https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/138/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/mike-tauchman-and-the-2025-chicago-cubs-r1013/Another walkoff hit. Another moment improbably extending another summer's fun. This guy is too good to be true. Is he too good to lose this winter? Ice has run through Mike Tauchman's veins every time he's gotten a chance to come up with a big play for the Chicago Cubs over the last year and...1013Fri, 02 Aug 2024 11:11:03 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/widening-the-lens-to-understand-cubs-deadline-moves-better-r1012/If they'd so chosen, the team could have held onto their best relief pitcher at the deadline and tendered him a contract to keep him this winter. That they took a deal that felt uninspiring might be more telling that we thought. At first blush, my thought about the trade that sent Mark Leite...1012Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/in-isaac-paredess-home-debut-dont-sweat-the-well-watch-the-left-fielder-r1011/Much has been made of the fit (or lack thereof) between the Cubs' top trade-deadline acquisition and his new home park. He might hit a few fewer home runs in his new digs, but Wrigley Field figures to create more problems for defenses than for Isaac Paredes. It's easy (though often inaccurat...1011Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:41:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/dear-pete-crow-armstrong-stop-bunting-dammit-r1009/When executed well, the bunt is one of the most exciting plays in baseball. When not executed well, it's infuriating. Bunting for a hit is awesome. As someone who grew up as a very undersized but fast baseball player, I have always appreciated the art of a good bunt. You should be trying to...1009Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/six-man-rotation-makes-most-sense-for-cubs-over-final-two-months-r1010/With the trade deadline past, the Cubs have a locked-in, veteran-laden starting rotation with which to navigate the final two months of a lost season. The best approach would be to start spreading out their appearances. For reasons individual and collective, idiosyncratic and big-picture, th...1010Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:05:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/goodbye-mark-leiter-jr-the-cubs-bullpen-will-miss-you-r1008/A common sentiment echoed by millions is that you can’t truly appreciate the sweet things in life until you’ve endured the sour. If that’s true, I feel Cubs fans deserve a little more sugar by now. The 2024 trade deadline has come and gone, and with it, the Cubs’ front office has set a cours...1008Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cody-bellinger-is-two-different-hitters-and-not-just-based-on-the-count-r1007/In his first season with the Cubs, the erstwhile slugger dramatically decreased his strikeout rate by adopting an extreme two-strike approach. Less obviously, though, he's also become extreme in another dimension of situational hitting. On balance, being a left-handed hitter is an advantage...1007Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:43:16 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/at-mlb-trade-deadline-cubs-poise-to-strike-but-dont-get-chance-to-pounce-r1006/The Cubs explored some big moves in the runup to the 2024 MLB trade deadline, but no second major transaction came to fruition. Still, they used this week to make a major pivot and upgrade their present and medium-term future. The late-developing theme, as the trade deadline passed Tuesday e...1006Tue, 30 Jul 2024 23:30:32 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-trade-mark-leiter-jr-acquire-two-prospects-from-yankees-r1004/The first trade of deadline day for the Cubs is as much about ensuring that they aren't shut out as anything, but they picked up two players with plausible big-league futures for one who's already nearing the end of his career. Mark Leiter Jr. is a Cub no more. For the most consistently avai...1004Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:32:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/one-sure-thing-today-cubs-will-not-add-more-than-25-million-in-net-salary-r1003/There's less than five hours left before the 2024 MLB trade deadline, and the Chicago Cubs need to make more moves to set themselves up for a fruitful future. They're constrained by multiple factors, of course, but one will almost surely be the need to stay under the competitive-balance tax thre...1003Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:56:43 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/christopher-morel-was-once-the-hope-cubs-fans-needed-but-isaac-paredes-is-the-reality-they-need-today-r1001/Once upon a time, Christopher Morel brought Cubs fans much-needed optimism but now it's time to move forward with a legitimate third baseman. On May 18, 2022, the Cubs were in a dark place, sending their fans into a vortex of doom and gloom. They had sold off or let go of beloved fan favorit...1001Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:19:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/trade-candidate-nico-hoerner-seiya-suzuki-isaac-paredes-deadline/By taking an enigmatic, often frustrating hitter without a defensive position out of the picture and replacing him with a reliable one who will play a set spot every day, the Cubs brought their medium-term needs into focus. Now, they need to make a bold deadline day move. Conversations have...1002Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:06:41 +0000