Arodys Vizcaino

Zach McAllister didn't appear out of nowhere for the Indians last September at U.S. Cellular Field. He was making his 25th big-league start, but he looked too good to have a 4.56 ERA. Turns out the six strong innings McAllister threw against the White...

Talking baseball while hoping Kirk Hinrich gets well soon: 1. At some point every July, I make this point: The odds are always with the teams selling talent at the trade deadline, not the ones giving up prospects to try to meet short-term opportunities....

With the White Sox back to .500, maybe they can salvage our summer. The spring has been a bust, and never has there been a City Series matchup generating so little enthusiasm in Chicago. But there is some good news for the baseball wise. That's this:...

Nineteen cents. That's what tickets in the third row of Section 533 were advertised at on StubHub Monday afternoon. As for the rest of Wrigley Field, it looks like most of those tickets couldn't be given away. No surprise there, not with the Bears...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Now the Cubs remember why Carlos Marmol isn't their closer anymore. Manager Dale Sveum found himself in quite a bind Sunday, having used closer Kevin Gregg four straight days, making...

MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Even when the Cubs, 6-3 winners over the New York Mets on Friday, were losing 101 games last year, there was never a hangdog look about the team, and the clubhouse never imploded. This year's losing ways...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Manager Dale Sveum decided the experiment was over. After batting shortstop Starlin Castro down in the batting order -- sixth or seventh -- since June 4, Sveum moved him back into the No....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH The Cubs need Matt Garza to step up, for no other reason than to increase his trade value. Garza was pounded in Tuesday night's 12-2 loss to the Reds. He lasted just five-plus innings and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Cubs president Theo Epstein found himself putting out a fire he didn't need to be fighting Tuesday. Epstein suspended minor league third baseman Ian Stewart for a Twitter rant late Monday...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Victories haven't been the only thing missing from Edwin Jackson's game. Although Jackson wouldn't go as far to say the fun had gone out of baseball, he seemed much more relaxed and at...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Shortstop Starlin Castro has been moved down to seventh in the Cubs batting order, and that's where it looks like he'll stay, at least for a while. Castro has been in a horrible slump....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Somehow, some way, the Cubs need to build a better bridge from their starting pitchers to closer Kevin Gregg. The starting staff has been good all season long, and Gregg is 6-for-6 in...