The Cubs' first baseman has earned the right to play every day, even if it comes at the cost of a clubhouse favorite.

Here are three takeaways after the Chicago Cubs took two out of three from the division rival St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field.

July 4 marks the unofficial halfway point in Major League Baseball; the All-Star Game, another benchmark, comes 11 days later.

The entire middle of the order is deserving of playing in the All-Star Game, meaning the Cubs are in a great place as we ...

Cubs first. Ian Happ lines out to right field to Alec Burleson. Kyle Tucker walks. Seiya Suzuki flies out to center field to Lars Nootbaar. Pete Crow-Armstrong singles to left field. Kyle Tucker ...

The Chicago Cubs have finally removed Dansby Swanson from the five-spot in the batting order after continued struggles.

Angelo Magliocca, who is up 123.5 units over the last three MLB seasons, gives his best same-game parlay for Cardinals-Cubs ...

The Chicago Cubs lost 8-6 against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday afternoon, but you can't blame the offense, which put ...

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell has platooned Michael Busch for much of the year, but that could be changing right before ...

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PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Erick Fedde (3-8, 4.56 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 57 strikeouts); Cubs: Matthew Boyd (8-3, 2.65 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 87 strikeouts) ...