https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/112/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-minor-league-relievers-nick-hull-mitchell-tyranski-sam-mcwilliams/Honorable Mention LHP Angel Hernandez - Myrtle Beach Pelicans - 4 G, 0.73 ERA, 0.730 WHIP, 12 ⅓ IP, 4 H, 5 BB, 20 K Hernandez spent the entire 2022 and 2023 seasons with Myrtle Beach to much worse results. After posting a 5.79 ERA in 2022 and a 4.14 ERA in 2023, he started the 2024 season...1032Fri, 09 Aug 2024 23:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/porter-hodge-is-establishing-why-hes-the-best-reliever-in-the-cubs-bullpen-r1031/When someone asks who the best reliever in the Cubs bullpen is, you may think of a few names. Perhaps the first to come to mind is Tyson Miller, a great find by the front office after he was designated for assignment by the Mariners in May. Miller has become one of Craig Counsell’s most trusted...1031Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:11:36 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-and-nico-hoerner-are-a-dynamic-infield-duo-leaders-for-cubs-r1030/What’s better than winning? Winning in style, and that’s what, along with intangible leadership, Cubs’ Middle infielders Nico Hoerner and Dansby Swanson provide. Every time you watch a game on Marquee, Jim Deshaies breaks down the defensive alignment for the Cubs. If you notice, and I know...1030Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/with-some-simple-fixes-cubs-have-found-something-great-in-jorge-l%C3%B3pez-r1029/In a rubber match against one of his former teams Wednesday afternoon, Jorge López had the latest of several great outings for the Cubs. His two scoreless innings included two strikeouts, and he earned the win, since starter Javier Assad had left too early to claim it. That showing brought López...1029Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:41:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nico-hoerner-can-catalyze-cubs-lineup-if-he-gets-back-to-being-who-he-is-r1028/At his best, Nico Hoerner is an old-fashioned sparkplug. He can hit .300, with plenty of walks to push the on-base percentage associated with that average toward .380. He can steal bases and wreak havoc for opponents. Be it from the top of the order or as a rally-starter in the bottom half of it...1028Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:07:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/adbert-alzolay-is-on-twitter-pleading-for-the-life-of-his-country-its-your-job-to-listen-r1027/There is an unfortunate tendency, in the United States, to think about much of the rest of the world as less cultured or civilized. That assumption is racist and xenophobic, and it's also objectively wrong. To wit: don't assume, merely because nothing material is being done about it, that there'...1027Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:52:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-swing-change-approach-numbers/For nearly a year, Dansby Swanson's bat looked dead. From Aug. 1, 2023 through the recess for the All-Star break last month, Swanson batted .212/.286/.368. In 570 plate appearances, he struck out 26 percent of the time, walked 8.8 percent of the time, and hit 18 home runs. It was a very long str...1026Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:47:15 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-it-even-possible-to-catch-cubs-rookie-pete-crow-armstrong-stealing-r1025/If the season ended today, Pete Crow-Armstrong would be tied for the fourth-most stolen bases in a season by a player who was not caught stealing during that campaign. He's 21-for-21; the only guys who have gone whole seasons with more steals and no times caught are Chase Utley (23, 2009), Alcid...1025Tue, 06 Aug 2024 23:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/take-a-good-look-at-the-twins-this-week-one-of-them-could-be-a-cub-in-2025-r1024/It's not too early to start thinking about the 2025 Chicago Cubs. In fact, that's what the team should be spending the balance of the 2024 season doing. Their recent promotion of Matt Shaw, James Triantos, and Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa shows that they're doing just that, and if they want...1024Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:03:53 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/are-cubs-waiting-for-cody-bellinger-to-get-healthy-before-making-seiya-suzuki-a-full-time-dh-r1023/Though it wasn't quite for the reasons one might have hoped, during Cody Bellinger's absence in the wake of cracking his ribcage running into the wall early this season, Pete Crow-Armstrong gained a foothold as the team's regular center fielder. Meanwhile, and for much more exciting reasons, Mic...1023Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:11:41 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-three-other-top-cubs-prospects-join-them-a-check-in-on-moises-ballesteros-and-owen-caissie-in-iowa-r1021/Lately, the Cubs are in the bad habit of having their best offensive prospects stall out in the upper levels of their farm system. It's not a problem exclusive to them; it's part of how being a top prospect works. Still, they need to start getting those players over the hump, not only onto the b...1021Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:04:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-hitter-month-july-seiya-suzuki-miguel-amaya-ian-happ/#4 Patrick Wisdom Wisdom hit only .222, which is the same on-base percentage as his batting average. Only six hits were had, and Patrick didn’t start but five games. Wisdom deserves mention for his flair for the dramatic; three of his six hits left the yard, one with a runner on every base. A...1020Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:28:39 +0000