Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Oakland Athletics have made a bold move to bolster their starting rotation, acquiring pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Chicago Cubs in a blockbuster deal. To land Samardzija, whose 2.83 earned run average […]
Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Oakland Athletics have made a bold move to bolster their starting rotation, acquiring pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Chicago Cubs in a blockbuster deal. To land Samardzija, whose 2.83 earned run average […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Chicago Cubs activated outfielder Ryan Sweeney from the 15-day disabled list on Friday. Sweeney went on the DL after suffering a right hamstring strain on May 2 against St. Louis. He is batting .200 with […]
Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Chicago Cubs leadoff batter Emilio Bonifacio left Thursday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates following his first at-bat. Bonifacio never made it out of the batter’s box after starting the game with a grounder to short. He […]
Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Chicago Cubs will have a new home on radio next season. WGN-AM 720 has broadcast Cubs games for 90 years, but executives of the radio station on Wednesday said a new deal could not be […]
Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Chicago Cubs activated pitcher Hector Rondon from the paternity list and selected the contract of catcher Eli Whiteside from Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday. Both Rondon and Whiteside will be available for the Cubs at Wrigley […]
Milwaukee, WI (SportsNetwork.com) – The Chicago Cubs activated pitcher Pedro Strop from the 15-day disabled list prior to Friday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. In addition, the Cubs activated reliever Wesley Wright from the paternity leave list and placed pitcher […]
San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Chicago Cubs placed left-handed reliever Wesley Wright on the paternity leave list Tuesday and recalled righty Blake Parker from Triple-A Iowa. Wright has a 3.18 earned run average in 18 appearances this season. Without […]
San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Chicago Cubs activated outfielder Justin Ruggiano from the 15-day disabled list and optioned outfielder Ryan Kalish to Triple-A Iowa on Monday. A strained left hamstring shelved Ruggiano in late April. He batted .229 (8- […]
San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Former All-Star slugger Manny Ramirez will join the Chicago Cubs’ organization as a player-coach for the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Iowa, general manager Theo Epstein announced Sunday. Ramirez, who hasn’t appeared in the major leagues […]