With baseball’s best run differential at +119 and a solid series win in the Bronx entering the All-Star break, the Cubs claim the top spot in these rankings for the first time all season after spending much of the first half floating in the top 10.

MLB draft begins Sunday, and the White Sox and Cubs each have 20 picks. And a Whitney Young alum could be a first-round selection.

What’s one word to describe the first half of the 2025 White Sox season? How about … validation. Not exactly what you were thinking? But yes, validation in relation to the progress made by the White Sox rebuild as the organization moves slowly toward a competitive nature.

The Chicago White Sox held the No. 10 pick and the Chicago Cubs have the No. 17 selection in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft. The draft got underway Sunday on ESPN. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked if you’d take a Cubs wild-card berth right now or if you’re holding out for a division title. “Settle for a wild-card spot? Heck, yes, like a drowning man ‘settling’ for some oxygen,” @RonaldVoigt4 commented.

The Cubs pulled a mild surprise in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by taking Wake Forest outfielder Ethan Conrad with the No. 17 pick. Conrad was limited to 21 games this spring

When the National League team takes the field in the top of the first inning for Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta, two-thirds of the outfield will be Cubs. Kyle Tucker will start in right field and Pete Crow-Armstrong will start in center for the NL.

The Chicago Cubs are looking to make some major upgrades over the next two weeks ahead of the trade deadline as they try to pursue a championship this year. Wit

The Cubs paid tribute to Bobby Jenks after the former White Sox closer's untimely death in a touching show of Chicago solidarity.