https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/121/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/unlocking-baseball-team-expansion-realignment-playoff-overhaul-r773/For over a century, baseball has held a special place in American culture--"the national pastime." However, this reverence for tradition shouldn't equate to resistance against necessary changes. Throughout its history, baseball has undergone significant transformations, from implementing automat...773Sat, 04 May 2024 12:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/threading-the-needle-at-99-miles-per-hour-with-ben-brown-r780/About two-thirds of the way through his second pass through the Mets batting order, Ben Brown hit a speed bump. The fireballing Cubs starter had looked excellent through the first two innings, without fine control but with plenty of sheer stuff to make up for it. He was cruising, until he reache...780Fri, 03 May 2024 14:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-nick-madrigal-still-be-the-backup-third-baseman-r779/If you’ve followed this space for any length of time, you know the Chicago Cubs’ third base situation is something on which I’ve maintained a steady eye. That goes back to the spring, when the team decided to give Christopher Morel a more extended run there than we saw under the previous regime....779Fri, 03 May 2024 12:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-mlb-pitcher-april-2024-shot-imanaga-javier-assad-mark-leiter/The Cubs pitching depth has been put to the ultimate test this season, and we’re only one month in. Jameson Taillon missed a few weeks after an injury in Spring Training, Justin Steele only made it half a game in before hurting his hamstring, Julian Merryweather will be out until at least June,...777Thu, 02 May 2024 14:19:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/unique-opportunity-perfect-execution-cubs-win-on-rare-relay-to-home-plate-r778/Some fans will quibble with Craig Counsell's choice to remove Shota Imanaga after seven innings of work Wednesday night. There were good reasons for his decision, though, and really, the ensuing stress over the final six outs of the game was the fault of the sputtering, injury-depleted offense,...778Thu, 02 May 2024 12:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-torch-is-being-passed-slowly-from-one-cubs-catcher-to-the-other-r774/774Wed, 01 May 2024 12:50:50 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/keegan-thompson-found-3-miles-per-hour-on-the-shuttle-from-des-moines-to-chicago-r772/It's hard to fathom the leap in stuff Keegan Thompson has effected since he re-joined the Cubs' active roster amid injuries that have taxed the bullpen in April. Maybe Thompson was dealing with a nagging, undisclosed injury when he started this season in Triple-A, not looking like he belonged on...772Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:57:15 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/javier-assad-mike-tauchman-unsung-heroes-injury-updates/The Cubs have been riddled by injuries throughout the first month of the season, losing multiple key players thus far. In spring training, they lost both Patrick Wisdom and Jameson Taillon to back injuries, though both have made their returns and been productive in their roles in the latter half...771Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:04:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-mike-tauchman-keeps-winning-new-converts-r770/I spent the better part of 2023 refusing to accept Mike Tauchman as a legitimate part of the Chicago Cubs’ roster. A fringe player over 30 years old who hadn't made an appearance at the big-league level in 2022 wasn’t worthy of 400-plus plate appearances for a team with playoff aspirations, in m...770Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:37:42 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/this-week-in-cubs-baseball-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times-r768/Record Last Week: 4-2 (17-11 overall) Runs Scored: 25 Runs Surrendered: 29 Standing: 2nd in NL Central (0.5 GB) Transactions 04/28/24 Chicago Cubs placed LHP Jordan Wicks on the 15-day injured list. Left forearm strain. 04/28/24 Chicago Cubs selected the contract of LHP Richard...768Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/this-is-the-most-grueling-stretch-of-the-cubs-2024-schedule-r767/There are no guarantees in baseball, and certainly, there is no guarantee that the Cubs' injury problems won't get worse. They have Justin Steele, Julian Merryweather, Seiya Suzuki, Cody Bellinger, and Jordan Wicks on the injured list already, but that doesn't exhaust the risk of such issues on...767Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/proactive-injured-list-placement-the-prudent-response-for-jordan-wicks-cubs-r766/It's been a bad spring for forearms, and that usually means a bad spring, period. Forearm strains are one potential indicator (an imperfect but significant one) of an elbow issue, and in the modern game, most elbow issues are torn UCLs, which require some version of reconstructive surgery and an...766Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:42:00 +0000