https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/126/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/by-seizing-the-corner-miguel-amaya-has-turned-one-r708/  Miguel Amaya hasn't put all the pieces of his offensive profile together yet. He's still figuring out how to consistently deliver the barrel of the bat to the ball, on an upward swing plane. He's hitting the ball much harder in 2024 than he did as a rookie last year, with seven of his fir...708Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:57:56 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/destination-the-show-episode-31-r706/In episode 31 of Destination: The Show, baseball is back! Jeremy and JD talk through the opening few games of the new MLB season and spend time rueing injuries. They touch on the complexity of the prospect promotion incentive draft picks and introduce the new Consensus MLB Draft Board. The guys...706Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:51:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/say-your-goodbyes-to-the-comparisons-between-chrostopher-morel-and-javier-baez-r705/Javier Báez is one of my favorite players to wear a Chicago Cubs uniform. I know I am not unique in that regard. With that in mind, it’s worth noting that nothing said herein about his output or skill set is meant to disparage the player. At some point, though, he locked in who he is, for better...705Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/javier-assad-fastball-movement-pitch-mix-slider/One year ago Wednesday, I wrote about Javier Assad's pitch mix, as he tried to establish himself as a multi-inning (but fairly high-leverage) relief weapon for the Cubs. Specifically, I recommended that he lean considerably harder on his sinker and slider against right-handed batters, and on his...703Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:14:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/in-appreciation-of-shota-imanagas-sterling-chicago-cubs-debut-r702/During the Chicago Cubs’ home opener against Colorado on Monday, I came to a realization: There's a shortage of players who get me “razzed” about watching baseball on this team’s roster. The Cubs have a handful of solid baseball players, but it’s not as if they have a bunch of dudes for whom I a...702Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:58:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/craig-counsell-got-to-shape-this-roster-and-hes-using-it-fearlessly-r700/  Whereas the Cubs were persistently cautious about investing playing time in Christopher Morel over the last two seasons, Craig Counsell immediately made it clear that he wanted him in the lineup every day. Before Counsell came aboard, the team envisioned an offseason move that could land...700Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:18:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/michael-busch-plate-approach-swing-rate-power-patience-rangers-game/If you just looked at the exit velocity and launch angle, Michael Busch appears to have gotten unlucky in the third inning Sunday. He sent Rangers center fielder back to the warning track on a long fly ball, hit at 106 miles per hour. If it flew exactly the same distance, to the same part of the...698Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:11:26 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-opening-series-happ-morel-steele-injury-update-weekend-mlb-roundup/696Mon, 01 Apr 2024 13:13:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/introducing-the-2024-consensus-mlb-draft-board-r687/Welcome to the 2024 MLB Consensus Draft Board! What is the Consensus MLB Draft Board? This is the third draft cycle for which I’m co-authoring content, alongside @Jeremy Nygaard, who has probably forgotten more about the draft process than I’ll ever know. When I first started, I found I w...687Mon, 01 Apr 2024 11:56:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/this-week-in-cubs-baseball-it-could-be-worse-r697/Record Last Week: 1-2 (1-2 Overall) Runs Scored: 14 Runs Surrendered: 20 Standing:  4th in NL Central (2.5 GB) *** Game 1 | TEX 4, CHC 3 Game 2 | TEX 11, CHC 2 Game 3 | CHC 9, TEX 5  Transactions 03/28/24 - Chicago Cubs selected the contract of 1B Garrett Cooper fro...697Mon, 01 Apr 2024 02:51:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-report-card-on-kyle-hendrickss-first-start-of-2024-r695/Desperately looking for something to feel good about after a frustrating loss on Thursday, compounded with the news of Justin Steele’s placement on the injured list, I'm sure the Chicago Cubs were looking for a vintage Kyle Hendricks performance on Saturday night. Unfortunately, it didn’t go the...695Sun, 31 Mar 2024 15:43:54 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/miles-mastrobuoni-foul-tip-jonah-heim-karma/The slight graze of the ball off his bat was inaudible, meaning there was almost no way for home plate umpire Chad Fairchild to know it was a foul ball. He, therefore, gave no such signal, and Michael Busch took that as a cue to score from second base as the ball bounded toward the backstop. It...693Sat, 30 Mar 2024 19:30:00 +0000