Michael Bowden

MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Manager Dale Sveum held a brief meeting with his bullpen members this week. It was a circle-the-wagons type of meeting after a brutal game Tuesday at Pittsburgh, after the relievers ruined a nice start by...

PITTSBURGH — Cubs reliever Shawn Camp had been suffering from a toe injury for about a month when he served up the game-winning grand slam to the Pirates on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Cubs sent Camp to the 15-day disabled list with a sprained...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH The Cubs aren't disappointed in shortstop Starlin Castro, but they'd like to see their 23-year-old budding star progress more quickly. Castro was a tough 0-for-4 in Sunday's 4-3 loss to...

RHP Eduardo Sanchez was claimed off waivers from St. Louis and optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Sanchez, 24, was 0-0 with one save and a 3.72 ERA in nine relief appearances for Triple-A Memphis this season. He made a combined 43 relief appearances for the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Lost amid the shuffle of another bad bullpen blowup was a nice season debut by Matt Garza. Garza, the erstwhile ace of the Cubs' starting rotation, was very good Tuesday night in a 5-4...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Pirates 5, Cubs 4 PITTSBURGH -- It was hard to tell Matt Garza had gone exactly 10 months since he last pitched in a major-league game as he worked five near-flawless innings for the Chicago Cubs....

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Pirates, Cubs' bullpen spoil Garza's return PITTSBURGH -- The good news for the Chicago Cubs was that Matt Garza was nearly flawless while making his first major-league start in exactly 10 months....

— Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury is off to a poor start but remains one of the more interesting potential free agents. Cubs President Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer know Ellsbury well from their days in Boston and are aware...

PITTSBURGH -- Minor league reliever Eduardo Sanchez, a Cardinals prospect, was claimed off waivers by the Cubs on Tuesday and sent to Triple-A Iowa. The 24-year-old Sanchez had a 3.72 earned-run average in nine appearances at Triple-A Memphis. He made...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH The Cubs made it official over the weekend, saying right-hander Matt Garza would come off the disabled list and start Tuesday night at Pittsburgh. When Garza does return, manager Dale...

The Cubs may be restless, but they are not young. At least that is how manager Dale Sveum views his ballclub. "We're not a young team," he said Sunday. "We've got a couple of young players, but there's no excuses. We've had plenty of guys who have...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH The Cubs this week continued their trend of locking up for the long term young players they feel will be big parts of their future. On Monday, they gave first baseman Anthony Rizzo a...