https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/115/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/vladimir-guerrero-jr-to-cubs-rumors-risk-absurdity-on-a-couple-of-levels-r871/For the third time in four years, the Cubs have their fans painted into a corner. As was true in 2021 and 2023, this team entered this season with some measure of expectation and hope, and with relatively high stakes. As a result, the team has done its best to stay in "buyer" mode as trade-deadl...871Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:25:35 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-automated-zone-in-triple-a-has-rookies-like-ben-brown-pumping-strikes-in-mlb-r870/It's not shocking that Ben Brown has struck out nearly 29 percent of the batters he's faced in his first ride of the senior circuit. Although he only has two pitches on which he can consistently rely, they're two devastating offerings: a fastball that sits 96-97 and touches 99 miles per hour, an...870Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/can-cubs-lessen-seiya-suzukis-workload-and-bolster-lineup-at-the-same-time-r866/Seiya Suzuki has been a liability defensively this season. He currently has -2 Outs Above Average, and Cubs fans know that that evaluation is (if anything) generous. The Chicago outfield is already packed, and moving him to DH wouldn’t be the worst option in the world. He doesn’t have to be ther...866Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:04:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-need-to-revive-a-nearly-extinct-baseball-stratagem-to-save-their-season-r867/Four teams have surrendered more stolen bases than the Cubs have this season. That's the good news here. No team has caught fewer would-be base stealers than the Cubs have, and the Cubs possess the worst caught-stealing rate of any team in big-league baseball. Moreover, they've allowed 29 wild p...867Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/never-quite-in-sync-cubs-risk-a-season-lost-before-it-can-be-found-r865/It hasn't been a matter of winning blowouts and losing nail-biters--although, to be fair, it also hasn't been the other way around. Sixty-five games into the long grind of 162, the Chicago Cubs are at the bottom of the NL Central standings, and they've been outscored by 16 runs. They're below .5...865Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:14:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-deadline-los-angeles-angels-logan-ohoppe-luis-rengifo/The trade deadline is traditionally when good teams pillage the bad ones and take all their good players.  Of course, we are assuming the Cubs are a good team (TBD) and that they will be in a position to add to their squad (of course they are).  The Los Angeles Angels are not contenders by...864Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:25:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/start-relieve-whatever-cubs-just-need-depth-jordan-wicks-brings-to-pitching-staff-r863/When last Jordan Wicks appeared on a big-league mound for the Cubs, the rotation was so incomplete that it was unfathomable that they would not need him as a starter any time soon. Kyle Hendricks's struggles were becoming more obvious by the day. Justin Steele was not yet back from his hamstring...863Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/destination-the-show-episode-39-the-2024-mlb-draft-class-with-carlos-collazo-r862/In episode 39 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie sit down with Carlos Collazo, Draft Expert at Baseball America. The guys talk through the top of the 2024 draft class, including who Carlos would take at 1:1. They then dig into demographics in more depth including catching, prep shortstop...862Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:23:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-mike-tauchmans-approach-flexes-to-meet-every-moment-r861/It was just cute, at first. It was a nice little story. Mike Tauchman was a nice little complementary piece on a scrappy Cubs team, and he was from Palatine, Ill., so there was a nice little zing of extra emotion attached to him finding success with the club. He gave the media the saccharine sto...861Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:40:15 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-trade-deadline-needs-targets-offense-hitters/Before discussing who the Cubs can target, though, we need to discuss who is a candidate for replacement and whose jobs are most likely safe–specifically, for now, in the lineup and on the bench. There are a couple of players who most certainly have their jobs secure–Nico Hoerner has a 110...854Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:47:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-unlucky-has-christopher-morel-been-going-to-the-tape-pt-2-r860/Yesterday, I wrote at length about Christopher Morel, and the fact that he shows up as one of the most unlucky hitters in baseball this year. Specifically, I broke down seven of the outs on which the models that drive those labels say he suffered the worst misfortune, looking for patterns and me...860Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:01:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-team-wide-identity-crisis-sloppy-glovework-still-plaguing-team-built-around-defense-r859/Identity is an interesting thing within the context of a major-league organization. You’re talking about those elements on which an organization hangs their hat. Last year’s Arizona Diamondbacks emphasized the collective: their roster, without many real standouts, performed in unison, demonstrat...859Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:09:01 +0000