The pressure is on president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer to get the Chicago Cubs to the postseason for the first time ...

Ryan Pressly will suit up for the Chicago Cubs this year after spending ... Brown said that when Houston signed Josh Hader last offseason, which moved Pressly from his role as a closer, it ...

The Chicago Cubs have made a pair of blockbuster trades this ... Manager Craig Counsell once had Devin Williams setting up ...

With spring training underway, the Chicago Cubs will soon see whether ... Pressly wasn't keen on remaining Josh Hader's set-up man for the Houston Astros, which is what ultimately made the trade ...

That push, combined with the pull of closing at Wrigley Field, led the All-Star reliever to waive his no-trade clause and approve a deal that sent him to the Chicago Cubs. Advertisement “It was ...

The Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros have made ... for quite some time as he previously lost the closer role to Josh Hader and has just one year left on his contract.U Upon waiving his full no ...

Is Ryan Pressly the future closer for the Cubs? Or was his decline last year a hint of Chicago turning to another arm for ...

In addition to sending Tucker to the Chicago Cubs, they recently traded ... who upset Pressly when they signed Josh Hader to be their new closer last winter.” The decision to move Pressly ...

It has been a strong offseason for the Chicago Cubs, who are looking to ... After Houston elected to sign Josh Hader and moved Pressly into the setup role last year, it seemingly opened the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs acquired ... He had a 3.49 ERA in 59 appearances last year while serving as a setup man for Josh Hader. The 20-year-old Bello went 4-5 with a 3.21 ERA in 22 ...

As Phil Rogers aptly reported, the Chicago Cubs make a “low-risk ... However, when the Astros signed Josh Hader to a five-year, $95 million contract last winter, Pressly was demoted to a ...

said the Cubs will give him an opportunity to work the ninth inning again after he lost his closing job with the Astros to Josh Hader last season. "Porter Hodge was closing (for Chicago at the end ...