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The Giants announced that outfielder Justin Dean has been claimed off waivers by the Cubs. San Francisco had designated him for assignment last week to open a roster spot for Tyler Mahle. Chicago had multiple 40-man vacancies and doesn’t need to make a corresponding move. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle was among those to relay the transaction. Dean, 29, just made … [Read more...] about Cubs Claim Justin Dean

The St. Louis Cardinals have traded Nolan Arenado to the Arizona Diamondbacks while remain connected to a potential Chicago Cubs' trade of Nico Hoerner. … [Read more...] about Cubs rival finally unloads their biggest headache in trade with Diamondbacks

Northwestern University’s $862 million Ryan Field in Evanston likely won’t be hosting just the Wildcats. On Friday, the Chicago Stars soccer team announced they had applied for a unique use permit from Evanston, because they would need special permission from the city to host professional soccer games, in upcoming seasons, at Ryan Field. If City of Evanston officials sign off … [Read more...] about Chicago Stars soccer asking Evanston for OK to play at Ryan Field

That the Giants are in the market for help at second base is well known at this point, but ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that San Francisco has been particularly “aggressive” in its pursuit of late, with recent talks regarding a pair of NL Central standouts: Nico Hoerner of the Cubs and Brendan Donovan of the Cardinals. Both were known targets for the Giants already, but it’s … [Read more...] about Giants Aggressively Pursuing Second Base Upgrade

In possession of an infield logjam with Alex Bregman, might the Chicago Cubs considering dangling Nico Hoerner in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers? … [Read more...] about Cubs and Dodgers have perfect opportunity to repeat Michael Busch trade blueprint