Adam Scheerer

Chicago Cubs Should Look At Chris Bassitt This Winter, Plus Key Off-Season Dates

Chris Bassitt hinted at opting out of his mutual option with the New York Mets for 2023. In the previous off-season, the Cubs signed former Met, Marcus Stroman, to a 3-year deal worth $71m. Pitching, both starting and bullpen, needs to improve next year and Bassitt is one free-agent arm that could...

Ian Happ Wins First Gold Glove, Puts Pressure On Cubs To Extend Him

Ian Happ took home the Gold Glove for National League Left fielder yesterday, putting a bow on a fantastic individual season. Ian is the first Cub to win a Gold Glove since Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Following a year where Happ made his first All-Star team,...

Stroman Leads Cubs To 4th Win In A Row In Jared Young's MLB Debut

Marcus Stroman led the Cubs to a 2-1 victory on Friday, throwing 7 innings and allowing only 3 hits. Wearing the Wrigleyville 'City Connect' uniform and white cleats, Stroman went 5.2 innings before allowing the first Rockies' hit. A home run by Ryan McMahon ended up being the only blemish on a...

June Draft Picks Brody McCullough, Haydn McGeary, Others Having Early Success In Minors

As the 2022 MLB season enters the final stretch before the post-season, Cubs fans are anxiously wondering when Chicago will be back there. The Cubs have improved and are 25-25 after the All-star break. On Monday night, Rookie Javier Assad recorded his first win in the series opener versus the New...

Hayden Wesneski Gets Win in MLB Debut, Cubs Snap Losing Streak

The Cubs beat Cincinnati in game one of the series as Wade Miley made his first start since June and his fifth this season. The Cubs are 3-7 in their last 10 games following a sweep by the Cardinals and back-to-back series losses in Milwaukee and Toronto. It has not been all bad, the Cubs are still...

Cubs Start Rookie Javier Assad In Game 1 Of Double-Header

The Cubs dropped the first game of a five-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. Drew Smyly had another great outing for the Cubs, going 7 innings and only allowing 1 run on the Pujols' home run. Unfortunately, the Cubs' offense could not help him out and they lost 1-0. Jordan...

Franmil Reyes Extends Hit Streak to 7 Games, Cubs Win Series Against Washington

The Cubs dropped the first game in D.C. on Monday despite two home runs from Ian Happ. The offense got off to a good start but a tough 5th inning led to a 5-4 defeat. Chicago was able to bounce back and win the next two games, taking 4 of 6 in the season series against the Nationals. Another solid...

Cubs' 3-Game Win Streak Snapped, Win Third Series In A Row

Following a win on Thursday's Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa; the Cubs split the weekend games to finish off another series win. This is the third series in a row where the Cubs have taken two out of three games. The Cubs are back off to the nation's capital for another three-game series...

Cubs Should Look At Northwest Indiana, UConn Grad Austin Peterson in Day 2

The 2022 MLB Draft is underway as the first half of the regular season comes to a close. The Cubs were able to snap their 9-game losing streak going into the All-Star break with a 3-2 win against the New York Mets. After drafting pitchers Cade Horton and Jackson Ferris on Day 1, the Cubs can look...

Cubs Select RHP Cade Horton, LHP Jackson Ferris On Day 1 Of 2022 MLB Draft

"The Cubs need pitching" is starting to sound like a broken record at this point. The only way to fix the sound though is to address the problem and the Cubs are at least giving the impression that they are trying to. With the 7th overall pick in the MLB Draft on Sunday night, the Cubs added the...

Cubs Rookie Report From Weekend Series Win Over Red Sox

Although the Chicago Cubs could not complete the sweep of the visiting Boston Red Sox, the weekend series was full of good signs. The Cubs have won 4 of the 5 series since their 10-game losing streak ended in May. A catalyst has been the success of many rookies on the Cubs roster following their...

David Bote Healthy At Last, Villar DFA'd Before Cardinals Weekend Series

On Friday afternoon, before the Cardinals series began, Jonathan Villar was designated for assignment to make room for David Bote. Following 46 games that could best be described as "inconsistent," moving the 31-year-old middle infielder for Bote was the correct choice. After battling numerous...

Keegan Thompson With A Great Start In Loss to Reds

Keegan Thompson continued to demonstrate that he deserves a spot in the Cubs' rotation for years to come. Although the Cubs dropped a game to the Reds 5-3 last night, the story was Thompson's pitching.

Christopher Morel, Brandon Hughes Called Up For Chicago Cubs

The injury situation has been a growing concern for the Cubs early into the year. A few pitchers on the Injured List including left-handed relievers Sean Newcomb and Brad Wieck have resulted in Brandon Hughes being called up from Triple-A Iowa. Nick Madrigal, Nico Hoerner, Clint Frazier, and...

Willson Contreras Hits 100th Home Run, Adds Name To Cubs' Record Books

Willson Contreras turned 30 on Friday and yesterday he hit his 100th home run with the Cubs. Contreras became the 25th Cub with 100 home runs and the third catcher to do so. Willson led off the game with a double and scored the first run on Ian Happ's base hit. After the Cubs batted around,...

Chicago Cubs And Indiana Hoosier Scott Effross Building On Successful 2021 Season

The Cubs fell last night to the Braves 5-1, the second 1 run performance against Atlanta in the series. This season, the offense has struggled to score runs outside of the 21-0 win against Pittsburgh. One bright spot in the first few weeks has been the Cubs bullpen. David Robertson and Keegan...

Seiya Suzuki Exceeding High Expectations

16 games into the 2022 MLB Season and there have been good and bad signs for this Cubs team. One question mark entering the regular season was if Seiya Suzuki would live up to lofty expectations by the fans, he has done that and more so far. After an NL Player of the Week on April 15th, he looks...

3 Cubs Look To Improve On Good Spring Training

After an off-season where we wondered if baseball would start on time or at all, it is wonderful to type that today, April 7th is Opening Day. Although Spring Training was shorter this year, it was full of good signs for Cubs baseball from the majors to the minors. In only a few games played,...

Potential Profitable Player Prop Trends For The Chicago Cubs In 2022

Major League Baseball offers many different ways to bet on the game. Totals, outright winners, run line spreads, pitcher strikeouts, player hits, there is a ton of choices for any game. With so many opportunities, it can be difficult to make profitable choices. This article aims to show some...

Will Seiya Suzuki Be Chicago's 7th Rookie Of The Year?

Kris Bryant and Geovany Soto are the most recent Cubs to win Rookie of the Year. In 2015, Kris Bryant slashed .275/.369/.488 with 25 Home runs, winning the award and ending a 6-year playoff drought. Before that, Geovany Soto hit .285 with an OPS of .868 to win the 2008 award and an All-Star...