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

Veteran right-hander Javier Assad, 27, is slated to make a rehabilitation start for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday, as he ...

Baltimore Orioles (50-60, fifth in the AL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (64-45, second in the NL Central) Chicago; Saturday, 1:20 ...

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 ...

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 ...