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Cubs" Jameson Taillon says he"s headed to IL after leaving vs. Giants with hamstring injury
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (364+ words) Taillon walked Matt Chapman to lead off the second with Chicago trailing 1-0. Then, the Cubs training staff and manager Craig Counsell came to the mound to talk to the right-hander. After a brief discussion, Taillon walked to the dugout and…...
Edward Cabrera and Matthew Boyd are close to returning to the Cubs" rotation
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (424+ words) Cabrera is expected to start for Chicago this weekend, and Boyd is slated to make a second rehab start for Triple-A Iowa on Saturday. If all goes well with that appearance, the plan is for Boyd to return to the…...
Summer Baseball is back
1+ week, 4+ day ago (147+ words) Summertime Baseball is back! Jamie Toole Chief Storyteller of The Springfield Lucky Horseshoes stopped by The WTAX Morning News Watch With two new teams being on the horizon in Illinois, one in Decatur, and one in Springfield. What's the goal?...
Cubs All-Star left-hander Matthew Boyd is scheduled for the first of two rehab starts on Sunday
1+ week, 5+ day ago (137+ words) Boyd has been on the injured list since May 4 with a torn meniscus in his left knee that required surgery. He was injured when he sat down on the floor to play with his children. Boyd is 2-1 with a 6. 00 ERA…...
Cubs were the hottest team in baseball to start the season. Then mid-May hit
1+ week, 6+ day ago (721+ words) It's hardly time to panic. A pair of 10-game winning streaks will do that. It's taken just over two weeks for a big chunk of all that hard work to disappear. A skid that earned the Cubs a share of…...
Cubs RHP Cabrera optimistic after leaving game vs. Brewers with blister on middle finger
2+ week, 4+ day ago (370+ words) Manager Craig Counsell is in wait-and-see mode. "I mean you take a guy out of a start, the next start's in question," Counsell said. Cabrera walked off the mound with a trainer after throwing one pitch in the fourth inning,…...
Cubs reinstate left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar, designate Ty Blach for assignment
2+ week, 5+ day ago (315+ words) In a corresponding move, the Cubs designated lefty Ty Blach for assignment. The 39-year-old Thielbar was sidelined since April 23 with a left hamstring strain. He pitched a scoreless seventh inning against the Brewers, allowing one hit. In 9 2/3 innings over 12 games…...
Cubs" Pete Crow-Armstrong apologizes for the words he used during a heated exchange with a fan
2+ week, 6+ day ago (490+ words) The incident occurred in the fifth inning of'Sunday's 9-8 loss'to the crosstown White Sox at Rate Field. Crow-Armstrong was getting up from the warning track after making an unsuccessful attempt to haul in Miguel Vargas' two-run double when he was heckled…...
White Sox catcher Kyle Teel tweaks his right knee while on a minor league rehab assignment
3+ week, 20+ min ago (321+ words) White Sox manager Will Venable said the issue occurred during Teel's last at-bat Saturday in his fourth game with the Knights. "There's some knee soreness in there that will probably slow him down for a little bit," Venable said before'Sunday's…...
Cubs send right-hander Javier Assad to minors to stretch out as a starting pitcher
3+ week, 51+ min ago (448+ words) Chicago also brought up left-hander Ty Blach from Triple-A and transferred right-hander Hunter Harvey to the 60-day injured list. Harvey is working his way back from right triceps inflammation. With'Matthew Boyd'sidelined by a left knee injury, the NL Central-leading Cubs…...