Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Ben Brown pauses on the mound after giving up a two-run home run to St. Louis Cardinals' Brendan Donovan during the fifth inning of a baseball game on June 23 in St.

CHICAGO — While Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer spoke to reporters last week about being in the “information-gathering stage ...

Dansby Swanson homered, Matthew Boyd pitched six sharp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, Seiya Suzuki added a solo shot in the sixth, and the Chicago Cubs held on for a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on ...

Pressly, who has rattled off eight straight scoreless appearances, last recorded a save on April 13. Since allowing nine runs (eight earned) in a nightmare of an outing back on May 6, Pressly has ...

Cubs can't afford to be held hostage by Ryan Pressly any longer The other option for the Cubs closer role coming into the season, Porter Hodge, hasn't exactly wrangled the job from Pressly with a ...

Closer Ryan Pressly was expected to be a massive addition to this Cubs bullpen, but the right-hander hasn't been great, posting a 7.62 ERA.

According to another post from OptaStats, Pressly is now the only MLB reliever since 1913 to allow eight or more earned runs, record zero outs, and take the loss. His ERA skyrocketed from a 2.08 ...

Closer Ryan Pressly was expected to be a massive addition to this Cubs bullpen, but the right-hander hasn't been great, posting a 7.62 ERA.

Ryan Pressly’s 8.1% strikeout rate is the second-worst among 190 qualified relievers. What are the Chicago Cubs doing to get the veteran on track?

Pressly has issued walks to 12.1 percent of batters, well above his career rate of 7.2 percent. In his 12 previous years in the big leagues, he had just one season with a walk rate above 9 percent ...

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