With injuries piling up in the rotation, including setbacks to Edward Cabrera and Ben Brown, it seemed inevitable that Cubs president Jed Hoyer would have to act quickly on the trade market. Chicago was dealing with six starting pitchers on the injured list, creating an urgent need for reinforcements. That move came shortly after…
Jeff Passan is one of the most respected baseball insiders on the planet. He breaks trades, reports contracts, and generally operates with the kind of measured professionalism you’d expect from someone at ESPN. And then Wednesday night happened, the Mets committed six errors in a single game, and Passan looked at his keyboard and typed…
Tuesday was the kind of recruiting day that gives college football fans emotional whiplash. Kentucky took a hit on one side while a potentially bigger opportunity quietly opened up on the other. Welcome to the chaos of modern college football recruiting. Let’s break it all down. The Bad News First Iveon Lewis — a 4-star…
The Chicago Cubs won 9-6 against the Mets on Tuesday night in New York. A good result. A needed result. And then Craig Counsell stepped up to the microphone after the game and reminded everyone that nothing comes easy for this rotation in 2026. Edward Cabrera. Hamstring. IL. Again. What Happened Out There It was…
It’s not the splashy deadline move Cubs fans are desperately waiting for. Nobody’s printing a jersey. Nobody’s losing their mind on Twitter. But quietly, on a Monday afternoon ahead of a road trip to New York, Chicago dipped into the bargain bin and pulled out a name worth keeping an eye on — if…
The Chicago Cubs made a trade with the Houston Astros. Cue the excitement, right? Wrong. This is one of those deals that sounds promising in a headline and falls apart the second you actually read the details. Jed Hoyer has gone back to a familiar well — the Astros have quietly become one of his…
Bryce Harper hit for the cycle on Saturday. The 11th time it’s happened in Phillies franchise history. And when reporters asked his manager if he could ever have pulled off the same feat back in his own playing days, Don Mattingly didn’t bother sugarcoating anything. The answer was instant. The answer was hilarious. The answer…
745 games. Over 3,000 plate appearances. Eight years grinding through Minor League ballparks most fans have never heard of. And on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field, Justin Dean finally got the moment he’d been chasing his entire adult life. A three run triple. A lost helmet rounding second. A standing ovation from a crowd…
A 2-0 win over Australia on Friday night in Seattle. A perfect record through the group stage. And now, thanks to Paraguay’s 1-0 win over Turkey, the United States have officially clinched top spot in Group D. The road to potential World Cup glory is mapped out. And right now it’s looking brighter than American…
Two separate ten game winning streaks. And yet the Chicago Cubs sit at 39-36, third in the NL Central, eight games back of the division lead. That’s the kind of season that makes you scratch your head — flashes of brilliance buried inside a frustrating, inconsistent grind. The trade deadline is coming. And there’s no…