The Cubs shook up the baseball world when news broke they were hiring Craig Counsell as the team’s next manager. The move was an absolute bombshell.
The Chicago Cubs addressed their catching situation for 2024 by picking up the contract option for Yan Gomes on Sunday, per multiple reports. Earlier in the day, the Cubs opted to pick up the $16.5 million option on pitcher Kyle Hendricks, bolstering their rotation for next season.
The Cubs have exercised their $16.5M club option on the services of veteran right-hander Kyle Hendricks, per Jesse Rogers of ESPN. Hendricks, the club’s longest-tenured player, is now set to return in 2024 for his 11th season with the major league team and his 13th season as a member of the Cubs organization as a whole.
After seven years of having the same player behind home plate, the Chicago Cubs decided to go in a different direction following the 2022 season. They did not heavily pursue Wilson Contreras in free agency despite him being their everyday catcher for the past seven seasons.
Yan Gomes hit a first-inning grand slam and had five RBIs as the visiting Chicago Cubs overcame blowing an early six-run lead to snap their nine-game road losing streak with a 10-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.
Yan Gomes had three hits, including a two-run single in the ninth inning, as the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 on Monday in Denver.
There's a lot that goes into turning around a losing season into a competitive one in Major League Baseball. Belief in the team, the manager and overall roster talent is the foundation to competing for the playoffs.
Ian Happ and Yan Gomes hit two-run homers as the visiting Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday for their eighth straight victory.
The Chicago Cubs will aim for a season-high fifth consecutive victory on Saturday when they oppose the visiting Baltimore Orioles in the middle game of a three-game series. Yardbarker's Jack Dougherty has the prop pick.
We’re roughly a third of the way through the 2023 season. Players have had a couple months to build something of a performance track record that’ll play a role in their future contracts.
One of the under-the-radar, early-season stars, Justin Steele looks to build on another strong outing when the Chicago Cubs open a three-game home series against Hunter Greene and the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.
The Chicago Cubs will be hoping to ride their newfound momentum as they head to Minneapolis on Friday to open a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins.
Looking at the Chicago Cubs offense, it's clear that they followed the treasure map and found their bats in the 10-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are set to conclude their first series of the season on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field. With LHP Justin Steele on the bump, he will have the team's starting catcher back behind the plate.
The Chicago Cubs placed catcher Yan Gomes on the seven-day concussion injured list on Wednesday. The move is retroactive to Tuesday. Gomes was hit in the back of the head by a backswing while catching during Monday's game against the Washington Nationals.
Drew Smyly lost his bid for a perfect game on Friday in amazing fashion when he and catcher Yan Gomes hilariously collided with each other. Who else has lost a perfect game in a ridiculous way?
The Chicago Cubs struck again in free agency to fill a need on their roster, signing 31-year-old catcher Tucker Barnhart on Thursday. Cubs fans should be plenty familiar with him—Barnhart spent his first eight MLB seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, where he won two Gold Gloves behind the dish.
When the Chicago Cubs signed Yan Gomes to a two-year contract last offseason, the main goal for 2022 was to have a stable veteran backup presence that could alleviate the pressure on Willson Contreras to start every day, something the team couldn't find in 2021.
Marcus Stroman allowed one run over seven strong innings, and Yan Gomes' second hit of the night broke a tie score in the seventh, as the Chicago Cubs handed the Philadelphia Phillies a fifth consecutive road defeat with a 2-1 win on Tuesday.
It was another rough day for many of the Chicago Cubs bats, as they lost their second game in a row, against the Colorado Rockies by a score of 4-3. Chicago starter Javier Assad, who tossed a quality start in his previous outing, got off to a shaky beginning, walking three straight batters to load the bases with one out.
Former National Yan Gomes hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and the visiting Chicago Cubs beat Washington 3-2 Wednesday to win the three-game series.
Mike Napoli provides more than just first base coach services for the Chicago Cubs. He also checks player equipment for free.
Gomes spent the 2020 pandemic-shortened season with Washington and was moved to the Oakland Athletics at the 2021 trade deadline.
Washington will receive catcher Drew Millas and pitchers Seth Shuman and Richard Guasch in return, a source told The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.
Gomes has been a steady presence for the Nationals since they acquired him from the Indians prior to the 2019 season.
The Washington Nationals had their season-opening home series versus the New York Mets postponed due to what was initially feared to be a "major" COVID-19 outbreak.
Umpire Sam Holbrook made a horrendous, game-changing call in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night that potentially cost the Nationals a run and led to an eventual ejection.
Always active on the offseason trade market, the Dodgers have been having “lots” of discussions with the Indians regarding a variety of potential scenarios, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
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