The Chicago Cubs are welcoming back Drew Smyly to their bullpen as they take on the St. Louis Cardinals. The veteran pitcher has been out of action with a hip issue since April.
Everyone but Iowa won tonight. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Pirates), 18-6. Thomas Pannone has been good this year, but tonight he had his worst start of the season, giving up six runs, four earned, on five hits over just two innings.
Chicago Cubs lefty Drew Smyly has been out since April with a hip injury.
The Cubs are expecting to welcome shortstop Dansby Swanson back from the injured list prior to Tuesday’s series opener against the Braves, as noted by Kyle Williams of the Chicago Sun Times.
The Chicago Cubs placed right-hander Kyle Hendricks and left-hander Drew Smyly on the 15-day injured list Tuesday as the club made several roster moves.
One is suffering a lower back issue, while the other is dealing with a hip impingement.
This news is a little stale because I didn’t want to pay $19 for wifi on my flight to Phoenix, but posterity dictated I address it just the same. Craig Counsell announced on Thursday that Jordan Wicks and Javier Assad would begin the season in the rotation and that Drew Smyly would come out of the bullpen.
Every team hopes for flexibility on a roster. For position players, Cody Bellinger is the perfect example. He can play first base or center field. Michael
Sunday’s game featured very good outings from this pair of Cubs lefthanders. With Jameson Taillon now possibly missing Opening Day, the Cubs will possibly need an extra starter to fill in.
Drew Smyly didn’t have the best outing of his career Thursday afternoon against a spotty Rockies lineup, giving up five earned runs on seven hits — two of which left the yard — over just two innings.
Monday was an wild day in the world of Chicago Cubs baseball after the team decided to move on from manager David Ross and bring in former Milwaukee Brewers skipper Craig Counsell.
He’ll make an $8.5M salary next season and is guaranteed a $2.5M buyout on a mutual option for 2025.
Last week was far from a banner week. But Yardbarker's Matt Wiesenfeld is a gamer, and he's back with his two picks and a prop for Monday's MLB slate.
A week and a half after he took a perfect game into the eighth inning, Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Drew Smyly continued to impress Monday night, in the Cubs' 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington D.C.
Drew Smyly's near-perfect outing served as a reminder of Chicago's pitching talent and the starters' dramatic improvement from last season.
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?
Chicago Cubs veteran starter Drew Smyly saw his perfect game hopes crumble on Friday in a bizarre, heartbreaking fashion when he collided with catcher
After four innings of baseball on Wednesday night, the Chicago Cubs were back at it under a cloudless sky at Sloan Park against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Chicago Cubs keep on rolling after they secured their fifth win in a row when they downed the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in a comeback win. While results in the win-loss column don't matter much in Spring Training, the resiliency to battle back by the entire roster is exciting to see in terms of setting the culture and tone in the clubhouse.
The Cubs lefty was dinged with a pitch clock violation in the second inning of Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Brewers. As Major League Baseball has rolled out its new pitch clock for the 2023 season, several pitchers have commented that it has yet to really impact the timing of their sequencing.
The Chicago Cubs made a huge splash in free agency this winter. In fact they made a couple, which showed that the front office was in fact keeping their promise of being active in free agency. But the big one was the signing of superstar shortstop Dansby Swanson.
Left-hander Drew Smyly agreed to a two-year contract to remain with the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Financial terms were not disclosed by the Cubs, however multiple media outlets reported the deal was worth a total of $19 million and has a mutual option for the 2025 season.
Jesse Rogers is reporting that Drew Smyly is on the verge of finalizing a deal with the Cubs The Chicago Cubs are on the verge of bringing back a key member of last year’s starting rotation.
The Chicago Cubs will be meeting with Drew Smyly's camp to discuss a new deal that would bring the lefty back to Wrigley Field for the 2023 season according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times' Maddie Lee.
With the Chicago Cubs' offseason having plenty of excitement surrounding the number of avenues the team can explore, some rumors are coming to light. According
It’s unlikely Smyly will return on the terms of the mutual option itself but it’s possible the sides can line up on a new deal.
Smyly pitched five scoreless innings, allowing four hits while striking out nine batters and walking two.
I made my thoughts pretty clear earlier this week after Drew Smyly‘s last start — there’s no reason he should be starting another game for the Braves. There was a stretch there in the middle of the season where he was serviceable, but the whole body of work on the season — 4.75 ERA/5.34 FIP — doesn’t lie.
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