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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The Chicago Cubs were reported to be aggressive buyers prior to the July 31 trade deadline this year, focused on the fact that the team desperately needed high-end starting pitching if they were to be ...

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 ...

Chicago Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins did not offer the most optimistic of updates on a potential return for pitcher Javier Assad. Out since early in spring training with a strained left ...

Jameson Taillion threw a bullpen on Friday and is expected to have another bullpen session next week while the Chicago Cubs ...