The Cubs are sending Nick Madrigal down to Triple-A Iowa.
He's back, almost two years after his last MLB game. I've been advocating for David Bote to replace Nick Madrigal on the Cubs 26-man active roster, and today it happened: Bote is batting .259/.342/.546 with seven home runs in 28 games and 108 at-bats at Triple-A Iowa this year.
Friday’s loss would still have been disappointing had it come during a stretch in which the team was playing well. Based on this prolonged stretch during
Cubs third-base coach Willie Harris took the blame for sending infielder Nick Madrigal home with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning in the team's 5-4 loss to the Reds on Friday.
Just imagine what Craig Counsell must be thinking right about now. As soon as the Brewers scored their first eighth-inning run on the error by Nick Madrigal — who’s presumably in this game only for defense!
The Cubs are expecting to welcome shortstop Dansby Swanson back from the injured list prior to Tuesday’s series opener against the Braves, as noted by Kyle Williams of the Chicago Sun Times.
The Cubs have gotten some great fill-in work from Miles Mastrobuoni and Nick Madrigal.
Heading into the upcoming season, the Chicago Cubs are facing some concerning injury issues that have popped up for many of their expected contributors throughout the spring.
He has hit .263/.311/.352 over 294 plate appearances this season, and that lack of pop made playing time hard to come by earlier in the season.
The Chicago Cubs welcome the St. Louis Cardinals to town on Thursday night. Ahead of the NL Central action, the Cubs provided some information regarding injured second/third baseman Nick Madrigal.
The Chicago Cubs demoted infielder Nick Madrigal to Triple-A Iowa on May 25. He’s been killing it ever since. The Iowa Cubs saw its game with the Columbus Clippers on Thursday suspended in the bottom of the 10th inning, but not before Madrigal was 3-for-6 with two RBI and a run scored while batting second in the order.
Cubs infielder Nick Madrigal has only played second base in his big league career thus far, but offseason moves by the club have pushed him into a battle for the third base spot.
A couple of Cubs began to make their cases for inclusion on the Opening Day roster. After kicking off their Spring Training season Saturday, the Chicago Cubs continued to exhibition action Sunday with a couple of notable debuts.
Any rumors of a potential reunion between the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs middle infielder Nick Madrigal have been put to rest after the signing of Elvis Andrus. It was always a longshot that the Cubs would trade Madrigal back to the club that drafted and developed him.
The Chicago Cubs and the curious case that is Nick Madrigal As the dust settles from a wild MLB offseason teams have begun to turn their attention to within and analyze the team they have.
The Chicago Cubs now have an excess of middle infielders. Nico Hoerner has taken control of second base and the franchise just signed superstar shortstop Dansby Swanson to a seven-year, $177 million deal.
Tuesday night, Chicago Cubs' second baseman Nick Madrigal made one of the finest infield plays you'll see all season. With the Cubs leading 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning in Toronto, Blue Jays' third baseman Matt Chapman stepped in to face former Blue Jays' pitcher Marcus Stroman.
When the Chicago Cubs traded closer Craig Kimbrel across town to the Chicago White Sox last July, baseball fans were quick to say that the Cubs took the losing end of the trade.
The Chicago Cubs made several roster moves prior to Tuesday’s matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nick Madrigal Activated With the earlier report of Cubs’ second baseman Nick Madrigal traveling with the team to St.
The Injured List just keeps getting bigger for the Chicago Cubs. Yesterday, second baseman Nick Madrigal was placed on the IL with lower back tightness.
Hoerner played shortstop at Stanford from 2016-2018 and was the No. 24 draft pick in 2018. He is batting .313 this season for the Cubs.
Abreu has played through several injuries this season, so he could return to Chicago's lineup as soon as Monday against the Minnesota Twins. However, that's uncertain.
Madrigal suffered the setback racing to first base in an attempt to beat out a grounder in the seventh inning of last Wednesday's loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
During one plate appearance during Tuesday’s win over the White Sox, Cabrera could be seen angrily gesturing toward either the mound or the middle infield. He revealed why he was so upset.
Expectations are high for the 24-year-old — he ranks as Baseball Prospectus’ No. 12 overall prospect this year — but it sounds like he has the highest expectations of all for himself.
The 23-year-old finished the 2019 season with Chicago's Triple-A affiliate where he slashed .331/.398/.424 with one home run 12 RBI in 29 games.
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