Willson Contreras

In total, the Cubs tendered contracts Tuesday to 30 players on the 40-man roster, including Ian Happ and Willson Contreras.

Cubs pitchers issued 11 walks to the Diamondbacks as the Diamondbacks avoided a sweep with a 6-4 Sunday in Arizona.

The Cubs were down to their last out vs. the Diamondbacks before rallying for three runs, punctuated by Willson Contreras’ go-ahead two-run home run.

I think what he said last night needs to be said in-house and not to the media,” Cubs manager David Ross said.

If Jed Hoyer plans to blow up the Cubs’ core, maybe its time to consider making Willson Contreras one of the last men standing from it.

Chicago Cubs stars Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant were among five members of the team to be named finalists in MLB All-Star Game voting, the league announced Sunday. Rizzo and Bryant were joined by catcher Willson Contreras, shortstop Javier Báez and outfielder Joc Pederson, as the quintet will advance to the final phase of voting, which will start on...

Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Báez has pulled off some incredible plays in his career, but on Thursday he accomplished something that will probably blow the minds of fans. With Willson Contreras on second base in the third inning of the Cubs’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Báez hit a weak chopper to Pirates third baseman Erik Gonzalez. The third...

Willson Contreras left the Cubs 8-6 loss to the Reds on Friday with right thigh tightness.

Willson Contreras is tired of being hit by Milwaukee Brewers pitchers, and he got revenge in a big way on Tuesday night as he socked the go-ahead home run in a 3-2 Chicago Cubs win. Contreras, who has already been hit by three pitches by Brewers pitchers, stepped to the plate in the eighth inning of Tuesday’s game with...

The Chicago Cubs may not have gone far in the MLB postseason, but some of their players are still being honored for their achievements on this field during the regular season, as the club boasts seven Gold Glove award finalists. On Thursday, Rawlings unveiled their finalists for the prestigious awards, given to the best fielding players at each position on…

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jimmy Cordero has been suspended for three games and manager Rick Renteria has been suspended for one game and fined after Cordero was deemed to have intentionally hit Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras with a pitch on Friday night. White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper was also fined after he was ejected for arguing after the…

Tempers flared between the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs on Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field, as Sox reliever Jimmy Cordero was ejected after hitting Cubs catcher Willson Contreras with a pitch. The incident occurred in the seventh inning of the game, with the Cubs well in front of the White Sox. Cordero threw a pitch that struck Contreras…

Behind yet another strong starting pitcher performance and home runs from Jason Kipnis, Jason Heyward and Willson Contreras, the Chicago Cubs racked up their fifth straight win with a triumph over the Kansas City Royals at Wrigley Field Tuesday. Kyle Hendricks bounced back from a rough outing last week with a strong turn Tuesday, with seven innings of shutout work…

The Chicago Cubs’ bullpen was shelled for five earned runs in five innings of work on Saturday, as the Milwaukee Brewers knocked off the North Siders 8-3 at Wrigley Field. Ben Gamel drove in a pair of runs with an RBI triple in the fourth inning, and Christian Yelich and Justin Smoak each smacked their first home runs of the…

After MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told an ESPN reporter that he isn’t “100 percent certain” that there will be a baseball season in 2020, several Chicago Cubs players blasted the commissioner amid an ongoing dispute over player salaries in a coronavirus-shortened season. Manfred, in an interview with ESPN’s Mike Greenberg, walked back comments he had made during the MLB Draft,…

With Opening Day looming just 24 days away, the Chicago Cubs are beginning to ramp up their preparations for the 2020 regular season. The Cubs, currently 4-5 in Cactus League play so far this spring, may have a good number of their 26-man roster positions set for the coming year, but battles at second base and in the bullpen are…

Bats cracked, gloves popped and the sun was shining. On a beautiful day in Arizona, the sights and sounds of baseball were back. Cubs pitchers and catchers don’t have to report to spring training until Tuesday, but many were hard at work Monday on the fields in Mesa. Position players don’t have to report for another week, but even...

While Cubs pitchers and catchers don’t have to report to spring training until Tuesday, some players decided to head to Mesa early. NBC 5’s Mike Berman reports.

In what seems like an annual tradition, trade rumors are once again swirling around Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber and the New York Yankees. According to a report from The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, the Yankees and Cubs are talking about a swap for the slugger, and although Rosenthal’s report indicates that the talks are just casual conversations at this...

With baseball’s Winter Meetings looming, most of the talk surrounding the Chicago Cubs is centered on whether they will part ways with one of their key players in the quest to reshape their roster.