https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/116/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/addressing-the-cubs-trade-deadline-needs-bullpen-bullpen-bullpen-and-more-bullpen-r844/The Chicago Cubs' pitching staff feels like a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde situation. Looking at the Cubs currently, the Cubs rotation has the seventh-best ERA in baseball, at 3.49, and the ninth-best FIP, at 3.87. This includes data from Kyle Hendricks, who, it pains me to say, has done everything i...844Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-unlucky-has-christopher-morel-been-going-to-the-tape-pt-1-r858/Almost everywhere you turn in the midst of conversations of everything going wrong for the Cubs right now, you hear the name Christopher Morel. His defense at third base has been genuinely problematic this year, and the decision to install him as the regular at that position looks pretty bad, bu...858Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-pitcher-of-the-month-may-2024-r847/Héctor Neris has been in the big leagues for a long time, and at times, he has had a ton of success. Shota Imanaga was the choice in April. How did he follow it up in May? Did his final start of the month cost him a top spot? With Jordan Wicks out, the Cubs really needed Ben Brown to step u...847Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/stormy-present-spells-uncertain-future-for-seiya-suzuki-in-right-field-r855/For myriad reasons, Saturday night was a messy affair between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds. But the one play that sticks out most in my mind is the drop that Seiya Suzuki committed on a should-have-been-routine out in the second inning. The Reds had the bases loaded with two out...855Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:16:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-happens-if-it-turns-out-the-cubs-paid-top-dollar-for-a-manager-in-decline-r852/Like player aging curves, naturally, managerial aging curves are imperfect descriptions of individual performance. There are guys who peak early and guys who bloom late, on the field and on the top step of the dugout. In general, though, great managers were and are younger than you might realize...852Mon, 03 Jun 2024 23:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-hitter-of-the-month-may-2024-r846/It was a ROUGH month for the Cubs hitters in May - not one single player on the team posted an OPS above .800 (Cody Bellinger reached exactly that mark). Christopher Morel led the team in home runs with six, though he supplied an ugly .183/.319/.387 slash line in 93 at-bats. The Cubs had more ba...846Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:13:15 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/run-a-deep-dive-on-third-base-coach-wavin-willie-harris-r848/In the ninth inning of Friday's loss to the Reds, with two runners on base, Seiya Suzuki laced a double down into the well in Wrigley Field's left-field corner. Pete Crow-Armstrong scored easily, making it a one-run game. Willie Harris sent Nick Madrigal (who began the play at first base) scream...848Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:57:12 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/monday-morning-north-sider-may-is-over-happ-is-hot-horton-is-hurt-and-more-r850/The Cubs went 10-18 last month. I’m not sure about you, but watching the Cubs go from a war for first place in the NL Central to fighting to stay around .500 has not been fun. The pitching, particularly from the young arms in the rotation, has remained excellent this season, but the bats reached...850Mon, 03 Jun 2024 01:28:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-finally-reach-literally-david-bote-levels-of-roster-desperation-r849/Nick Madrigal heads back to Iowa in exchange for Bote, with Adbert Alzolay hitting the 60-day injured list to accommodate the reinstatement of Bote to the 40-man roster. It's a move that signals, in no small measure, a defeat for the Cubs front office, because they fought hard to make one of Mad...849Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:01:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/weve-prayed-for-times-like-this-for-homegrown-cubs-pitching-and-yet-r842/For as long as I can remember – at least the last handful of years – I’ve had to go outside of the Chicago Cubs organization if I wanted to watch an exciting pitching performance. Whether it’s a stuff-based starter or a fireballing reliever, genuine excitement was to be found somewhere within th...842Fri, 31 May 2024 15:14:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/can-we-prove-that-jameson-taillon-has-trouble-stopping-the-bleeding-r843/It's a hard thing to pin down and quantify, but anyone who has watched baseball for a long time can tell you: getting out of tough innings and minimizing damage is a real and invaluable skill for a pitcher. Bearing down and retiring a hitter with two on and two out is obviously important, but th...843Fri, 31 May 2024 13:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/justin-steele-may-be-taking-his-game-to-the-next-level-r838/Justin Steele finished his second full season of MLB service time with some great numbers. In 30 starts, he threw 173 1/3 innings with a 3.06 ERA, and finished fifth in NL Cy Young Award voting. The underlying numbers were awesome, too. He was 7th in fWAR among pitchers, 14th in K-BB%, and got a...838Fri, 31 May 2024 11:53:01 +0000