Cubs manager Craig Counsell emphasized the “fine line” with closers — one pitch out of 15 can totally skew an appearance. Things are especially magnified at the beginning of the season. Ultimately, ...

A former MLB executive criticized the Chicago Cubs’ “really disappointing” decision to demote top prospect Matt Shaw after ...

1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.

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The Chicago Cubs optioned struggling rookie infielder and top prospect Matt Shaw to the Cubs' Triple-A affiliate, the Iowa ...

2009 — Ichiro Suzuki makes history as collects the 3,086th hit of his pro career, breaking the Japanese record held for decades by Isao Harimoto. 2009 — Grady Sizemore hit a grand slam and Cleveland ...

There are some encouraging signs after the Cubs made pitching depth a top offseason priority, constantly thinking about what ...

Gorman currently holds the second-highest batting average on the Cardinals at .417 and leads the team in on-base percentage ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first major league game for the Dodgers. He went 0-for-3, but scored the deciding run in a ...

We all know about the Cubs' infamous World Series drought, with the fabled “Curse of the Billy Goat” finally vanquished in ...

Carson Kelly had come close to hitting for the cycle, yet that elusive triple kept holding him back. He had just two triples over a 10-year major league career before Monday. That is when Kelly became ...

That's when Kelly became the first Chicago Cubs player in 32 years to hit for the cycle. He tripled in the eighth inning of an 18-3 rout of the Athletics -- ending the longest drought without a ...