White Sox P Michael Kopech focuses on health, control in Spring Training
He led the league in walks on the way to a career-high 5.43 earned run average, but he sees this spring as a clean sheet.
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He led the league in walks on the way to a career-high 5.43 earned run average, but he sees this spring as a clean sheet.
When the Nationals let Fedde, a former first round pick, go after the 2022 season, he bounced back with the best season of his career. It just happened to come overseas in Korea.
The Chicago Cubs have a pretty clear ace in Justin Steele. The North Side pitcher is looking to build off a great season last year, with hopes of leading the Cubs to the postseason.
Unlike last year, longtime Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks was able to start putting in the work right away as pitchers and catchers reported this week to Spring Training.
Steele will begin his fourth big league season with top-of-the-rotation status after making an All-Star Game appearance last season and a fifth-place finish in Cy Young Award voting.
The last remaining member of the Cubs' championship team has also been getting to know a new manager and former foe in Craig Counsell.
It's baseball time again as Spring Training officially got underway on Wednesday. Pitchers and catchers hit the field for the first day of Spring Training. Many of the position players were already out in Arizona as well. It meant new possibilities and a plethora of new faces for both the Cubs and White Sox.
For the Cubs, expectations are playoffs or bust, despite Cody Bellinger remaining unsigned. For the White Sox, it's a chance to turn the page on last year.
Pitchers and catchers for the Cubs and White Sox will have their first workouts on Wednesday.
The Cubs scored five runs in the fifth alone, while Kopech gave up five runs in four and a third innings.
Jameson Taillon was solid for the Cubs – giving up two hits over five scoreless innings while striking out five.
The Royals did all their damage off Martin in the fourth.
Christopher Morel hit his fourth bomb of the spring.
Nancy Faust made an appearance playing the organ at Camelback Ranch.
For the White Sox, Lucas Giolito allowed just one run and struck out six in three innings.
Luis Torrens' first home run of the spring put the Cubs up 7-6.
The Sox led 2-0 after one inning.
Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo didn't stand a chance.
Giolito looked good in his first spring start and wants to also trim down his ERA this season.
Justin Steele started on the pitcher's mound for the Cubs, while Downers Grove South alum Nick Burdi finished the game.
Meanwhile in the second, Andrew Vaughn hit his first home run of the spring. It was a three-run blast to left.
Ian Happ got a go-ahead two-run double, making the score 3-2. But that was about it for the Cubs.
The White Sox would score 10 unanswered runs.
Three patients from Advocate Children's Hospital enjoyed a Chicago Cubs Spring Training experience they'll never forget.
Drew Smyly quietly had a solid season for the Cubs last year, registering an ERA of 3.47 over 106.1 innings pitched in 22 starts. It was enough for the Cubs to bring back the left-handed starter on a two-year, $19 million dollar deal.
Wheeling police said officers were called to Pleasant Run Park after four kids became tired and lethargic after eating candy.
There will be focus groups, community gatherings, and a survey available.
Ticks can be dangerous, and there are reports that this is shaping up to be an especially bad year for the parasitic arachnids.
Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz hit a 435-foot solo homer, his seventh, to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Danyiell Montgomery also said some of the harassment was violent, and happened while she was pregnant.
Hasan Piker said he was detained and questioned by federal authorities at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport following a trip to Paris.
A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds.
Pete Buttigieg returns to Iowa for an event focused on veterans, six years after he burst onto the national political stage with a strong run ahead of the state's leadoff presidential caucuses.
Laesch, who previously served as alderman-at-large, defeated outgoing Mayor Richard Irvin in last month's election with 53% of the vote.
No Illinois industry does more business with China than the agricultural sector.
Sara Hovey and her husband were paying for a mortgage, rent and a litigation attorney, who apparently told her she should have been protected.
Thomas McPeek placed stacks and stacks of bets last year — complicated wagers on football called parlays, where several events all have to happen for the gambler to win.
