https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/128/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-most-improved-player-2024-r1152/Most Improved. What does that mean to you? Maybe it's a player who struggled in 2023 and returned with better numbers in 2024. Or, maybe it's a guy who did very little for the first two months of the season and then turned it on in the second half? That's why we like getting multiple voters and...1152Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:46:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/his-offensive-breakout-was-very-real-but-does-that-mean-miguel-amaya-is-viable-r1151/Unlike his more famous fellow up-the-middle youngster, the Cubs' backstop did a lot of things you figure will last en route to a brilliant second half. Alas, unlike his teammate, he also has dubious defensive value, and that's a problem. After his brief benching for a reset and a mechanical...1151Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-cubs-have-to-close-their-fastball-gap-this-winter-six-free-agent-starters-could-help-r1150/With the softest-tossing starter in the league on the way out the door, the North Siders have a chance to turn a new page and get back into the velocity game. From Aug. 1 through the end of the season, the Cubs' average fastball--as a team--hummed in at 92.1 miles per hour. A decade ago, tha...1150Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:46:23 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-week-in-review-personnel-shake-ups-hoyer-presser-mark-start-of-pivotal-cubs-offseason-r1149/In my last recap, I proposed the pressing quandary of "What's next?". Well, we're starting to find out.  With the MLB playoffs bringing October heat in other major markets like New York, the North Side of Chicago begins its long offseason slumber. If this last week was any indication, maybe,...1149Sun, 06 Oct 2024 21:20:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/2024-mlb-playoffs-the-best-teams-for-cubs-fans-to-root-for-r1147/Let's face it: You are on this website right now because you love baseball and the Chicago Cubs. With the Cubs bags packed for the season, who should you root for in the 2024 MLB Playoffs? Based on ranking the number of ex-Cubs, futility, and general watchability, I help you answer that question...1147Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jed-hoyer-vs-mother-nature-the-winds-of-wrigley-r1146/Do the Cubs' head baseball honcho's claims about wind and weather patterns at Wrigley Field this season hold water? If you’ve been around the Chicago sports scene for any period of time, you’ve obviously heard of Bear Weather. But Cubs president Jed Hoyer wants to make sure you’ve also heard...1146Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/why-jed-hoyers-long-end-of-season-press-conference-offered-little-cause-for-optimism-r1141/Jed Hoyer took to the podium for his annual "We Missed the Playoffs Again" press conference.  He doesn't give away much, but luckily, there are people out there who speak Jed. What he did say, once you translate him, lent insight on his philosophy. Jed Hoyer spoke on a wide variety of topics...1141Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:35:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jed-hoyers-press-conference-sends-mixed-signals-about-teams-understanding-of-its-star-search-r1142/1142Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:07:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/is-a-postseason-bye-the-advantage-it-was-meant-to-be-r1139/We know the results haven't favored top teams in the first few years of the new playoff format. Is that a phenomenon with staying power? With the Cubs on the outside looking in at another postseason, we “lovable loser” fans will just have to watch from the sidelines, hoping our enemies lose...1139Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-fire-mike-napoli-darren-holmes-jim-adduci/One secondary cost of signing a free-agent manager at the last moment, last winter, was that the Cubs didn't get to build the coaching staff their new skipper might want in the long run. Now, they've cleared their path to doing so. On the day after the end of the season, the Cubs dismissed c...1138Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:35:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/a-strange-profound-offensive-depression-gripped-wrigley-field-this-year-heres-why-r1136/The fault was not in the air of the (pitcher-)friendly confines, but in the thing flying through it. If you tuned into any Cubs games down the stretch this season, you probably heard an allusion or two by Marquee Sports Network play-by-play man Boog Sciambi to the weird weather patterns and...1136Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-week-in-review-its-over-what-comes-next-r1134/Saying goodbye to Cubs baseball for the season, especially for one whose heart was once filled with such hope, is excruciating. If you don't believe me, just ask Bleacher Jeff. If the blue-shirted vendor's echoes of "last call!" in the 8th inning weren't evidence enough, the Chicago Cubs played...1134Mon, 30 Sep 2024 01:55:00 +0000