https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/135/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/javy-r1053/There have been better players in Cubs history. There has never been one who altered the game--who drew the entire miniature world of the diamond into his, and reoriented the entire sport into something new and more thrilling--quite like him. It's good, and sad, to see him again. Whether Jav...1053Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:27:24 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/if-cubs-do-sign-corbin-burnes-this-winter-they-also-need-to-make-these-big-moves-r1052/On Monday, a report by Bruce Levine of 670 The Score made the rounds, stirring Cubs fans to dream about the team signing one of the game's top pitchers this winter. Does it really make sense, though? Though some fans overlook it because of the success Justin Steele, Shota Imanaga, and Jameso...1052Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:15:19 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/where-should-ian-happ-bat-for-the-2025-chicago-cubs-r1051/1051Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:03:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/do-umpires-call-an-unfair-strike-zone-on-cubs-slugger-seiya-suzuki-r1050/Chicago's most dangerous hitter is also one of their most disciplined. Are umpires behind the plate denying him the full value of that skill? To many Cubs fans' eyes, it's not a question of if umpires are unfair to Seiya Suzuki, but one of why. Watching him pile up 38 called strikeouts (12th...1050Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:20:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-week-in-review-breakthrough-stretch-followed-by-a-belly-flop-r1049/All of us have that one surprising fact in our back pocket that others always seem surprised is true: a tomato is actually a fruit, not a vegetable. Regarding the Cubs, you can pick and choose all kinds of (mostly bad) surprises from this season, but none more so than this: last week, the Chicag...1049Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-cubs-should-call-up-mois%C3%A9s-ballesteros-r1048/It's a good time to roll some dice and to maximize the potential challenge for a top prospect--even if the likelihood of a Yahtzee is fairly remote. From behind the plate have emanated some of the Cubs' worst problems this season. Yan Gomes produced -1.2 fWAR in under 100 plate appearances,...1048Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:45:30 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/why-we-should-be-bullish-on-pete-crow-armstrongs-underlying-peripherals-r1047/A couple of weeks back, I was fortunate enough to attend all three Cubs games in Cincinnati. Pete Crow-Armstrong notched two hits in 12 plate appearances, which, in that admittedly small sample size, was good for a brutal 10 wRC+. With that said, is Crow-Armstrong turning a corner at the plate?...1047Sun, 18 Aug 2024 11:52:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jed-hoyer-isnt-risk-averse-hes-just-taking-the-wrong-risks-r1045/There is a sinister amount of misinformation among Cub fans about the front office. Online purveyors of content and tweets have presented the point that Jed Hoyer is a risk-averse President of Baseball Operations, and the Cubs' non-successful season is due in large part to these flaws. This is n...1045Sat, 17 Aug 2024 13:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-surpassing-2024-luxury-tax-threshold-doesnt-matter-except-for-what-it-says-about-jed-hoyer-r1044/In an interview on 670 The Score Thursday afternoon, the Cubs' president of baseball operations said the team will surpass the competitive-balance tax threshold in this year's failed attempt at contending. That's not as big a deal as it sounds like, yet it reveals more about Hoyer than it seems...1044Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:18:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/likely-a-fixture-for-2025-cubs-bullpen-tyson-miller-succeeded-where-jos%C3%A9-cuas-failed-r1043/Twice in a span of just over nine months, the Cubs acquired a side-arming, late-blooming right-handed reliever with a tantalizing combination of fastball shape and breaking ball possibilities. The first move didn't pan out. The second one has done so gorgeously. When the Cubs traded a minor-...1043Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:09:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/for-cubs-weak-schedule-stretch-leaves-open-one-last-door-back-to-wild-card-fight-r1042/The season is hanging by a thread, but thanks to a fortuitous schedule over the next few weeks, the Cubs’ playoff hopes aren’t dead in the water--yet. As things stand in the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies are barreling toward an NL East crown; the Milwaukee Brewers are mortal loc...1042Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:30:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/nate-pearson-is-in-a-new-place-and-hes-also-in-a-new-place-r1041/The first step the Cubs took upon acquiring the fireballer was to change where he throws from. It changes a lot of other things about his game. Since acquiring Nate Pearson in their first move of July, the Cubs have used him relatively sparingly. He pitched in each of the first two games of...1041Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:56:41 +0000