https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/12/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/overselling-pete-crow-armstrong-has-become-kind-of-impossible-r2985/Pete Crow-Armstrong contains multitudes. Almost immediately upon making his Chicago Cubs debut with a 2023 cup of coffee, it was clear that there would be multiple sides of the Crow-Armstrong experience. He's a player with loud tools capable of doing things rarely seen on a baseball field, in al...2985Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:59:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-has-mastered-the-art-of-making-up-for-terrible-hitting-with-elite-defense-r2980/There’s been a lot of consternation about Dansby Swanson this year, and rightfully so. He has been really bad at the plate, after all. Heading into their late-June series against the New York Mets, his wRC+, which is an all-encompassing offensive statistic where 100 is average, sits at just...2980Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:05:03 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/under-cubs-stewardship-edward-cabrera-has-simply-gotten-much-worse-r2978/The good news, according to Baseball Prospectus's StuffPro metric, is that Edward Cabrera's slider hasn't gotten any worse this year. It's still a plus pitch, when he can locate it anywhere near the zone. In fact, that pitch should have more utility this year, in theory, because he's throwing fr...2978Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:42:16 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/reviewing-the-cubs-2025-trade-deadline-moves-r2977/  As we near July and get into the full swing of trade season, it's worth going back and looking at the 2025 trade deadline to review how it went for the Cubs. Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins were busy, making four trades on deadline day last year in an effort to bolster their championship hop...2977Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seiya-suzuki-has-turned-a-quick-release-into-a-real-run-stopping-outfield-arm-r2976/Check the top of Statcast's leaderboard for outfield arm value in 2026, and you'll see Pete Crow-Armstrong wrestling for first place with the Dodgers' Andy Pages. If you've watched either play over the last two seasons, that's no surprise. Pages has as much raw arm strength as anyone in the game...2976Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/colin-reas-survival-instinct-has-become-his-best-quality-r2973/Most pitchers spend their 30s trying to hold on to whatever once made them special. Colin Rea has taken a different path. Rather than clinging to a previous version of himself, he has built a career around finding new ways to adapt every time the game demands another adjustment. He did it in Mil...2973Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:33:51 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-him-or-promote-him-either-way-jefferson-rojas-will-play-a-role-in-the-future-of-the-cubs-r2972/Josiah Hartshorn has, for good reason, garnered many of the headlines around the Cubs farm system this year. He's the sexiest prospect of the moment for this team. He's the teenager already playing at High-A, and looking utterly dynamic. But he's still not the Cubs' top prospect. For now, that h...2972Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:55:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-difficult-decision-to-demote-mois%C3%A9s-ballesteros-should-yield-long-term-benefits-r2964/Moisés Ballesteros' second-half audition in 2025 was so impressive that the Chicago Cubs felt comfortable handing him the reigns to the designated hitter spot full-time in 2026. Through 66 plate appearances, he posted a .298/.394/.474 line with proportionally-appropriate 18.2 percent strikeout a...2964Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:03 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-cant-rely-on-jacob-webb-as-closer-understudy-unless-he-fixes-his-most-glaring-flaw-r2969/With Daniel Palencia out, the Chicago Cubs turned to Jacob Webb in the ninth inning against the Colorado Rockies. Is he the de facto closer now? Should he be?  Webb is primarily a two-pitch pitcher, throwing his fastball and changeup far more than any other pitches. The fastball simply has...2969Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:00:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/drew-pomeranz-is-available-again-%E2%80%94-should-the-cubs-try-to-recapture-last-years-magic-r2953/The Chicago Cubs’ bullpen construction this season was no different than what we have traditionally seen from the Jed Hoyer-Carter Hawkins group since they took over the job from Theo Epstein. Once again, they opted to sign a bunch of cheaper options in the hopes that they'd be able to coax more...2953Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:38:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/suddenly-hitters-are-having-a-much-easier-time-timing-up-phil-maton-r2966/When the Cubs gave Phil Maton a two-year contract worth $14.5 million over the winter, they expected him to solidify the back end of the bullpen and be a bridge to Daniel Palencia. It was an understandable contract for a reliever who has been pretty consistent since the 2020 season. Unfortunatel...2966Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:30:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-is-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-changing-opposition-r2962/Despite a home run on Wednesday night, Dansby Swanson has been one of the more consistently broken components of a collectively broken Chicago Cubs lineup. His line of .176/.280/.318 features career worsts across each of the three categories while his wRC+ of just 71 is indicative of a player pe...2962Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:07:01 +0000