki had fans on an emotional roller coaster during a Saturday showdown against the Cincinnati Reds.
June is a new month and offers the Chicago Cubs a new opportunity after their May finish put them in a horrendous spot compared to where they were earlier in the year.
His performance at Triple-A Iowa during his time with Chicago is unlikely to help him find a path back to the big leagues.
The Chicago Cubs are at a crossroads and the calendar just flipped to June. The team is two games below .500, the first time they've been below the .500 mark since the first series of the season, and there are plenty of issues.
It was a brutal stretch for the Chicago Cubs to close out the month of May. They might be the happiest team to see the calendar flip to June as they have to focus on putting their 10-18 record and 4-13 spurt from the month's midpoint behind them.
Action Network MLB analyst Tony Sartori makes a Cubs vs. Reds prediction for Saturday, June 1, which includes MLB odds for the second game of this NL Central clash.
A send by Chicago Cubs third base coach Willie Harris did not end up paying dividends on Friday.
Chicago Cubs Left Fielder Ian Happ is riding a tremendous hot streak at the moment. He has four homers over his last six games. Happ went 1-of-3 on Friday afternoon with a two-run home run as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Cubs 5-4 at Wrigley Field.
There are a number of reasons why the Chicago Cubs have had a miserable month of May. The offense went ice cold with most of the Cubs’ hitters seeming to take a collective nap.
Was this just an off day, or has the league simply figured out Imanaga?
Cubs bats are showing signs of life even as the team struggles to stay in the hunt for the NL Central title. It’s been a May to forget for Chicago’s Northsiders.
The Chicago Cubs continue to slide in the standings, but manager Craig Counsell is choosing to remain optimistic. After the Cubs fell to 28-29 after their seventh loss in eight games at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, Counsell tried keeping things in perspective.
Kyle Hendricks was used in relief Wednesday night and the results were all too familiar. Kyle went 3.2 innings and gave up three earned runs. Even more telling was the performance actually LOWERED his ERA to 10.16.
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick turned it up on the bases during Thursday's series finale against the Chicago Cubs and old friend Craig Counsell.
The opening of the Craig Counsell era in Chicago has met with mixed results. Inconsistencies have led to the Cubs falling in several offensive and defensive categories.
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