June 11, 2020 Theo Epstein's 2014 prediction came true when the Cubs picked Ed Howard in MLB Draft Back in 2014, Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein congratulated the Jackie Robinson West team on its United States title in the Little League World Series.
June 11, 2020 Cubs take local star Ed Howard with 1st-round draft pick Ed Howard lost his senior season because of the coronavirus pandemic. Prom was canceled. Same for graduation at Mount Carmel High School on Chicago’s South Side.
June 9, 2020 Epstein says Cubs planning to create diversity committee The Chicago Cubs are creating a diversity committee to help improve the organization's standards and practices
May 22, 2020 Cubs institute pay cuts, Pirates announce furloughs The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates are trimming payroll while they await word on the fate of the Major League Baseball season.
May 6, 2020 Jon Lester open to possible Red Sox reunion should he hit free agency Jon Lester spent more than eight seasons with the Boston Red Sox and won two World Series with the team early in his career and the possibility of finishing there has crossed his mind.
April 14, 2020 Jim Frey, former Royals and Cubs manager, dies at 88 Former MLB manager Jim Frey, who led the Kansas City Royals to the 1980 World Series, died Sunday. He was 88.
April 2, 2020 MLB cancels London Series in June: 'We are facing an unprecedented situation' Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that the London Series scheduled for June 13-14 between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals would be canceled in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Â
March 24, 2020 Cubs' Anthony Rizzo provides nearly 700 hot meals to health care workers on coronavirus front lines Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is giving back to healthcare workers unable to stay home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic by providing hot meals to doctors and nurses through his foundation.Â
March 6, 2020 Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage no fan of today's MLB: 'It's like the Democrats are running baseball' Hall of Fame closer Goose Gossage said in an interview published Friday that the game of baseball has changed so much since he retired that he doesn’t watch it anymore while taking at hit at Democrats in the process.
February 21, 2020 Spring training features several veterans in new places hoping to be in the majors on Opening Day A look at veteran players trying to make The Show.