We’ll call it a borderline bold statement. Following Monday’s trade deadline, the National League had five teams clinch their spot in the postseason. Who? The Cubs, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Nationals, and Rockies will be playing in October while the others head for vacation. Okay, the Cubs may be the only ones not feeling comfortable among those five in terms of division or wild card leads, but judging what C ...

Point/Counterpoint pins two lifelong Chicago sports fans against each other on topics across the Windy City. With nothing off limits, we take a look at both sides of the argument and let you decide who is right. Stephen Johnson: We are closing in on the MLB Trade Deadline and the rumors are once again heating up. The Chicago Cubs, having already made a surprising deal with the crosstown rival White Sox, may ...

The non-waiver trade deadline came and went Monday afternoon and the White Sox did…nothing.  After weeks of speculation that the Sox might move one or both of their top pitchers, Chris Sale and Jose Quintana, the Sox did not find what they deemed to be a suitable offer on the table for either pitcher. Other names were also thrown about as possible trade candidates, including David Robertson, James Shields, ...

At the time of this writing the Chicago Cubs sit at 39-31, bouncing in and out of the second National League wild card spot, and sit 7 1/2 games back of the seemingly perpetual division leading St. Louis Cardinals. Whether by way of a wild card berth, or a surprise division title, the votes are in: the Chicago Cubs are good (#WeAreGood, indeed). They may not be good enough to win championships yet, or even ...

The Chicago Cubs have started the selling early as Keith Law reports the Cubs have sent pitcher Scott Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for pitchers Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop. The Cubs also receive international bonus money in the deal. It's no surprise the Cubs were going to be sellers this year and Feldman has been a name brought up in plenty of rumors. He was set ...

Note: Zack asked us to repost this on CCS from World Series Dreaming, so here's the article Dabynsky wrote for us.  You can check out the blog and the original article here.  Thanks for the opportunity from CCS and thanks to you all for reading.  A revised prospects list has also been released, here. The Cubs were busy at the trade deadline as many predicted.  They made 3 trades which saw 2 starting pitcher ...

Officially now the Ted Lilly era has ended in Chicago and he is taking Ryan Theriot with him. After a few days of negotiations the Cubs have officially sent Lilly and Theriot to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Blake DeWitt and two minor league pitchers. Lilly will immediately join the Dodgers rotation and might pitch tomorrow his scheduled day. He slots in as the teams third or fourth starter and pr ...