The Chicago Cubs acquired Willi Castro in a swap with the Minnesota Twins just before the 2025 MLB trade deadline on Thursday, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.

The Twins have traded off quite a few players on deadline day, including Carlos Correa heading back to Houston. And one Twins player is coming to the Cubs: Castro is a pending free agent, so this is a rental.

The Chicago Cubs acquired three new pitchers at the trade deadline. Those moves led to them designating Ryan Pressly for assignment.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs’ targeted, incremental moves around the trade deadline did not leave chairman Tom Ricketts disappointed. Roughly 74 hours before Thursday’s 5 p.m. CT deadline, the Cubs announced a contract extension for president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, whose group has built one of the National League’s best teams.

Which is why the Cubs had one of the worst trade deadlines out of any team. Sure, Chicago traded for utilityman Willi Castro from the Minnesota Twins, shoring up the lackluster be

The Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field will host the 2027 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday. Manfred made his announcement at Wrigley Field with Cubs executive chairman Tom Ricketts,

The Chicago Cubs bolstered their pitching staff ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline by adding right-handers Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals and Andrew Kittredge from the Baltimore Orioles