PITTSBURGH – When Cubs starter Matthew Boyd toed the rubber to deliver his 29th pitch of the first inning Wednesday night, the idea of him lasting through five seemed like a longshot. Instead, the left-hander bounced back from a frustrating opening frame to give Cubs manager Craig Counsell five solid

On a day in which homers were flying out of Minor League ballparks across the country, a few particularly stood out. Top 100 prospects Coby Mayo and Moisés Ballesteros slugged a pair of homers apiece, although even those were outdone by a Mets slugger who took three jogs around the

The first month of the season is in the books, but there's plenty of action in store. There are races to track in all of the divisions, milestones within reach for star players and it's never too early to think about who will capture some coveted hardware. And there's only

New York-based sluggers have maintained their stranglehold on the top of the Hitter Power Rankings. But a Midwestern star has jumped into the top three, while three new names with hot bats have broken into the top 10 since our last edition two weeks ago. Once again, the Hitter Power

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The Minor League season is a month old and several of the game's best hitting prospects are off to fast starts. Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony is tearing up Triple-A (just like he did at the end of last year), Padres shortstop Leo De Vries is leading the High-A Midwest

PITTSBURGH -- It’s safe to say Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga has laid to rest any idea of a sophomore slump.

Last week against the Dodgers, Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong made one of the finest defensive plays of the young season. Unfortunately for him, he performed his job a little too well. Even if you were watching the game in real time, you likely neither noticed nor cared that he

Youth was served in the Minors on Tuesday, which featured a pair of heavy-hitting outbursts from two teenagers who rank among the best in their respective organizations. But they weren't alone as a number of Top 100 prospects came through with notable performances to kick off another week of Minor

The Washington Nationals are on the clock. OK, not quite yet, but they do have the No. 1 pick in this year’s Draft, and MLB Pipeline has an updated and expanded Draft Top 150, ranking the players all 30 teams are criss-crossing the country to see to line up their

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CHICAGO -- When discussing the Cubs’ early-season schedule during Spring Training, starter Jameson Taillon was careful in his wording not to make too much of it. He described the pile of playoff-caliber teams looming in April as a good test and a chance to begin forging the identity of this

CHICAGO -- For three innings on Saturday, Ben Brown was on his way to a revenge game of sorts. The Cubs’ right-hander was facing the Phillies – the club that drafted him in 2017 before trading him as a prospect to Chicago five years later – for the first time

If you’ve watched even a second of a Mets game so far, you know that there aren’t many teams -- or many teams' fans -- having more fun than the Mets right now. (Sunday afternoon’s implosion against the Nationals obviously excepted!) Their spot atop the NL East is their ultimate

The prospect performances that stood out Sunday across the Minor Leagues involved big names (like Marcelo Mayer and Matt Shaw) going yard and big arms (like Jacob Misiorowski) racking up a lot of strikeouts. Not to mention Arjun Nimmala, who has put a little home run streak together at High-A.

Every MLB season is a marathon of ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys. Through it all, players and teams just hope to find some positive consistency. Hot starts, as promising as they seem, often fade after a couple of weeks as the season hits its stride. But when a player

CHICAGO -- Colin Rea worked to a full count against Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber to begin the fourth inning on Friday afternoon. The Cubs starter then returned to his bread-and-butter fastball, firing it up and away, and sending the pitch beyond Schwarber’s swing for a strikeout. “He pitched with this

CHICAGO -- The Cubs had hoped Javier Assad was positioning himself to be an option for the rotation in the near future, but the right-hander has hit a setback in his comeback from a left oblique issue that initially flared during Spring Training.

So! Legitimate question: Are we sure the best team we saw open the season in Tokyo was the Dodgers? After the Cubs swept a two-game series against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field this week, including a wild 11-10 comeback victory on Tuesday, one does have to wonder: Are the Cubs

This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian's Cubs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CHICAGO -- Drew Pomeranz was warming up for the Giants at Citi Field last May, preparing to make his long-awaited return to a Major

One month can’t decide a season. But it can make you rethink some things. It’s been nearly that long since the 2025 campaign began en masse on March 27, and a lot has changed in that time. Several teams that were expected to be top contenders have scuffled out of

CHICAGO -- Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has gotten to know Pete Crow-Armstrong a little bit, given that the Cubs’ center fielder is friends with his son, Cole. During a pregame chat with reporters on Wednesday, Roberts said he liked the energy that Crow-Armstrong brings.

CHICAGO -- Nicky Lopez was at home in Arizona with his wife on Tuesday night, watching the Cubs’ wild comeback win over the Dodgers. One day later, he was wearing a Cubs uniform and standing in front of his new locker inside Wrigley Field.