https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/143/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-will-focus-on-draft-this-week-but-then-spotlight-swings-to-two-trade-candidates-r935/As they begin a weeklong road trip to close out the first half, the Cubs are two months removed from their last series win on the road. The front office won't plot its trade market course until after these two series, but when they do, expect a couple of infielders to become focal points. Wh...935Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:33:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/week-in-review-uneven-week-all-but-seals-cubs-fate-with-trade-deadline-near-r933/Well, if you had grown tired of the Cubs losing one-run games, this was the week for you. But, if you were hoping for the start of a miracle run that pulls the club out of the seller cellar, this was not the week for you. The Cubs returned to Wrigley this week for a unique six-game home stan...933Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:18:49 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/why-the-cubs-should-buy-at-the-trade-deadline-r932/The way this season has gone is obviously not what fans wanted. For sure, it’s not what the front office expected. We can assume that while taking breaks from counting dollar bills like Scrooge McDuck, even Tom Ricketts himself would prefer that this season would not be a last-place one. So, the...932Sun, 07 Jul 2024 17:53:06 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/with-everything-going-wrong-are-we-prepared-for-a-cubs-resurgence-r931/Let’s get one thing out of the way: The Cubs are a bad baseball team. From their 40-48 record to their strikeout percentage in potentially game-changing at-bats, they are a failure. I’m not here to tell you anything to the contrary, but I will propose this question: What if they weren’t? As...931Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:18:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-increasing-murkiness-of-the-cubs-dh-spot-r930/There hasn’t been any real consistency this year as to how the Chicago Cubs have utilized their designated hitter slot. The early expectation was to deploy Nick Madrigal primarily at third base from the jump. Christopher Morel would see more looks as the DH until the latter gained more comfort t...930Sat, 06 Jul 2024 11:56:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-hitter-of-the-month-june-2024-r926/The Cubs were awful in June, continuing their offensive woes from May. This made it hard to choose our favorite offensive players, but we found a few qualified for this award. Let’s take a look at who was the best of the worst for the Chicago Cubs this past month.  Seiya Suzuki can be a very...926Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:16:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/a-self-fulfilling-prophecy-staying-under-the-tax-threshold-in-december-leads-to-cubs-selling-at-trade-deadline-r927/The Cubs are bad, and one extra move this past offseason wouldn’t have changed that. Being more aggressive in building a competitive team, though, would have at least given fans hope that another rebuild isn’t on the horizon. I won’t belabor what’s going on with the Cubs right now. The team...927Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:47:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/christopher-morels-bat-speed-keeps-going-to-waste-r925/The Chicago Cubs have a slugger with one of the fastest bats in baseball, and he's leading the team, on pace for nearly 30 home runs. Overall, though, that bat speed is going to waste, because it's a swing without barrel control and he rarely meets the ball squarely. When MLB released Statca...925Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/michael-buschs-midseason-adjustments-are-paying-off-r924/Michael Busch started 2024 red-hot before cooling off. Now we're seeing important adjustments from the Cubs rookie. Having missed the start of last Saturday’s win over the Brewers, I was overjoyed when I pulled out my phone to catch myself up on the action. The Cubs were up 2-0! Even better,...924Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:31:59 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-pitcher-of-the-month-june-2024-r923/We're here to break down the month of June for the Cubs. The month was not good, but were there any pitchers who performed well? (Yes!)923Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:00:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-problem-with-the-cubs-offense-might-not-be-what-we-thought-it-was-r922/Here's what we know for sure: the 2024 Chicago Cubs have a lousy offense, and along with an injury-depleted bullpen, it's sealed their fate for this season. Much of the blame for that has flowed toward the heart of the order, which feels like it's missing a genuine star. Is that fair? The Cu...922Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:09:30 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-inexperienced-corner-infielders-going-in-two-different-defensive-directions-r919/919Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:36:01 +0000