This round of the City Series arrives as the July 31 trade deadline nears. The Cubs are in a position to buy while the White Sox will be looking to sell.

MLB insider Buster Olney of ESPN reports that the Chicago Cubs are one of many teams which have had trade talks about San Diego Padres starter Dylan Cease.

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Ian Happ and Matt Shaw homered in the seventh inning, helping Cade Horton and the Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1.

Here is the perfect trade offer that the Chicago Cubs should offer the Minnesota Twins for starting pitcher Joe Ryan.

Every major-league player has their own unique path. Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon, for example, was the No. 2 overall pick of the MLB draft coming out of high school in The Woodlands, Texas. Reliever

Assad is slated to make a rehab start for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. The right-hander is coming back from a troublesome left oblique injury. “Just trying to get back to my 100 percent,” Assad said Saturday through a translator.

Playing in unsafe heat can cause immense stress to the body. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke raise the body temperature, which can damage organs in serious cases. Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths, and athletes are some of the people most vulnerable to heat.

With the MLB trade deadline fast approaching, the clock is ticking for the Chicago Cubs to improve their starting rotation. While Shota Imanaga and veteran