BOSTON -- It has been a whirlwind two days for the Cubs, who popped champagne in a wild scene at Wrigley Field on Thursday before hopping on the team plane to jet to Fenway Park for a doubleheader with the Red Sox on Friday. And Chicago’s chaotic schedule is just

BOSTON -- The Cubs know they are in the playoffs as a Wild Card team on the National League side. The Red Sox have secured their place in the postseason as the second Wild Card in the American League. But there is one last wrinkle being thrown into the mix

BOSTON – No one really knew what the road back to the field would look like for Alex Bregman in the immediate aftermath of the scary scene on Sunday in Cincinnati. The Cubs’ star third baseman was struck in the left side of the face by a foul ball and

Henry Rowengartner may have well been playing for the Cubs on Friday, because the synchronized slides from Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson looked like a scene straight out of “Rookie of the Year.” Busch and Swanson each flopped into home plate one second apart, culminating a mad dash around the

The AL and NL Wild Card Series presented by AbbVie begins Tuesday, Sept. 29 with many of MLB’s most popular players preparing to take center stage. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs are leading the

CHICAGO -- The Cubs fully expected to be back on the October stage this fall, but the team did not anticipate the kind of daunting, winding road it took to reach the clinching moment on Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

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CHICAGO – Pete Crow-Armstrong has piled up the historic feats and footnotes throughout this season, compiling the type of campaign that Cubs manager Craig Counsell said fans will be telling their grandkids about someday. The star center fielder has added yet another exclusive club to the growing list. On Thursday

CHICAGO -- The Cubs felt they left some unfinished business on the table last October, when a return to the postseason ended with a gut punch of a loss to the rival Brewers in the National League Division Series. Getting back into the playoffs this year was not merely a

CHICAGO – Cubs starter Kevin Gausman called the diving tag he made on Miami’s Heriberto Hernández in the sixth inning on Wednesday night the best defensive play he has made in his career.

CHICAGO – The televisions around the Cubs’ clubhouse Wednesday night displayed the schedule for the following day. The game between the D-backs and Rockies was not over – meaning a postseason clinch was still possible for Chicago – but no one in the locker room was locked in on that

CHICAGO – Standing at his locker Wednesday afternoon, his left eye bloodshot and his cheek still swollen, Alex Bregman ran through his plans for the day. The Cubs' third baseman said he was going to hit off the high-velocity Trajekt machine and have a mostly normal workout ahead of the

BOSTON -- The start times for two of this weekend's three Cubs-Red Sox games at Fenway Park have been changed due to the threat of inclement weather. Sunday’s originally scheduled game will now be played on Friday at 1:05 p.m. ET (12:05 p.m. CT) as the first game of a

Everyone has a case of Pete Crow-Armstrong fever these days -- just ask WWE star CM Punk. Punk, a Chicago native and diehard Cubs fan, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday night’s game between the Cubs and the Marlins at Wrigley Field. Punk took the mound sporting a

Now in its 34th season, the Arizona Fall League consistently features a mother lode of talent. The developmental circuit had a future Hall of Famer in Mike Piazza in its inaugural year in 1992 and has sent more than 3,000 players to Majors, including three more Cooperstown immortals in Roy

CHICAGO -- The Cubs are on the cusp of clinching their second consecutive trip to the postseason, but the champagne will need to be kept on ice at least one more night. The North Siders’ bullpen held the line for a long stretch before a six-run flurry by the Marlins

CHICAGO -- If Alex Bregman is not spotted in the Cubs’ locker room before a game, chances are he is down the tunnel in the batting cage. That was no different on Tuesday afternoon, even with his left cheek and eye still bruised and swollen from the foul ball that

CHICAGO -- The Cubs are weighing whether Justin Steele will be part of the pitching mix during the final regular-season series in Boston. Given the long comeback for the left-hander, just being part of that conversation is a great sign. “He’s in the discussion, which I think is a win

The final days of the regular season are here and we can start to look forward to another exciting postseason. The playoffs present a wonderful time for individual players to show their best on the biggest of stages. While we will see many returning players who have excelled in October

As we make our way through the final week of the regular season, there doesn't seem to be much suspense as to who will be named MVP. At least, that's what we can glean from our latest -- and final -- MLB.com 2026 MVP poll. Yordan Alvarez is still well

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It's the final week of the regular season, and most of the NL playoff picture is pretty well settled, with all three division winners and their seeds set in stone. As for the Wild Card, the Cubs and Padres both secured postseason berths on Thursday. The Phillies have a two-game