Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell went into Sunday’s series finale at Rate Field hoping to get four innings from Ben Brown. The right-hander, looking to move past a bad outing Monday, produced one of his best starts of the year in the Cubs’ 5-4 win over the White Sox.

There’s no doubt Ben Brown has had a difficult season. He has struggled with consistency and has been hit hard on the mound. But it’s starts like Sunday that show Brown’s potential. The right-hander g

The Chicago Cubs are mixing things up in the bullpen, as Ben Brown will rejoin the team while Ethan Roberts heads to Triple-A Iowa.

The Chicago Cubs were always going to add a starting pitcher ahead of the MLB trade deadline, but after Ben Brown imploded in a loss to the Kansas City Royals on Monday night, that search just got much more desperate.

Ben Brown’s inconsistency the last two months suggested it was a matter of when, not if, the Chicago Cubs would send the right-hander to the minors to get on track.