San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin is Counsell's biggest threat early in the season, as the Giants are off to a hot 6-1 ...

The Chicago Cubs coaching staff, including manager Craig Counsell, second from left, watch fly ball hit by the San Diego ...

The Chicago Cubs season was initially off to a shaky start as the new players found their footing and the veterans got back into the swing of things.

As a fly-ball pitcher, home runs are inevitably part of left-hander Shota Imanaga’s game. He averaged nearly one home run ...

Despite the home ballpark elements at play during moments of the chilly April games — Corey Seager’s home run off Imanaga in ...

It took Sidd Finch 40 years to get to a Mets home game. A week after the anniversary of the Sidd Finch April Fool’s joke, ...

Dansby Swanson tried to channel a less-is-more mentality when he stepped into the batter’s box in the bottom of the eighth ...

The Chicago Cubs dropped a tough Sunday afternoon contest ... CLICK HERE: Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast ...

Justin Steele was locked in for the Chicago Cubs' shoutout win against the Texas Rangers, but does Monday night's performance warrant renewal of his ace status?

“Last season we went over the luxury tax and we ultimately didn’t win ... ago, Cubs executives were highlighted in a glowing Bloomberg Businessweek cover story that declared “a sports ...

The Rangers are the first team in MLB history to win 8 of their first ... is set for 7:40 p.m. ET. Cubs' lefty Justin Steele will be on the mound. He's 2-1 but sports a high 6.89 ERA.

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