KANSAS CITY -- Isaac Paredes is returning to where it all started, but it wasn’t an easy decision for the Cubs to make. Days after president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer signaled the team was looking towards 2025 and beyond, Chicago made its second move in as many days by

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KANSAS CITY -- Craig Counsell had a choice. A week’s worth of frustration had been boiling in the Cubs’ clubhouse after an offensive skid left the club in a perilous spot in the standings days before the July 30 Trade Deadline. Entering play Saturday, Chicago hadn’t scored more than three

KANSAS CITY -- The Cubs made the type of move Saturday that general manager Jed Hoyer had signaled his club was seeking. Chicago’s first move to compete in 2025 and beyond was completed when it acquired right-hander Nate Pearson from the Blue Jays for Minor League prospects Yohendrick Pinango and

KANSAS CITY -- The Trade Deadline message is clear: The Cubs are sellers. General manager Jed Hoyer conveyed a similar message Monday, barring a last-minute winning streak. But after Chicago’s 6-0 loss to the Royals on Friday at Kauffman Stadium, time appears to have run out. The Cubs (49-56) were

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CHICAGO -- The ninth-inning run that Cubs closer Héctor Neris surrendered to the Brewers on Wednesday snapped the veteran’s scoreless run at nine appearances. Like much of Chicago’s bullpen, Neris has been on a nice stretch that has helped calm the ballclub’s early-season relief storm. Courtesy of another quiet day

CHICAGO -- Jameson Taillon remembers being a young prospect in the Pirates’ system and being told by a pitching coordinator to look around the fields at the team’s Spring Training complex. All those scouts he saw in attendance meant that he was pitching not just for Pittsburgh, but for every

Every team in the Majors will have a strategy leading up to Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline, and whether they’re planning to buy or sell -- or, in some cases, do a little bit of each -- decision-makers around the league will surely have an area of focus. Whether

CHICAGO -- After falling just short of a spot in the postseason last year, the Cubs retained much of the same group, stunned the baseball world by bringing manager Craig Counsell into the fold and made a handful of strategic additions to the roster. Reaching the playoffs was the clear

MLB Network has offered baseball lovers everything they could desire since it launched in 2009. And now, it has never been easier to enjoy the Emmy Award-winning network, because beginning today, MLB Network is available directly to consumers in the United States. Fans can now stream select live out-of-market games,

This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian’s Cubs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CHICAGO -- Jon Lester is not looking to become a full-time broadcaster, but the former Cubs pitcher is increasingly open to seeing how he

CHICAGO -- Jon Lester got a front-row seat to Shota Imanaga’s start at Wrigley Field on Sunday against the D-backs, and the former Cubs great and 2016 World Series champ had the type of impression you may expect amid Imanaga’s stellar season. “He’s lived up to what everybody's been talking

CHICAGO -- The Cubs can ill afford to have their offense slip into the kind of drought that sent the ball club sliding down the standings across May and June. With the July 30 Trade Deadline looming and the distance to an NL Wild Card spot growing, the lineup needs

CHICAGO -- The Cubs wanted to add Cam Smith to their highly touted farm system not only due to his eye-opening uptick in performance at Florida State this past season, but for the potential the ball club sees for the young third baseman to continue his trajectory of improvement. That

With the 2024 MLB Draft in the rear-view mirror, it’s a convenient time to look at the scope of prospects across MLB’s organizations. Who should we be looking out for in the months to come? Here’s a look at one prospect to watch for each club during the rest of

CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Craig Counsell is not looking at the Trade Deadline as some make-or-break moment for his ballclub. The way Counsell views his team’s situation, the urgency extends beyond that date and into the period when teams begin reserving spots on the October stage. “I look at the

The last time that Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga were on the Tokyo Dome field, they were in the midst of the World Baseball Classic and were wearing their Samurai Japan uniforms. Now, the three will return -- along with outfielder Seiya Suzuki, who missed the Classic due

This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian’s Cubs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CHICAGO -- The first half did not go how the Cubs intended. Injuries struck all aspects of the roster, the bullpen faltered early on

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are

The 2024 All-Star Game is behind us and the second half of the season looms. While much of the attention in the coming weeks will be about players on the move at the Trade Deadline, there are plenty of key players who will stay put and will have an outsized