MILWAUKEE – The third pitch that the Cubs saw from Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski on Friday night made it clear just how difficult the task at hand would be for the hitters. Pete Crow-Armstrong took a hack at the fastball and fouled it back, but the data velocity that came

MILWAUKEE -- David Peterson took a seat in the visitors’ dugout at American Family Field on Friday afternoon, wearing a new uniform for the first time as a Major Leaguer. The Mets are the only team the lefty had known, but he is now suddenly learning his way around the

NEW YORK – Pete Crow-Armstrong haunted the Mets once again. His double in the top of the 10th inning helped the Cubs edge the Mets, 4-3, on Thursday night at Citi Field. Chicago swept the four-game series and has won six out of its last seven games to improve its

The Cubs, in dire straits with a banged-up pitching staff, made an intriguing addition via trade Thursday by acquiring left-handed pitcher David Peterson from the Mets for Minor League prospect Cole Mathis. You should hardly expect flashy trades at this point in the season, and Peterson is not that. He’s

The NCAA national champions have been crowned -- congrats Oklahoma. The Draft Combine is underway in Arizona. And it's time for another mock draft. Throughout the past two months, in preparation for the MLB Draft on July 11 and 12, MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo have alternated weekly

NEW YORK -- The Cubs on Thursday acquired left-handed pitcher David Peterson from the Mets in exchange for first baseman/DH Cole Mathis (the Cubs' No. 13 prospect). Peterson, 30, is 3-6 with a 6.09 ERA in 16 games (eight starts) covering 68 innings with the Mets this season. He's struck

NEW YORK -- The Cubs’ rotation took another hit on Wednesday, when Chicago placed right-hander Ben Brown on the 15-day injured list -- retroactive to Sunday -- because of a left neck strain, a problem he has been dealing with dating back to June 13 when he faced the Giants

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Cubs injury news and transactions.

Left-handed pitcher Drew Pomeranz returned to the Cubs on a Minor League contract this week. Pomeranz, who signed a one-year, $4 million deal with the Angels this offseason, was designated for assignment on June 16. Pomeranz, 37, was 0-3 with a 5.01 ERA for Los Angeles across 25 appearances. He

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NEW YORK -- When it comes to Wednesday’s doubleheader between the Cubs and Mets, call it “The Dansby Swanson Show.” His bat did a lot of talking in those two games at Citi Field. In the second game, which Chicago won, 10-5, Swanson drove in four runs. In the first

NEW YORK -- Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is known for hitting the long ball. He has a team-leading 17 home runs to back it up. But during the second game of the day/night doubleheader against the Mets, a contest in which Chicago won, 10-5, Crow-Armstrong showed he can play small

NEW YORK – Shortstop Dansby Swanson continues to show signs of life at the plate. His bat proved to be the difference as the Cubs pounded the Mets, 10-3, in the first game of a day/night doubleheader at Citi Field on Wednesday afternoon.

NEW YORK -- It didn’t take long for Norway’s faithful fans to find the next destination to keep the party going. After taking in their national team’s historic World Cup victory over Senegal on Monday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. -- a 3-2 win that saw Norway advance

Things are constantly changing in baseball, and that’s often the case with the Hitter Power Rankings. But this time at least, we have some continuity. The top three sluggers in our previous edition held strong in the same exact spots, and eight of the 10 big bats who appeared in

NEW YORK -- Cubs right-hander Edward Cabrera was placed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday, a day after he left Chicago's 9-6 victory over the Mets at Citi Field with a strain of both his left hamstring and left adductor. In a corresponding move, the Cubs selected the contract of

Jefferson Rojas is apparently a big fan of hitting in June. MLB.com's No. 78 overall prospect put together a solid April, posting a .283 average with an .892 OPS. He dropped down to .225 and slugged just .348 for the month of May. But his production in June has been

We last took a look at standout pitching prospects who were performing well about a month ago, so we figured it was time to check in on the Minor League’s hottest hurlers again. There are actually only two repeats from last go-round, with a pair of lefties – Kade Anderson

NEW YORK – Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong once again showed the Mets they made a mistake trading him to Chicago in 2021. His three-run homer in the top of the second inning helped the Cubs beat the Mets, 9-6, at Citi Field on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK -- Look for Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd to be back in the rotation this week. After a rehab start for High-A South Bend in which he threw four scoreless innings on Saturday, Boyd had a bullpen session at Citi Field and threw 30 pitches without any problems. Weather

NEW YORK -- In Tuesday’s 9-6 victory over the Mets at Citi Field, the Cubs were involved in a strange play that saw manager Craig Counsell get ejected from the game.

The Cubs, dealing with a multitude of starting pitching injuries in 2026, now appear unlikely to get one of their key pieces back to the rotation before 2027. Left-hander Justin Steele, who is recovering from left elbow surgery, likely won’t be stretched out and ready to start games by the

Pete Crow-Armstrong continued his hot streak and Logan Gilbert spun a pair of excellent starts to earn the duo this week’s NL and AL Player of the Week awards, respectively. A jaw-dropping catch made while leaping onto the top of a wall also helped earn the Athletics’ Colby Thomas Play