Cubs add five to 40-man roster
The Cubs added outfielder James Adduci, catcher Welington Castillo and pitchers John Gaub, Blake Parker, and Rafael Dolis to the 40-man roster on Friday.


The Cubs added outfielder James Adduci, catcher Welington Castillo and pitchers John Gaub, Blake Parker, and Rafael Dolis to the 40-man roster on Friday.
Starlin Castro can finally take a day off. The shortstop wrapped up his Arizona Fall League duty on Thursday, finishing with a .376 average in 26 games with the Mesa Solar Sox. Not bad for a 19-year-old.
The Chicago Cubs are one of the teams the Toronto Blue Jays have contacted regarding former Cy Young winner Roy Halladay.
Through the Champions for Children's event Sarah and Kerry Wood hosted at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago, the Woods brought the Cubs and White Sox together in perfect harmony for the tremendous cause of Children's Memorial Hospital.
The Cubs dealt right-handed reliever Aaron Heilman to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday for two Minor League prospects.
Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts is the new kid on the block as far as Major League Baseball owners go, and he spent his first owners meetings soaking everything in.
The Cubs and John Grabow are close to agreeing on a two-year deal that would keep the veteran left-hander from hitting the open market.
Once the free-agent market officially opens for business on Thursday at 11:01 p.m. CT, general manager Jim Hendry and the Cubs were expected to try to make some deals to tinker with the roster rather than do much shopping.
The Cubs will play their crosstown rivals, the Chicago White Sox, five times in Spring Training, according to the 2010 schedule released on Wednesday.
New Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts will have a chance to meet the other Major League Baseball owners at a private dinner Wednesday night.
Projected as the No. 4 starter in the Cubs rotation for 2010, Randy Wells recently talked with MLB.com about his offseason plans and food cravings.
Cubs players Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Marmol joined Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Billy Williams in ceremonies Tuesday to announce a $20,000 contribution to community projects in the Dominican Republic.
The launching of the Virtual Catalog at the MLB.com Shop signals the official start to another season of holiday shopping.
John Grabow filed for free agency on Monday, but the Cubs have had talks with his agent in an effort to bring the left-handed reliever back.
Cubs pitcher Randy Wells finished sixth in the voting for the National League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award, announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Pitcher Randy Wells may have been the biggest surprise of 2009, winning 12 games, but it wasn't enough to give the Cubs their second straight National League Rookie of the Year.
Who will be playing center field for the Cubs next season? Is there any chance Mike Fontenot is traded? Beat reporter Carrie Muskat answers these questions and more in the latest Inbox.
A pitcher who takes pride in his hitting, Carlos Zambrano is far from an easy out, and Thursday he once again garnered the opposition's respect, netting his third Silver Slugger Award.
Cubs infielder Mike Fontenot was awarded the final arbitration spot for players with between two and three years of major league service, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Two Florida businessmen didn't think it was possible that the Cubs might relocate their Spring Training site from Arizona to here until they looked the team's new owners, the Ricketts family, in the eyes.
The Cubs and White Sox announced Tuesday that they will play a pair of split-squad exhibition games in Las Vegas on March 12 and 13, marking the second consecutive year the two will play there.
Kevin Gregg, who lost the closer's job with the Cubs to Carlos Marmol this past season, was one of 31 players to file for free agency on Monday.
As general managers arrived in Chicago on Monday for the General Manager Meetings, Cubs boss Jim Hendry made it clear how his team's controversial outfielder Milton Bradley doesn't necessarily have to be involved in Hot Stove moves.
It's awards time in Major League Baseball, meaning Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and pitcher Carlos Zambrano could be back in the spotlight.
How did Jeff Samardzija fare in Mexican Pacific League play? Will the Cubs re-sign Reed Johnson? Beat reporter Carrie Muskat tackles these questions in the latest Inbox installment.