The Latest Breaking News from Dansby Swanson

ATLANTA — Six Braves players were on the National League’s All-Star team in 2022. Three of them won’t represent the team this year. Dansby Swanson and William Contreras play elsewhere, and injuries have limited lefty Max Fried to five starts. Yet the Braves still could send six players to MLB’s…

The Cubs didn’t have to hammer young Osvaldo Bido — who was making his second career start — to get to him. Instead, they stayed back on pitches and repeatedly took him right up the middle. As a good offensive team does?

Also: Marcus Stroman weighs in on likely All-Star nod.

CHICAGO — Starting pitching could be the difference in a division such as the National League Central, in which no team really stands out.

The Cubs hit three third-inning home runs and broke the game open with a six-run sixth, scoring in double-digits for the third time in four games.

He hit .488 with six doubles, three triples and a home run. In a corresponding move, the Cubs optioned infielder Miles Mastrobuoni to Iowa.

The Cubs’ play during the next couple of months will set the front office’s direction.

A handful of Cubs and Sox and Cubs have been star-level by the numbers. Let’s take a look at them.

The ump seriously blamed Cronenworth ...

Fans are understandably running out of patience, but the manager isn’t necessarily the villain of the season.

Tauchman, a veteran from Palatine and Fremd High School, is hitting .308 (8-for-26) in 10 games since being called up from Triple-A Iowa.