The second phase of the Cubs’ season is set to begin, following the Tokyo Series earlier this month against the Dodgers. With Opening Day’s arrival for all of baseball, the North Siders had to reshuffle aspects of their roster on Thursday.

The Cubs are hoping the addition of All-Star right fielder Kyle Tucker helps get them back to the playoffs for the first time since 2020.

For the Diamondbacks, Thursday’s Opening Day against the Cubs at Chase Field is a chance to put the disappointing end to 2024, when they missed the postseason due to a three-team tiebreaker, behind them and start fresh.

The Chicago Cubs have spent the last few weeks finalizing their official Opening Day roster and the team looks ready to start the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Iowa's roster features 10 players on Chicago's 40-man roster. They include Neely, Caissie, Alancatara, Cowles and pitchers Gavin Hollowell, Caleb Kilian, Luke Luke Little, Daniel Palencia, Ethan Roberts and Jordan Wicks.

Opening Day is finally upon us. It’s a day that comes with a sense of hope among baseball fans in early spring, a season that represents new beginnings often exemplified by the

They put relievers Tyson Miller (left hip impingement, retroactive to March 21) and Ryan Brasier (strained left groin, retroactive to March 25) on the 15-day IL, freeing up room on the active roster for Keller and Eli Morgan, who the Cubs recalled from Triple-A Iowa.

The Athletics fall to the Chicago Cubs 18 to 3. Fans from all over came to watch the first major league baseball game in West Sacramento.

“Play for Opening Day,” hosted by the Cubs Friday morning at Wrigley Field, was a chance for 100 lucky fans who got winning scratch-off cards in Gallagher Way to step to the plate at the ballpark and take some batting-practice swings.

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