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Now what? Updating the Cubs’ outlook on the division race and trade deadline
It’s a long season, but one-third of the way through a 162-game schedule is a good time to reassess, especially given the extremes of the club’s perf…
2 months, 1 week ago
What we’re hearing: Making sense of the Cubs’ streaks and Justin Steele’s timeline
The 10-game losing streak is finally over. To put these wild swings of the season into context, listen to The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma and Patrick M…
2 months, 1 week ago
Are the Cubs really this bad?
An extreme downturn has made those two 10-game winning streaks feel like ancient history. Even if it’s not quite time to panic, it’s fair to wonder h…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Cubs are falling apart: How is this happening?
Once again, the Brewers showed they are a superior team, dominating a three-game sweep at Wrigley Field from start to finish. As the Cubs try to regr…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
With the Cubs in a funk, Pete Crow-Armstrong’s season is spiraling
PCA looks like he needs a break. After his vulgar exchange with a White Sox fan on the South Side went viral, the Gold Glove center fielder has commi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Pete Crow-Armstrong gets into it with a White Sox fan and more takeakways from the Cubs’ rough road trip
The PCA Show came to the South Side, which generated an electric atmosphere for the latest installment of the crosstown rivalry. In winning that thre…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What we’re hearing about the Cubs: Trade deadline ideas
Do the Cubs have enough top prospects in their farm system to make a blockbuster deal this summer? The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Cubs news and notes: Ben Brown steps up, Liam Hendriks’ comeback and more
Ahead of another crosstown series on the South Side, The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney empty their notebooks in Chicago. How has Brown…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The pitchers the Cubs could target at the trade deadline
Chicago’s front office does not expect to execute a major trade in May. But that process of scouting players, gathering information and reading the m…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Cubs mailbag: Questions about the trade deadline are already starting
Blockbuster trades do not typically happen at this point in the baseball calendar. Still, it is not too early to start asking about how the Cubs will…
2 months, 4 weeks ago