With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Cubs' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Moisés Ballesteros (MLB No. 53), C -- Chicago (MLB)
2. Jaxon Wiggins (MLB No. 56), RHP -- Iowa (Triple-A)
3. Ethan Conrad, OF

CHICAGO – The Cubs’ series against the Angels opened with perfect baseball weather and ended with the polar opposite, pun slightly intended.

After both teams enjoyed the summer-like warmth of Monday’s opener, Wednesday’s game-time temp came in at 39 degrees. Add in the 21 mph gusts that kept every flag clinging

With games kicking off on Thursday at both levels of A ball as well as Double-A, and Triple-A entering its second week of play, the 2026 Minor League season is now fully underway. That means we can finally see all of our favorite prospects performing on the field.

We know it’s

CHICAGO -- Seiya Suzuki put on a show in batting practice during Monday’s pregame workout, peppering the bleachers at Wrigley Field with a pile of impressive home runs. That checked the box of looking very much like a hitter who was ready to step back into the heart of the

The season has just begun, but several pitchers put themselves on the radar with electric debuts.

Whether they are young hurlers that might be taking a step forward, veteran pitchers looking for bounceback seasons or unheralded pitchers potentially flashing a new upside, we had plenty of pitchers with impressive first games.

For

The White Sox have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 Draft, which comes with an assigned value of $11,350,600, the largest since the bonus-pool era began in 2012. Yet it's the Pirates who possess the largest overall pool at $19,130,700, another record.

MLB informed the teams of the updated

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Cubs injury news and transactions.

Albeit in a pair of losses, Cubs right-handed pitcher Ben Brown has commanded some attention in his first two appearances of the season.

Brown has gone 6 2/3 innings in long relief, split evenly between the season-opening 10-4 loss to the Nationals and Monday night’s 2-0 loss

Which Minor League ballparks are worth visiting? The answer, of course, is "all of them." Minor League Baseball's 120 teams operate out of a wide variety of locales, within a wide variety of locations, and all of them offer their own unique charms. And every year, there are different reasons

CHICAGO -- With a black ski mask leaving only his eyes exposed to the frigid conditions at Wrigley Field, Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong sprinted in pursuit of a fly ball off the bat of Jeimer Candelario in the sixth inning on Tuesday night. The catch soon became trickier than

CHICAGO -- The Cubs have had their eyes on Edward Cabrera for a few years. He was a pitcher who looked poised to find another level as a Major League starter and one who could perhaps seize on that potential under the watch of Chicago’s pitching infrastructure.

On Monday night, Cabrera

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CHICAGO -- The way that Nationals center fielder Jacob Young slowly drifted back, it was not clear initially if Alex Bregman was about to have his milestone homer. The Wrigley Field crowd buzzed in anticipation and then the winds over the old ballpark took care of the rest.

CHICAGO -- The more one watches Nico Hoerner play, the more the appreciation grows for what the Cubs’ second baseman can do on a diamond. Fans on the North Side have witnessed him turn into the heart and soul of the ballclub over the better part of a decade and

Baseball has finally returned for the 2026 season. So, too, have the ample opportunities to make a lifelong memory in and around the ballpark. That could be from a batted ball that finds the stands, a warmup ball tossed to a fan, a signed piece of memorabilia or a photo

CHICAGO -- The goal for Seiya Suzuki during the Cubs’ first homestand was to make notable progress in his comeback from a right knee sprain. The right fielder has been checking off some important boxes, including during Sunday’s pregame workout at Wrigley Field.

Suzuki went through a variety of

CHICAGO -- This week has not only been about the beginning of the Cubs’ quest to return to the postseason after last fall’s October experience. In light of the six-year extension with center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and the reported long-term agreement with second baseman Nico Hoerner,

CHICAGO – As fast as Pete Crow-Armstrong is on the bases and in center field, the speed at which Cubs fans have embraced the budding star has been just as spectacular. His jersey is easy to spot in the stands in every ballpark he visits and chants of his initials

CHICAGO -- The last time Wrigley Field was packed with fans prior to Thursday’s season opener, the Cubs pulled off a needed win to keep their October dreams alive. The North Siders nabbed a victory over the rival Brewers to force a decisive Game 5 in the National

CHICAGO -- Pete Crow-Armstrong made a quick stop at his locker ahead of Thursday’s Opening Day game against the Nationals, then weaved swiftly through the gathered reporters and headed out the clubhouse door. His time to talk about his new extension will be coming soon.

That did not stop the center

A lot more goes into signing with a new team than most fans think about. It involves learning new teammates and coaches, getting around a new city and moving the family with you. In the case of Alex Bregman and his new five-year, $175 million deal with the Cubs, he

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After helping lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a second consecutive World Series championship and electrifying crowds in the Tokyo Dome at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, Shohei Ohtani’s global superstar status continues as he opens his third straight MLB season with the most popular player jersey in the Majors.