Now, Siri is sidelined entirely due a fractured tibia he suffered in April. Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Saturday the 29-year-old is "definitely progressing a lot quicker than I was or we were anticipating." Still, there's room to upgrade in center even once Siri is back on the field.

The New York Mets may not be all that interested in trading for Luis Robert Jr. after all. Robert has been long considered a trade candidate.

The New York Mets entered the weekend with the third-best record in the National League, thanks in large part to

Pete Crow-Armstrong goes yard against the team that drafted him, bringing the Cubs level with the Mets.

I should have made a play on the triple,” Crow-Armstrong said after the Cubs’ 6-2 loss to the Mets Sunday. “ If he could go back, what would he have done differently? “Catch the ball,” Crow-Armstrong said.

Cade Horton earned the win with four solid innings of relief in his major league debut, and the Chicago Cubs held off the New York Mets 6-5

The Chicago Cubs (22-17) are on the road on Saturday to face the New York Mets (25-14) in the second game of a three-game series at Citi Field.

Cade Horton handled his second New York City traffic jam Saturday much better than his first. After sitting through a 90-minute bus ride to the ballpark, Horton twice worked out of trouble against the New York Mets’ best hitters to win his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs.