https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/140/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/5-controllable-stars-cubs-could-target-this-week-in-blockbuster-trades-r988/With just a fistful of days left before the MLB trade deadline, the direction and a few constraints are clear. The 2024 Cubs aren't good, and Jed Hoyer has helpfully acknowledged that he won't trade for players who only help this season's team. With a robust farm system and a pressing need to be...988Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:56:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/podcast-this-is-not-a-rebuild-jul-24-2024-closers-playing-screw-the-team-r987/In a de facto trade deadline preview episode of This is Not a Rebuild, four Cubs heads try to figure out what this team thinks it should be, and how they'll get from where they are to that destination. It's been a few weeks since our last episode, but all the important facts of Cubdom remain...987Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:15:58 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/once-the-trade-deadline-comes-and-goes-what-will-make-the-cubs-interesting-r986/I spend a lot of time thinking about, well, time. I’ve learned that it’s my most coveted resource and my most stringent boundary. So when I’m thinking about the things that I consume, especially in sport, I value my time. Admittedly, I’ve wavered on a number of occasions, as it relates to th...986Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/three-historical-mlb-trades-to-show-the-risks-rewards-of-the-cubs-trading-justin-steele-r984/The Cubs should entertain offers for all their players, and Justin Steele would be their best chip. With three years of control, current health status, and great production, any team would value Steele and what he would bring down the stretch.   What could the Cubs expect in return for such...984Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:55:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/trade-candidates-neris-merryweather-leiter-smyly-miller/If their best relievers had stayed healthier throughout this season, the Cubs might be in position to act as buyers at the upcoming MLB trade deadline. That dream is long dead, but the way they're getting healthy just days before the deadline could still be a boon to the team's ongoing rebuild....985Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:03:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/if-cubs-want-to-win-in-2nd-half-jameson-taillon-must-be-even-better-r982/After being sidelined by a back injury to start the season, Jameson Taillon had a relatively brilliant first half. If there’s any hope of the Cubs completing the playoff push on which they fell short last year, they’ll need their $68 million pitcher to be even better. Here’s a fun fact: the...982Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:14:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cody-bellinger-isnt-going-anywhere-this-month-or-this-fall-r983/The Cubs' outfielder/first baseman isn't on the active roster at the moment, but the injured list is the furthest you should expect him to wander any time in the near future. You can safely ignore trade chatter about this particular player. Jed Hoyer came right out on Monday and said it. Unl...983Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:24:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/javier-assads-new-slider-and-whether-it-will-make-him-a-better-pitcher-r981/Just before the All-Star break, the Cubs got their erstwhile utility pitcher back from the injured list, where he'd been shelved with a forearm strain in late June. He pitches again Monday night, and is one of the North Siders most worth watching for the balance of this season. It's profound...981Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-cubs-are-like-a-bad-rom-com-boyfriend-right-now-r980/It's not that they suck. It's that they don't seem to understand that they suck. Any clear-eyed decision-maker came to the conclusion that the Cubs need to be sellers at this trade deadline three weeks ago. Some of the world's most hopeless optimists (equal emphasis for each word in the phra...980Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:46:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/week-in-review-cubs-need-a-clean-slate-r979/Can we go back to the All Star break? We had a slim week, so strap in for a slim recap. I’m in. Let’s sell whatever we can and get back the cornerstone building blocks to secure the next great Cubs team. Cubs fans deserve it. The city of Chicago deserves it. And whatever current players rema...979Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:36:17 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/sundays-performance-was-just-a-glimpse-into-who-pete-crow-armstrong-can-be-r969/The Cubs finished the first half with an 8-3 victory on Sunday, highlighted by big games from Christopher Morel and Pete Crow-Armstrong. I want to focus on Crow-Armstrong for a few minutes because that game sent us into the intermission with reminders of many positive aspects of his skill set....969Sun, 21 Jul 2024 11:49:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-cubs-improved-bullpen-is-due-to-the-emergence-of-porter-hodge-r978/Believe it or not, the Chicago Cubs’ bullpen has been seeing drastically better results since the calendar turned to June. From the beginning of the season through the end of May, the Cubs’ bullpen ERA of 4.61 was 27th in baseball. Since then, however, their 2.92 ERA is fourth. It feels like...978Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:47:27 +0000