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(Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)   The Chicago Cubs got some crushing injury news on Wednesday. One of their best players, Cody Bellinger, was placed on the injured list with a rib fracture, per MLB insider Jon Heyman. “Cody Bellinger…

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(Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)   In this MLB free-agent market, those who pounced on offers in November and December got a considerable amount of money. Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Sonny Gray, Jung-Hoo Lee, and several…

Lloyd Sy notched a nice victory on last night's episode of Jeopardy and he couldn't have done it without getting the correction question on the $1,2000 Bald Is Beautiful category. Though it was a question that clearly brought him great…

On Wednesday night, Ronald Acuña Jr. accomplished something no one in the history of Major League Baseball had ever done. The Atlanta Braves star stole his 70th base, making him the first MLB player to ever top 40 home runs while…

(Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)   On Sunday night, the MLB Draft took place, and each team made their picks, adding new top prospects to their crop of future talented stars. For the Chicago Cubs, shortstop Matt Shaw from Maryland was…

On Friday night, the Chicago Cubs won their first-ever game at Yankee Stadium. This seems impossible but is apparently true. It was not a particularly close contest, either, as Jameson Taillon and Adbert Alzolay combined to shut out the…

(Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)   Marcus Stroman is one of three members of the Chicago Cubs that was selected to be a part of the National League All-Star roster in next week’s Midsummer Classic. His teammates Justin Steele and…

(Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)   Marcus Stroman has helped provide a little bit of stability in the starting rotation for the Chicago Cubs this season. The veteran right-hander is 9-6 with an ERA of 2.76 through his first 18 starts…

The Cubs are “very close” to a deal with shortstop Dansby Swanson, and are expected to finalize the deal shortly, NBC Sports Chicago’s David Kaplan reports (via Twitter).  The contract is a seven-year, $177MM deal that includes a full…