Lendy Castillo

A pitching staff that included Ryan Dempster, Paul Maholm, Matt Garza, Jeff Samardzija and Carlos Marmol went belly up in 2012, despite prolonged stretches of dominance from those four starters and the closer. The Cubs finished 24th among all major...

It may be small consolation, but the Cubs were basically controversy-free in 2012 for the first time in decades. While their 101-loss season goes down as the third-worst in club history, there was no backbiting or visible jealousy in the clubhouse, a...

With Zack Greinke, the latest big-name pitcher traded, going to the Angels and Francisco Liriano moving to the White Sox, the market for the Cubs' Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza — perhaps even Paul Maholm — has narrowed. So who's still...

A five-error afternoon by the Cubs led to one of their worst performances of the season, and first baseman Anthony Rizzo said you can't blame it on the team's lack of experience. "I didn't think the game was that bad," Rizzo said. "We fought all game,...

When Theo Epstein arrived from Boston, bringing Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod with him, most figured the Cubs' longtime scouting director, Tim Wilken, was about to be looking for a new job. That perception couldn't have been more wrong. Wilken, who built...

Dear Mr. and Mrs. NATO protesters, If you want to decry something that you think offends humanity, skip McCormick Place this weekend and head to Wrigley Field. If you’re looking to bring attention to senseless policies, then the Cubs-White Sox...

TV SPORTS Hockey--IIHF World Championships, quarterfinals, Canada vs. Slovakia, 5 a.m. (NBCSN), Russia vs. Norway, 7:30 a.m. (NBCSN), United States vs. Finland, 10 a.m. (NBCSN), Sweden vs. Czech Republic, 1 p.m. (NBCSN) Major League Baseball--...

I don’t know why Carlos Marmol is still a Cub. I don’t know if Marmol knows why he’s still a Cub. Only Theo Epstein knows, and he should know better. Marmol is the European sports car of closers --- finely tuned and destined to cost a...