https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/117/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-kyle-hendrickss-cut-change-unique-r966/It's not just that Kyle Hendricks throws two distinct versions of his changeup. It's also extremely unusual that he throws one of them the way he does. Changeups come in all shapes and velocities, and some cut toward the glove side, in an absolute sense, while others have a crazy amount of arm-s...966Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:38:55 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-shota-imanaga-became-a-2024-all-star-and-what-he-means-to-the-cubs-r965/To be sure, a few players on the roster have done good work thus far, even as the Cubs have trudged out to a NL Central-worst 47-51 record to start the season. Three everyday hitters (Michael Busch, Seiya Suzuki, Ian Happ) have an OPS above .800. Tyson Miller has been electric out of the bullpen...965Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:36:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jed-hoyer-and-the-french-radical-r964/There is an infamous quotation ascribed to the French revolutionary leader (not that French Revolution; no, not that one, either; the Revolution of 1848) Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin. Although briefly the chief champion of the proletariat during that mid-century uprising, he failed to provide...964Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/week-in-review-well-it-could-have-been-better-r961/961Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:19:40 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/breaking-down-the-cubs-roster-and-its-trade-values-r950/Immovable Money/No Trade Clauses Dansby Swanson, Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki, Kyle Hendricks, Drew Smyly There are not many multiverses in which these guys get moved, so let’s move on. Theoretically, the first three would be long-term building blocks, but they fit better here with difficulty m...950Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:55:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/with-the-brief-but-enthralling-cody-bellinger-era-possibly-ending-what-did-it-all-mean-r954/I keep my phone face down on my nightstand overnight to help me sleep better. Less distraction and less unnecessary light beaming out of my device like a walk sign on Michigan Avenue. But then, one night, I left it face up, and at around 2:00 AM, I got the same alert I’m sure many of you did as...954Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-untouchables-the-five-players-the-cubs-cannot-should-not-trade-at-the-deadline-r953/There isn’t a stretch to talk them out if it in the way that we saw 2023. Veterans currently on the roster will no longer be so by the time the calendar flips over to August.  Navigating that, though, remains a difficult task. The Cubs, at large, are an underperforming group. They don’t hav...953Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:55:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/this-series-against-the-cardinals-is-a-must-win-for-the-cubs-r952/Entering the series, the Cubs have won four straight and swept the Baltimore Orioles. They also gear up to face the Cardinals, who were swept by the Royals. Shota Imanaga and Justin Steele, the two best pitchers on the team, will be down and unavailable during these games in St. Louis, meaning...952Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:20:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-deadline-dansby-swanson-kyle-hendricks-drew-smyly/That lack of mobility largely stems from contracts. If it’s a health thing, we’re probably not discussing them as a trade candidate. In the case of contracts, the term or the dollars are both hindrances to prospective teams’ willingness to pursue. There’s also (obviously) a performance factor. I...951Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:49:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cody-bellinger-injury-has-huge-implications-for-cubs-this-month-and-next-year-r949/Earlier this month, I wrote that nothing should dissuade the Cubs from behaving as sellers this month, ahead of the MLB trade deadline. Even as they've heated up (with five wins in their last six games), that has remained true, but losing Cody Bellinger until what figures to be early August seal...949Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:13:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-there-enough-in-miles-mastrobuonis-bat-to-make-him-a-playable-regular-r948/The first thought was: Why would the Cubs play anybody but Miles Mastrobuoni at third base for the remainder of the year? The second was: Is Miles Mastrobuoni the most exciting player the Cubs have to offer? But once I talked myself down from each of those, I started to wonder something else. Gi...948Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-long-until-jed-hoyers-job-is-at-risk-r944/Some portion of Cubs Twitter has been calling for Jed Hoyer to be fired for quite some time. Sometimes it’s warranted. More often, it’s just a bunch of overreactions. As the trade deadline approaches, no one really knows what the Cubs are going to do. Apparently, they don’t even know what they’r...944Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:27:02 +0000