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Rumors have swirled throughout the offseason that the Chicago Cubs are trying to better set themselves up for the future, and the opening salvo was launched Monday as the team reportedly traded pitcher Yu Darvish and catcher Victor Caratini to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Zach Davies and a quartet of minor league prospects. According to multipl...

The Chicago Cubs are looking to make some serious changes to their roster for the 2021 season, and there’s at least one big name player who could be on the move, as the team is reportedly “deep in talks” to send pitcher Yu Darvish to the San Diego Padres. Multiple news outlets and reporters, including Dennis Lin, Sahadev Sharma and…

The Chicago Cubs have made a roster move Tuesday, claiming outfielder Phillip Ervin off of the waiver wire from the Seattle Mariners. Ervin drove in four runs and batted .149 in 74 at-bats with the Mariners and the Cincinnati Reds last season. In 237 career games, Ervin has 17 home runs and 68 RBI’s, with a career .247 batting average…...

White Sox manager Tony La Russa says he doesn’t have a drinking problem. He also says he has to prove that with his behavior.

David Ross knew changes in the front office were likely when he was hired to manage the Chicago Cubs prior to last season

The White Sox announced that they’ve invited their four top minor league affiliates to continue to be their affiliates, sending invites to teams in Charlotte, Birmingham, Winston-Salem and Kannapolis.

The Chicago Cubs have invited four of their minor league teams, including the Triple-A Iowa Cubs and Single-A South Bend Cubs, to remain with the club as affiliates in Major League Baseball’s new player development structure. The announcement was made Wednesday, as teams from around the league restructure their minor league farm systems ahead of th...

The Kane County Cougars have not been invited by Major League Baseball to remain a minor league affiliate of a big league club, but will instead join an MLB partner league beginning with the 2021 season. The Cougars, formerly the minor league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, had been a minor league affiliate with a variety of clubs since thei...

A familiar face is on his way back to the South Side, as the Chicago White Sox have reportedly signed outfielder Adam Eaton to a one-year contract. The deal was first reported by NBC Sports Chicago’s Chuck Garfien: The contract will pay Eaton $7 million for the 2021 season, with a team option for the 2022 campaign. Eaton spent the…

The Chicago White Sox came into the offseason looking to bolster their starting rotation, and they took a step in that direction late Monday, reportedly acquiring hurler Lance Lynn from the Texas Rangers. ESPN’s Jeff Passan broke the news as baseball’s annual Winter Meetings get underway: According to Passan, right-handed pitcher Dane Dunning was s...

Dick Allen, who won the American League’s Most Valuable Player award in 1972 with the Chicago White Sox, has passed away at the age of 78, his family announced Monday. Allen hit 351 home runs and drove in 1,119 RBI’s in his 15-year big league career, with stops with the Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers, White Sox and Athletics. “With sadness in…...

Len Kasper, the Chicago Cubs’ longtime TV play-by-play announcer, is joining the radio booth of the crosstown White Sox

The Chicago White Sox have declined to offer 2021 contracts to right fielder Nomar Mazara and pitcher Carlos Rodón, sending the pair into free agency