Cubs Rumors & News

Bleacher Report "Major League Baseball's 2023 trade deadline (August 1) is rapidly approaching, and with it, the gap between the haves and have nots is widening. As of Saturday night, there were 10 teams—A's, Cubs, Guardians, Nationals, Pirates, Reds, Rockies, Royals, Tigers and White..." June 05

Amazin' Avenue "After weeks of speculation for how the Mets would handle the catching situation when all three catchers were healthy, the Mets designated Tomás Nido for assignment and reinstated Omar Narváez from the injured list. Narváez and Francisco Álvarez will..." June 05

ESPN "This year in Major League Baseball, almost all the attention has been paid to on-field trends, as a slew of historic rule changes impacted almost every aspect of the game. Now, MLB is turning some of its attention back to the economics of the sport. It was only 14 months ago that a..." June 05

Real GM Baseball "In the fourth inning of the Braves' 8-5 victory, Ozuna smashed a Zac Gallen offering to deep center. He ended up on first base, settling for a 415-foot single because Ozuna stood at home plate and watched the ball reach its destination instead of running right after contact. " June 05

MLB Trade Rumors "The Athletics announced that first baseman/designated hitter Jesús Aguilar has been released. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week. The fact that no club was willing to grab Aguilar is hardly surprising given his contract..." June 05

SI "The Guardians have designated right-hander Zach Plesac for assignment, making room on the 40-man roster for right-hander Triston McKenzie to be activated from the 60-day injured list. Plesac had been optioned to Triple-A earlier this month. To make room for..." June 05

The Score "Minnesota Twins infielder Royce Lewis avoided a serious injury after inadvertently somersaulting and landing on his head while running out a ground ball late in Sunday's defeat to the Cleveland Guardians. Lewis was motoring down the first-base line to try and leg out an infield..." June 05

The Big Lead "The Washington Nationals shut Stephen Strasburg down again this week and reports suggest they don't think the three-time All-Star and 2019 World Series hero will ever pitch again. Strasburg is dealing with "severe nerve damage" which could prevent him from ever being..." June 04

The Athletic "The Diamondbacks are extending manager Torey Lovullo through 2024, general manager Mike Hazen announced at a news conference Sunday. Here’s what you need to know: Since 2017, Lovullo has guided Arizona to a 446-483 record. The Diamondbacks..." June 04

TMZ "Tom Sandoval cheating on Ariana Madix is sorta paying off for her and her friends -- the whole 'Scandoval' thing landed her and Scheana Shay on a baseball diamond. The "Vanderpump Rules" stars were drafted Saturday by the San Diego Padres to..." June 04

MLB Trade Rumors "Hold the phone. Bartolo Colon isn’t retiring, MLB Trade Rumors has learned from the pitcher’s agents at Wasserman. " June 03

ProSportsDaily "We are now 55 games into the MLB season and the Cleveland Guardians appear stuck in mud. They are five games below .500 at 25-30 but are just 3.5 games out of first place in the AL Central, because lets face it, the division stinks.  Depending on how June goes, the Guardians..." June 02

Clutch Points "Cleveland Guardians ace Shane Bieber is reportedly expected to be traded by the deadline according to three anonymous general managers, per ESPN's Jeff Passan. Passan reports that three GMs said they believe Bieber will be traded prior to August 1st, via Sports..." June 02

ESPN "Mets pitcher Max Scherzer is not happy with the strict enforcement of the pitch clock. Before the fifth inning of Thursday's 4-2 victory over the Phillies at Citi Field, Scherzer got into an intense conversation with plate umpire Tripp Gibson..." June 02

Larry Brown Sports "Oakland police have reached a decision regarding potential charges against Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon over a March incident with a fan. Rendon will not face charges as no alleged victim has come forward regarding the incident, according to TMZ Sports. Rendon..." June 02

Clutch Points "New York Yankees' star player, Aaron Judge, took some time off from the baseball field to indulge in a shopping spree with his wife, Samantha, on the iconic Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, TMZ reports. The timing couldn't be more perfect, as the Yankees gear up for a highly..." June 02

