https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/141/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-cubs-rotation-is-wildly-successful-everyone-will-be-back-for-2025-if-the-cubs-choose-to-do-so-r977/Jed Hoyer has delivered on one key part of his vision: the rotation. Boasting three pitchers in the top ten in ERA in the National League and a fourth in 11th place, the vaunted pitching lab has churned out an excellent rotation. Even better, four of the five key rotation members are under c...977Sat, 20 Jul 2024 11:50:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/if-the-cubs-want-to-win-in-the-future-they-need-justin-steele-r976/There’s a lot that the Chicago Cubs don’t have, but they do have this: elite starting pitching. Justin Steele is the top “bulldog” of the rotation and the best in all of Major League Baseball. No, not Paul Skenes or anyone else; it’s our “Man of Steele.” After reading this article to the las...976Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:34:36 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/nico-hoerner-trade-candidate-red-sox-mariners-royals-braves/Though a fan favorite and a player under team and cost control for two and a half more seasons, the Cubs' second baseman might be the best realistic trade chip for the team this month. Four contenders, especially, stand out as potential partners. It's been without power, but in the first hal...975Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:18:19 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/justin-steele-trade-candidates-mayo-kjerstad-rushing-rodriguez/Before swallowing the bitter pill of trading a beloved left-handed starter with a bulldog mindset and an ever-improving track record, the Cubs would have to be convinced that doing so was netting them a transformational talent. There might be a perfect storm brewing, though. After this seaso...974Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:49:11 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/in-michael-busch-cubs-have-their-first-baseman-of-the-present-and-future-r973/Not much concrete good news came from the first 60 percent of this Cubs season. One trade has yielded so much present and expected future value, though, that it can't help but give you some hope for 2025 and beyond.   While the Chicago Cubs were able to cap off the first half of the 202...973Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/5-impending-free-agents-who-should-shape-cubs-trade-deadline-plans-r972/We're inside two weeks until the 2024 MLB trade deadline, and the Chicago Cubs need to be sellers during that time. They have a variety of options, though, and choosing which to pursue is a matter of sifting through both internal and external talents with an eye on 2025 and beyond. The parti...972Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jim-edmonds-can-go-soak-his-toasted-raviolis-but-yes-christopher-morel-is-a-problem-r971/There's nothing wrong with the way the Cubs' third baseman celebrates his accomplishments on the field. But there's a lot wrong with the frequency of those accomplishments, and there might be something wrong with calling him the Cubs' third baseman. Allow me to get one thing clear before I r...971Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:12:06 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/is-kyle-hendrickss-cut-change-unique-r966/The erstwhile Cubs starter has one of baseball's most interesting pitch mixes. He throws one changeup to left-handed batters, and another to righties. The latter is an especially fascinating, almost unique flavor of the cambio. It's not just that Kyle Hendricks throws two distinct versions o...966Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:38:55 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/how-shota-imanaga-became-a-2024-all-star-and-what-he-means-to-the-cubs-r965/In a disappointing first half for the 2024 Chicago Cubs, their new southpaw stud truly did shine brightly, and his All-Star selection was more than compulsory; it was well-deserved. To be sure, a few players on the roster have done good work thus far, even as the Cubs have trudged out to a N...965Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:36:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jed-hoyer-and-the-french-radical-r964/Jed Hoyer recently lamented, in public comments, the way his teams have made it difficult for him to focus on a trade deadline strategy in successive seasons. Maybe he needs to be reminded whose job setting that direction is. There is an infamous quotation ascribed to the French revolutionar...964Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/week-in-review-well-it-could-have-been-better-r961/961Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:19:40 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/breaking-down-the-cubs-roster-and-its-trade-values-r950/With the deadline fast approaching and decision time coming on a lot of assets, I’m fascinated by the Cubs and how they and the league will value their assets.  This article will try to quantify the value of who the team has, how hard or easy to move they will be, and who would get a solid retur...950Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:55:13 +0000