Arrieta can't solve Mets as Cubs drop 3rd straight (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) The Mets have now scored at least four runs in three consecutive games, the first time they've accomplished that since May 7-9. After Anthony Rizzo tied the game in the fourth...
View ArticleBear maximum: Cubs on pace for 116 wins! (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) • Sir Charles visits Maddon, Cubs in Philly 'We just kept the proverbial grinding out of the at-bats,' Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. 'We scored enough runs, we caught the ball on...
View ArticleCubs as advertised in SoCal sweep of Halos (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) One day after Arrieta, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, held the Angels to three baserunners through seven innings, Lester yielded just one run on four hits in...
View ArticleContreras leads Cubs' Top 30 Prospects list (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) According to the Top 100 list, the Cubs' top three prospects are Contreras, Ian Happ and Eloy Jimenez. Happ was No. 76 on the preseason Top 100 list and now is No. 31, while...
View ArticleArrieta, Montgomery lament missed location (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) 'It's obvious I just need to execute better there,' Arrieta said of the Frazier hit, one of five off the right-hander over six innings. 'I threw him a first-pitch cutter. I need...
View ArticleCubs tip their caps to Crew's Anderson (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) The Cubs had won seven straight games at Miller Park, dating back to August of last season. With the roof closed, this is a hitters' park. With the roof open this is a hitters'...
View ArticlePitchers' ivy snag, squeeze cap wild Cub W (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) The Cubs' in-game highlight had been pitcher Travis Wood moving from the mound to left -- where he made an ivy-crashing catchin the seventh -- and back to the mound. Then came...
View ArticleCubs name Eloy Jimenez, Trevor Clifton Minor League Player, Pitcher of the...
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Jimenez was named Midwest League Player of the Week for May 16-22 after batting .458 (11-for-24) with four homers and seven RBI in six games. The six-game stretch was part of a...
View ArticleCubs solve Mets behind Lester, Rizzo (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Rookie Steven Matz took the loss, exiting after five-plus innings, and the Mets now have dropped seven of the lefty's last nine starts. Wilmer Flores thwarted Lester's shutout...
View ArticleThe next wave: Cubs' system features rising crop of hurlers (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Don't look now, but there are some arms on the way to back up all those bats. Sure, there are hitters still, like No. 1 prospectGleyber Torres, and they still went with a college...
View ArticleRizzo knocks in 6, but Cubs lose Schwarber (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) The D-backs jumped on Cubs starter John Lackey (1-0) for three runs in the first, but the Cubs came right back with a pair of their own in the second off D-backs pitcher Rubby De...
View ArticleCandelario HRs, backs Hendricks' sharp start (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Franklin Barreto and Tyler Ladendorf delivered RBI singles for the A's in the ninth, and Matt Olson chipped in the tying run with a sacrifice fly. Cubs right-hander Kyle...
View ArticleArrieta dominates in Cubs loss (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Kluber, who won the American League Cy Young Award in 2014, struck out four, gave up two hits and walked one over three scoreless innings in his second spring start. 'I felt...
View ArticleRizzo homers, but Cubs fall short after long delay (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Kyle Hendricks took the loss, and he was lifted after 5 1/3 innings to end the Cubs' starting pitchers' season-long streak of going at least six innings. Chicago starters had...
View ArticleKiss it good Baez! In 15, Cubs slam door (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Raisel Iglesias, Tony Cingrani, Josh Smith and Blake Wood combined for eight innings of shutout relief pitching for the Reds before Hoover (1-2) took over in the 15th. The grand...
View ArticleJimenez among top prospect performers Tuesday (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) The No. 81 overall prospectstruck out 10, a career-high, in six scoreless innings for Class A Advanced Salem. Kopech threw 53 of his 78 pitches for strikes, walked one and...
View ArticleJimenez on MLB Pipeline's Prospect Team of the Week (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Almonte made a better impression with his second organization, recording a 2.42 ERA in seven high Class A outings at the end of last season, but not enough for Chicago to resist...
View ArticleLester dominates, Heyward hits 100th HR in win (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Freddy Galvis saved the Phillies from their third shutout of the season when he ripped a three-run homer to right field in the ninth inning off Justin Grimm. It snapped a...
View ArticleTime limited, but Baez 'in the moment' (Chicago Cubs)
(Source: Chicago Cubs) Baez delivered -- both offensively and defensively. The 23-year-old smacked a two-run home run and made a handful of impressive defensive plays as the Cubs took the last of four...
View ArticleMVP Moncada powers World rout at Futures
SAN DIEGO -- Yoan Moncada lived up to his billing as one of baseball's brightest young stars Sunday night. The Red Sox top prospect launched a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning of the...
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