https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/161/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/what-kyle-hendricks-worked-on-on-tuesday-night-and-where-he-stands-for-2024-r664/The Chicago Cubs' beloved, longest-tenured veteran sailed through the first four innings of his penultimate preseason start Tuesday night, but ran into some telling trouble in the fifth. It was pretty clear that Kyle Hendricks's priority Tuesday night was sharpening certain pitches and exper...664Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/ian-happ-splits-heat-maps-raking-behind-in-count/Good hitters manage the count and avoid the ones that favor pitchers. No one can avoid getting behind sometimes, though, so it's important to have success even in those difficult circumstances. The Chicago Cubs' projected leadoff hitter started doing that last year. Of the 218 hitters who sa...663Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:39:19 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-cubs-the-nature-of-pitching-depth-and-the-long-season-ahead-r661/In the spring, everyone believes they have pitching depth. The Chicago Cubs, though, can point to an objective framework that keeps the whole league in view, which says that they have better depth than most. We’ve all likely heard this news by now: Jameson Taillon’s back acted up on him just...661Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:39:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/seiya-suzuki-miguel-amaya-jordan-wicks-javier-bardem-christopher-walken/Another week of Chicago Cubs spring training is in the books. Seiya Suzuki looks ready for a breakout season. I finally saw Dune II. There’s so much to discuss. Welcome back to Volume II of the Monday Morning North Sider. If you missed last week’s edition, feel free to check it out for some...660Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/5-cubs-players-you-should-target-in-2024-fantasy-baseball-drafts-r655/It's fantasy draft season. If you're like me, you want to win, and ideally, you want to do so while rostering some of your favorite North Siders. It just makes the long season more fun. Here are the best ways to do that in 2024. Have there been times when rostering too many Cubs has hurt me?...655Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:37:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/what-if-patrick-wisdom-swung-josh-gibsons-bat-r659/What if I told you I could raise a key Cubs contributor's on-base percentage by 10 to 20 points, and all it would cost was the already-crumbling illusion that baseball is a fully functioning sport? Let me throw a couple of facts at you. At first, these will seem odd, disparate, and silly, bu...659Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:23:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/chicago-cubs-bench-nick-madrigal-matt-mervis-alexander-canario/The "Battle for the Bench" emerges as one of the most interesting storylines in the Cubs' spring training, with 9 players vying for the final offensive spots on the roster. Currently, the Cubs have already locked in several offensive players for the 26-man roster, including Yan Gomes, Migue...658Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:17:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jordan-montgomery-free-agent-spending-luxury-tax-payroll/Instead of acting like they have no money, the multi-billionaire Ricketts family should spend on talent to make the Chicago Cubs a winning ballclub for 2024 and beyond. The competitive balance tax structure specified in baseball's collective bargaining agreement is unique in major American p...657Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:23:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/podcast-this-is-not-a-rebuild-were-back-r656/The Cubs podcast you barely knew existed and assumed had ceased to exist still exists, baby!   After an accidental hiatus of a few weeks, the gang is back together and TINAR rides again. We spent our return episode discussing myriad Chicago Cubs topics, including: -The return of Co...656Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:37:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/second-base-preview-nico-hoerner-madrigal-morel-shaw-projections/If shortstop is the most settled position the Chicago Cubs have entering the 2024 season, it's likely that second base follows closely behind. Nico Hoerner will hold things down most of the time, but what does the rest of the position look like--and what might the Cubs do in the event of an inju...653Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:21:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/miguel-amaya-vs-yan-gomes-projections-defensive-skills/This offseason has been filled with a lot of opinions and debates, right or wrong, on what should, could, or would change on the Cubs roster. Who could play third base? Who should play first base? Who would they sign? Who is the 5th starter? And so on, and so on. One thing that most people have...650Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/christopher-morel-third-base-fielding-percentage-global-rates/We've all spent much of the spring trying to get ahold of out-of-context, odd-angle videos of Christopher Morel playing third base. Maybe we'd get a better perspective by zooming out--way out. At this point in the timeline, it appears that Christopher Morel will be the Chicago Cubs Opening D...651Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:31:04 +0000