This portion of the MLB calendar is filled with cautionary tales. The Detroit Tigers traded a 20-year-old John Smoltz to the Atlanta Braves for veteran starter Doyle Alexander in August of 1987. Three Augusts later,

Matthew Boyd allowed four hits in eight outstanding innings to reach double-digit victories for the first time in his career and the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the New York Yankees 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.

The New York Yankees have the wind at their backs again as they go into Saturday’s Game 2 of their home series against the Chicago Cubs on a streak of four straight wins.

The Cubs will soon send a pair of high-profile outfielders to Atlanta for the All-Star Game, with a third -- Seiya Suzuki \-\- deserving of a nod, too. But on Friday night in the Bronx, the game belonged to the one who got away.

New York Yankees left-hander Max Fried exited Saturday's 5-2 loss to the visiting Chicago Cubs with a blister on his left thumb after laboring through three innings.

The division lead is down to one game after Friday's lackluster 11-0 loss in the Bronx, but no one around the Cubs is panicking.

A recent trade idea lands the Chicago Cubs a two-time World Series champion as an under-the-radar starting pitching addition.

The New York Yankees suffered an embarrassing blunder during Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs on account of some sloppy plays from Oswald Peraza and Jazz Chisholm, who'll no doubt want this one back.