Javier Assad pitched into the fourth inning of his rehab start with the Iowa Cubs on July 30. Here's a full breakdown of his ...

Jameson Taillon and Javier Assad are both set for rehab starts as they near their returns to full health and a potential ...

It wasn’t so fun for Chicago Cubs fans to watch a pair of relief pitchers wearing No. 23 give up four runs in the eighth ...

Javier Assad thinks he can help the Chicago Cubs in the last part of the season. Assad is slated to make a rehab start for ...

Javier Assad hasn’t pitched for the Chicago Cubs this season because of a left oblique strain. He is nearing a return and will make rehab start Wednesday for Triple-A Iowa.

Assad and Taillon, who is scheduled to throw live batting practice in Milwaukee this week before starting his minor-league rehab assignment, are on track to return sometime around mid-August. And the ...

The Chicago Cubs line up as one of the prospective buyers, especially for pitching, as baseball’s July 31 trade deadline ...

Saturday marked a return for Cubs pitcher Javier Assad. It's not the return, since he's about to head out for a rehab ...

As a team overall this year, the Chicago Cubs have been pretty amazing. Their biggest problem, though, has been their inconsistency from the starting pitching position.

Cubs' Javier Assad: Slowly ramping up rehabAssad (oblique) has been completing bullpen sessions as part of his rehab work but has yet to throw live batting practice, which the team says is his ...