CHICAGO – Cubs rookie outfielder Owen Caissie pulled off a difficult catch on Saturday afternoon, but it came at a cost. In the wake of Chicago's 5-4 loss to the Rays, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that Caissie had entered Major League Baseball’s concussion protocol after hitting his head on

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ATLANTA -- Kyle Tucker was hoping to arrive at Truist Park on Tuesday and have his name back in the Cubs’ lineup for the first time in a week. The outfielder had ramped up his activity on Monday and he appeared to be turning a corner with the right calf

ATLANTA -- One of the stories of the season for the Cubs was the steady ascension of Daniel Palencia to the closer’s role in the bullpen. Chicago is now facing uncertainty over how long the hard-throwing righty will be sidelined as the October stage looms. Prior to Monday’s game against

CHICAGO -- Daniel Palencia was visibly frustrated as he crouched on the mound, slamming his left hand into the dirt. Just a few moments prior, Palencia released a 100.4 mph four-seamer that ended up way inside on Nationals first baseman Andrés Chaparro. He grimaced as he finished his motion, then

CHICAGO -- Pete Crow-Armstrong hadn’t fouled a ball straight off his knee cap before. He’s now very aware of the pain that comes after. Crow-Armstrong exited after the bottom of the sixth inning of the Cubs’ 2-1 loss to the Nationals on Saturday at Wrigley Field with a right knee

CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Craig Counsell delivered an encouraging update about Kyle Tucker’s left calf tightness Saturday morning. Just a day earlier, following the Cubs’ 11-5 win over the Nationals on Friday, Counsell gave the assembled media an update on Tucker’s pregame workout. It wasn’t the positive update Chicago wanted,

CHICAGO -- Rather than push Kyle Tucker back into the lineup at the first sign of improvement, Cubs manager Craig Counsell has opted to give the star outfielder a little more time to continue to rest and heal from the left calf issue that flared earlier this week. Tucker was

CHICAGO -- Kyle Tucker had been looking more and more like himself in the batter’s box of late, and that continued on Tuesday night. The Cubs’ right fielder took the kind of swing that furthered that feeling, launching a baseball high over left field and into the bleachers in the

SAN FRANCISCO -- When Cubs starter Jameson Taillon considers what it means to be a good teammate, his mind goes to taking the ball and chewing up as many innings as possible. On Wednesday at Oracle Park, Taillon was asked to think about his current situation in a different manner.

CHICAGO -- The bottom line is that Kyle Tucker wanted to keep playing. As the Cubs star stood in front of his locker on Thursday morning, that was how he explained the decision to keep pushing through a hand injury that flared back in June. Tucker was back in the

CHICAGO -- The prolonged nature of Kyle Tucker’s uncharacteristic offensive struggles have necessitated questions for weeks about whether the Cubs star was playing through a health issue. He sustained a finger injury in June, but both Tucker and team personnel have downplayed that as a lingering problem.

CHICAGO -- The Cubs trusted rookie Cade Horton with the ball in the opener of this week’s crucial five-game series with the rival Brewers, and for good reason. Horton has emerged as a key part of Chicago’s rotation and has been one of the game’s top starting pitchers since the

TORONTO -- It appears as though Miguel Amaya is headed back to the injured list, just one day after coming off of it. The crowd at Rogers Centre fell silent in the top of the eighth inning of the Cubs' 4-1 win over the Blue Jays when Amaya stepped on

TORONTO – Another starting rotation reinforcement is on the way for the Cubs. Right-hander Jameson Taillon threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings and worked up to 84 pitches at Triple-A Iowa in what was his final rehab outing on Wednesday afternoon. He allowed two hits, walked two and struck out four

CHICAGO – Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer was fully aware of Michael Soroka’s velocity issues over the past month. As he communicated with the Nationals and had his front-office team dig into the situation ahead of the Trade Deadline, Hoyer reached the decision that it was worth the

CHICAGO – Michael Soroka fired a fastball to Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson in the second inning on Monday night and felt something grab in his right shoulder. The new Cubs starter – making his debut for the club after being acquired at the Trade Deadline – hoped the sensation would

MILWAUKEE -- Ian Happ arrived at American Family Field on Wednesday morning still sore from the hard foul ball he hit off his left shin the previous night, but the veteran Cubs outfielder was happy to avoid anything serious and bypass a stint on the injured list. Even so, the

MILWAUKEE -- Ian Happ began to feel light-headed as he tried to wait out the sting from the foul ball he just sent off his left shin in the eighth inning on Tuesday night. The Cubs outfielder opted against trying to stay in, knowing that a retreat to the tunnel

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Cubs would love nothing more than to have the version of Porter Hodge that emerged last season as a late-inning weapon for the bullpen. Getting the young right-hander back to that point remains an ongoing project, given another injury setback.

CHICAGO -- The Cubs placed right-hander Jameson Taillon on the 15-day injured list Friday, retroactive to Tuesday, with a right calf strain and recalled left-hander Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Taillon, 33, is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA in 17 starts this season with the Cubs, including a WHIP of

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. ST. LOUIS -- Cubs manager Craig Counsell is not one to announce a decision multiple days before it is necessary or required. There are

CHICAGO -- Jameson Taillon was relaxing at home on Friday night when he decided to check in on Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga. The veteran pitcher logged into the team’s Ivy database and watched Imanaga’s latest rehab start with Triple-A Iowa. “From watching his outing last night,” Taillon said, “he’s right.”

CHICAGO -- The baseball that Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford connected with in the fifth inning on Friday afternoon was on its way back to the mound before Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd had even finished his delivery. The pitcher had little time to react. A fraction of a second after landing

CHICAGO -- Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy went through the video of Shota Imanaga’s latest Minor League rehab outing and liked what he saw, especially given the environment that the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League presents. It is a far cry from working in a big league setting.