ESPN "No team lost more talent than the Los Angeles Dodgers this offseason. The list included one of the sport's most dynamic players (Trea Turner), a 27-year-old former MVP (Cody Bellinger), a local icon (Justin Turner) and two highly productive starting pitchers (Tyler..." June 02

MLB Trade Rumors "Reds second baseman Jonathan India is amidst a bounceback season. The 2021 NL Rookie of the Year had a down ’22 campaign. He spent some time on the injured list with hamstring issues and only hit .249/.327/.378 in 103 games. The first two months of this season have..." June 02

Bleacher Report "M&M Boys, meet the A&J Boys. Maybe the second doesn't roll off the tongue as much as the first, but the point is that New York sluggers Pete Alonso of the Mets and Aaron Judge of the Yankees are settling into a home run race reminiscent of Roger Maris and Mickey..." June 02

The Athletic "Andrew McCutchen is the greatest Pirates player to grace the grass at PNC Park, which opened its gates in 2001. He is the franchise’s finest performer since Barry Bonds, who left Pittsburgh as a free agent after the 1992 season. A first-round pick in 2005,..." June 02

Clutch Points "The New York Mets are hoping for the ultimate bullpen return of Edwin Diaz coming back before the end of the season. But as they wait for Diaz, the Mets have made another, more underrated, addition to their pen. The Mets have acquired Vinny Nittoli in a..." June 02

Clutch Points "Bartolo Colon, the 2005 American League Cy Young winner, is reportedly retiring, per Bob Nightengale. Colon, 50, was a fan-favorite during his time in MLB. He is remembered for crushing a home run against the San Diego Padres during his tenure with the New..." June 02

CBS Sports "A man who attended a Los Angeles Angels game in Anaheim last year is suing the team and outfielder Juan Lagares after being blinded in the left eye by a baseball that Lagares allegedly threw into the stands "randomly" and "at high velocity." The lawsuit..." June 02

ProSportsDaily "Would the Blue Jays do the once unthinkable and trade away the face of the franchise?  While it's almost near impossible to win a trade involving Guerrero being shipped out of town, the Blue Jays may need to think about moving the hard hitting first basemen if they can't..." June 01

CBS Sports "We've noted before that one of our favorite quotes about the cadence of Major League Baseball's season comes courtesy of Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane. Beane once told scribe Peter Gammons that the first two months of the season are about finding out what you have,..." June 01

ProSportsDaily "The Milwaukee Brewers have not won a playoff series in four seasons but every year they believe they've put the pieces together to make a deep run in the postseason.  This year, while they sit atop the NL Central, the underlying numbers simply do not look good and if they..." June 01

ESPN "Every Los Angeles Angels victory, every day they spend over .500, every win-now move they make reinforces what people across baseball now almost universally believe: They will not trade Shohei Ohtani, the best player in the world, before the 6 p.m. ET deadline Aug. 1. Of course,..." June 01

Bleacher Report "There have been a lot of pleasant surprises in the 2023 Major League Baseball season, but also quite a few colossal disappointments. Well, pull out your half-empty glasses and get ready for some Debbie Downers, because we've ranked the 10 biggest disappointments through the first..." June 01

CBS Sports "Throughout the season the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty much anything. The latest news, a historical question, thoughts about the future of baseball, all sorts of stuff. Last week we debated the best shortstop in baseball...." June 01

Total Pro Sports "Slowed-down footage of Kodai Senga throwing his trademark ghost fork pitches explains why they’re so hard to hit. The New York Mets pitcher had quite the impressive outing against the Philadelphia Phillies this week, limiting them to just one hit over his..." June 01

The Score "Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard is at a loss for words to describe his struggles to start the 2023 season. Syndergaard allowed five earned runs and three home runs on seven hits in Wednesday's 10-6 loss to the Washington Nationals. The hurler's ERA has..." June 01

The Athletic "Caught Looking is a spot for all the smaller conversations that happen in the clubhouse, those little windows into the life of a ballplayer that don’t always add up to a huge story. This month’s Caught Looking gets into team switching — good and bad — from..." June 01

Clutch Points "In the fifth inning of Wednesday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets, Francisco Lindor caught a ball off a line drive by Phillies third baseman Edmundo Sosa before tossing the ball to first base for a double play. It..." June 01

Bleacher Report "Baseball legend Barry Bonds will be the subject of an upcoming documentary produced by HBO and Words + Pictures. HBO said the project "will include a diverse cast of influential figures from Barry Bonds' life and career." It doesn't appear as though Bonds has signed..." May 31

Bleacher Report ""You get what you pay for" is a useful saying, and we'll make a sweeping generalization that it's true more often than not. So long as it's not applied to the 2023 Major League Baseball season, that is. In 2022, teams generally did get what they paid..." May 31

The Big Lead "Major League Baseball umpires generally have pretty short fuses and are, on the whole, pretty terrible. They really hate when you argue their strike zones and that was proven again on Tuesday night. Veteran ump Jerry Layne was behind the plate as the Houston Astros faced the Minnesota..." May 31

Bleacher Report "Who are the best of the best across Major League Baseball during the 2023 season? That's the question we set out to answer each month with our position-by-position player rankings, casting aside previous production and future expectations to focus solely on production during the..." May 31

The Athletic "Three starts ago, Shane Bieber allowed 12 hits to the White Sox, the most he has ever surrendered in a major-league outing. He became the third Cleveland pitcher in the past decade, joining Danny Salazar and Zach McAllister, to yield that many hits in a..." May 31

Sportsnaut "Alex Rodriguez was diagnosed with early stage gum disease and has aligned with a medical partner to raise awareness. Rodriguez said Wednesday he’s teaming with Bausch Health Companies Inc. and its oral healthcare business, OraPharma, to encourage dental and oral health checks..." May 31

Sportsnaut "The San Diego Padres believe they have a prospect that should be the first teenager to play in an MLB game since 1991. On Tuesday, the San Diego Padres made a bold decision. Despite previous plans to send elite prospects Ethan Salas to Arizona Complex League, the organization shifted..." May 31

Clutch Points "Jordan Walker looked like a future star for the St. Louis Cardinals to begin the 2023 season. St. Louis’ top prospect posted respectable numbers during his first few weeks in the big leagues, including recording a historic hit streak. Surprisingly, the Cardinals still..." May 31

Egotastic Sports "Vanessa Hudgens is getting ready to marry her MLB fiancé Cole Tucker and it looks like the pair are a match made in karaoke heaven from the latest video the actress shared over on Instagram. The actress showed off her vocal cords, which have come a long way since her High..." May 31

USA Today "Washington Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams is calling for his "fellow Catholics" to reconsider supporting the Los Angeles Dodgers following the team's decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at its upcoming Pride Night celebration. Williams said in a..." May 31

The Score "The Baltimore Orioles signed veteran outfielder Aaron Hicks to a major-league contract and placed Cedric Mullins on the 10-day injured list with a right groin strain, the team announced Tuesday. The division-rival New York Yankees designated Hicks for assignment earlier in..." May 30

Bleacher Report "To the average person, rivalries might not get any better than Hamilton vs. Burr, Holmes vs. Moriarty, The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones or Star Trek vs. Star Wars. To which the average baseball fan might retort: "Psh, what are those compared to the best rivalries..." May 30

The Score "Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Anthony Bass apologized for sharing an anti-LGBTQ video on his Instagram that promoted boycotting companies that support gay and trans rights in the name of the Christian faith. "I recognize yesterday I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride..." May 30

CBC "A pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays is drawing heat after he shared a video endorsing an anti-LGBTQ boycott of brands such as Target and Bud Light. On Monday, Anthony Bass, a relief pitcher with the Jays, shared an Instagram reel from the account..." May 30

The Big Lead "The Baltimore Orioles beat the Texas Rangers, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon in front of a half-capacity crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Felix Bautista clinched the win for the home team with perfect 9th inning, striking out all three batters he faced. Another performance worth celebrating from..." May 30

The Athletic "Adley Rutschman plays often enough, at an important enough position, with enough responsibility spread across his shoulders, that the burden might look overwhelming. On a micro level, as the starting catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Rutschman must memorize the repertoires of his..." May 30

USA Today "The ongoing Los Angeles Dodgers saga with their scheduled June 16 Pride Night and honoring of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence took another turn Monday when star pitcher Clayton Kershaw told the Los Angeles Times that he disagreed with the team's decision to honor the..." May 30