The Smokies finally ended their losing streak and the Cougars got to two games over .500 for the first time this season. But the weather bug has moved south to Florida as the D-Cubs double-header was rained out.

The Cubs looked like they were going to go down to another offensive-less defeat. More suddenly than you can imagine from the 2013 Cubs, all of that changed.

Jeff Samardzija hurt himself Friday night with his own fielding. You've heard this song before, I'm afraid.

Iowa had an embarrassing loss and the Smokies dropped their seventh straight, but Kane County swept a double-header to get their record over .500 again.

This week's edition of System Sonogram looks at success in the Southern Hemisphere, and how that relates to the state of the Cubs system.

For the second consecutive night, major-league umpires made an embarrassingly bad ruling. Baseball has to get this fixed, and immediately.

The Cubs made some roster moves Thursday, with no formal announcement.