Back in February, Heather Radin had planned to give only $10 to someone she thought was really in need. She is out $5,000.
The iconic Chicago chain known for its hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches launched its brand new breakfast offerings in five restaurants Tuesday morning.
The application website is expected to open this summer.
Ticks can be dangerous, and there are reports that this is shaping up to be an especially bad year for the parasitic arachnids.
Cornelia Tischmacher's lungs were failing because of advanced cancer. Everything changed with a double lung transplant.
The order is in response to recent maneuvers by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
People infected with salmonella can often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
It was not immediately clear where in Illinois the fourth case was reported, or what condition the patient is in.
No Illinois industry does more business with China than the agricultural sector.
Wade-Smith said keeping kids engaged is what keeps them safe.
The transformation represents a unique solution to the problem of empty storefronts in Chicago.
The last remaining My Pi outpost, at 2010 N. Damen Ave. in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, has been open since 2000.
The owner of Timeless Toys said he was forced to buy $200,000 worth of toys due to the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
The growth and evolution of downtown Aurora is in large part anchored by performing arts entertainment venues, the City of Aurora noted.
Jury selection in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial started Monday in New York City.
President Trump on Sunday announced movies as his latest target for tariffs because the U.S. movie industry "is DYING a very fast death."
Organizers of a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro said the event drew more than 2 million to Copacabana Beach.
Rockstar Games apologizes after announcing that Grand Theft Auto 6, its eagerly awaited video game, won't be released until next year.
Eleven students were taken to the hospital from an elementary school on Chicago's South Side Tuesday afternoon, after eating what officials said were marijuana edibles.
A woman was charged after police said she gave four children chocolate with THC in it at a park in Wheeling on Sunday.
Garien Gatewood, Chicago deputy mayor of community safety, joined Audrina Sinclair to discuss the city’s falling crime rates.
The Menendez brothers have been resentenced to 50 years to life in prison, opening them up for the possibility of parole after spending more than three decades behind bars for killing their parents decades ago.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
Police said 22 students ingested what was later identified as edibles containing THC.
Danyiell Montgomery also said some of the harassment was violent, and happened while she was pregnant.
Ticks can be dangerous, and there are reports that this is shaping up to be an especially bad year for the parasitic arachnids.
A wild scene unfolded after a reckless driver careened onto a city golf course Monday evening, witnesses said.
Jackson and seven other members of the 1919 White Sox were permanently banned from baseball, accused of taking bribes from gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.
The retailer claims he is a victim of SNAP fraud after a rash of bad reviews from theft victims.
The task force addressed its progress for the first time this week, nearly a year after the formation of the unit was first announced.
The lawsuit accuses Chicago Police of using excessive force on children.
The botched raid on the innocent Mendez family in November 2017 sparked CBS News Chicago's yearslong investigation into Chicago Police officers raiding the wrong homes.
Making the Chicago River a healthy, biodiverse and climate resilient lifeline through the city is the focus of many groups and city officials working with new standards, permits, and an eye on climate change.
Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz hit a 435-foot solo homer, his seventh, to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Kyle Stowers hit a solo homer in the second and Connor Norby went deep in the seventh for the Marlins.
White Sox legend and Hall-of-Fame slugger Jim Thome is an assistant coach.
Jackson and seven other members of the 1919 White Sox were permanently banned from baseball, accused of taking bribes from gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.
Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson are now both eligible for baseball's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
The 17-year-old boy was inside a vehicle in the 5900 block of North California Avenue, just south of Peterson Avenue, when someone approached and shot him, police said.
Anatolie Cataraga is charged with four counts of fraud, one count of identity deception, and one count of unlawful possession of a card skimming device.
It has been demonstrated how some banned passenger cases fall through the cracks.
Murtaza Hameed, 46, of Naperville, was ordered held until trial.
Alexander Cohen was charged with nine felony counts of possessing child pornography.
