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By Blake Tarrants – Last Word On Baseball The Chicago Cubs landed a dominant closer in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, as they acquired All-Star Wade Davis from the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Jorge Soler. Bob Nightengale of USA Today broke the news. The trade appears to be one-for-one, pending physicals. The #Cubs and […] READ MORE
Jorge Soler gets disabled list stint due to a left hamstring strain he sustained in a game against the Phillies. Albert Almora gets called up. READ MORE
Less than a week after A.J. Pollock fractured his elbow, another young National League player with a high ceiling is making a trip to the disabled list. An MRI on Chicago Cubs catcher/outfielder Kyle Schwarber on Friday revealed complete tears in his ACL and LCL in his left knee, according to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com. […] READ MORE
The Cubs bring back Fowler into the fold, while also sending Chris Coghlan to Oakland in exchange for pitches Aaron Brooks. READ MORE
The Cubbies are poised to end a 108 year championship drought, but they have to answer a question. Can the Cubs avoid a sophomore slump? READ MORE
Discussing some of the disappointing Fantasy Baseball performances from this season and then crowning the 2015 Fantasy Baseball LVP. READ MORE
This wasn’t how it was supposed to end. The young Chicago Cubs Cinderella story was supposed to end with championship celebrations and curses deemed dead. That’s not even close to what happened. On Wednesday October 21, 2015, the Cubs were straight-up out hustled, out gunned, and out played by a better New York Mets team […] READ MORE
The Chicago Cubs have done the impossible already this season. This rambunctious, young group of players was supposed to be at LEAST a year out from doing any damage in the National League. Their road to the NLCS has not been an easy one, and no matter who they face for the National League Championship, […] READ MORE
Whatever expectations Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon had before the 2015 season began, their current mission is clear. The Chicago Cubs want the top NL Wild Card. Joe Maddon played the fatherly good cop up until the trade deadline. On July 31 the Cubs were eight games over .500. In August Maddon buried the accelerator […] READ MORE
Happy Sunday everybody! Injuries are always piling up and we here at Last Word On Sports have the basbeball injury report that you need to stay on top. READ MORE
