Sunday night felt like the game that got away for the Chicago Cubs. After Mike Tauchman’s game-tying home run in the eighth inning, they were in the perfect position to steal one from the Boston Red Sox. Instead, the Red Sox stole it right back in gut-wrenching fashion. Monday brought questions about whether “luck” was running out after dropping two consecutive games. The Cubs have multiple All-Star contenders on their injured list. The defensive effort has been lackluster at times. The offense was starting to slump. Everything was formulating towards a stretch of tough times and hanging on f ..read more

Every piece of news about the Chicago Cubs seems to involve an injury. Unfortunately, that’s because injuries appear to be hitting about as often as the team wins: fortunately/unfortunately, a lot. Despite the blows this team keeps taking, the Cubs remain focused and ready to win. Cody Bellinger was one of the most significant blows to the season to date. He went on the injured list this past week after a collision with the center-field bricks at Wrigley. An x-ray report revealed he suffered two fractured ribs due to the run-in. The timetable for his return has been unknown. Bellinger joined ..read more

Unfortunately for the Chicago Cubs, another name has been added to their ever-growing injured list. This time, it’s starting pitcher Jordan Wicks. Wicks was scratched from tonight’s start against the Boston Red Sox after tightness in his forearm. This is not an injury to be passive about, so the Cubs are acting quickly to shut him down. Wicks is the third piece of the starting rotation to miss time this season. Jameson Taillon was out to begin the year due to back discomfort (among other things). Justin Steel disturbed his hamstring in his first start on Opening Day. Steele is due to return a ..read more

The Chicago Cubs‘ starting pitcher, Jordan Wicks, was scratched from his next scheduled start. He was set to take on the Boston Red Sox on Sunday Night Baseball at Fenway Park. However, he will not be taking the mound due to reported forearm tightness. Hayden Wesneski will start the game on what is looking like an emergency bullpen day. Wicks has made five starts in the young 2024 season. He holds a 1-2 record with a 4.70 earned run average in those appearances. His last start was his best effort. Wicks went six innings of two-run baseball to take down the Houston Astros and register his firs ..read more

You have got to be fucking kidding me. What kind of bad luck injury shit is going on with the Chicago Cubs right now. Just when you think the team starts to get healthy someone else gets hurt and now it’s left-handed starting pitcher Jordan Wicks, who has been scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday against the Boston Red Sox. Wicks, who earned a rotation spot out of spring training, is not going to pitch the series finale in Boston because he’s been dealing with tightness in his left forearm. Not good. Not good at all. Jordan Wicks has been scratched from his start tomorrow because of ..read more

Forget about losing 17-0, who gives a shit, the Chicago Cubs almost had another catastrophic injury during Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox. Christopher Morel collided with Alexander Canario down the left-field line to end the seventh inning and for a few minutes Cubs fans were in full-blown panic mode. This looked awful and then Morel was taken out of the game. Canario and Morel collide. Just a bad day all aroundpic.twitter.com/Fe3C3M6Rkz — ✶ Ⓜ️????? ▶️ ✶ (@_MarcusD3_) April 27, 2024 The Cubs are already without Seiya Suzuki and Cody Bellinger, and those guys are still going to ..read more

The Chicago Cubs have made a trade with the Boston Red Sox. According to Red Sox beat reporter Chris Cotillo, Boston has finalized a deal with Chicago to acquire veteran first baseman Garrett Cooper. Earlier this week the Cubs designated Cooper for assignment after he played in 12 games for the team. Cooper was a late signing by the Cubs, picking up the right-handed hitter in early March and inking him to a minor league deal. Cooper earned a spot on the Opening Day roster, but once Patrick Wisdom was activated from the injured list, the playing time for Cooper was destined to be cut short and ..read more

I mean, we know that it’s a group effort, but also, ever since Keegan Thompson was called up two weeks ago the Chicago Cubs have a top-3 bullpen in MLB. So yeah, kinda. It also helps that the starters are finally going a little deeper in games and the bullpen isn’t getting exhausted every series, but there’s no denying that Thompson’s revival on the mound has helped out the Cubs so much since he was called up from Triple-A. Thompson made his fifth appearance of the season for the Cubs Friday night against the Boston Red Sox and shut down the opposition like he has in his previous four outings ..read more

A fan feels misled after trading in Pete Crow-Armstrong’s first career home run ball for what he believed to be the rookie’s game-used bat from the very same at-bat. Now, the Cubs have responded with their own version of the events. The Cubs’ number one prospect was called up earlier this week following Cody Bellinger’s rib injury and on Thursday Crow-Armstrong started in center field against the Houston Astros. The left-handed batter hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning at Wrigley Field. It also happened to be his first MLB hit.  Derek Mitchell was the f ..read more

With the injuries mounting and the schedule as stiff as anyone’s, the Chicago Cubs should be happy to get out of April with a record hovering at .500. There’s no shame in holding your ground until the health returns. We have yet to see the roster that was projected to win at full strength. Nobody told the Cubs that, though. They are rolling. After taking down Kutter Crawford, his sub-1.00 earned run average, and the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, this pieced-together Cubs team is now 17-9. They’re well in the conversation as one of the best in baseball. If you were to list the most important ..read more