https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/127/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/luis-vazquez-call-up-brennen-davis-breakout-cubs-rotation-schedule/The Cubs are really starting to feel the effects of their injuries, losing two of three to the powerful Atlanta Braves before being stumped by the Pittsburgh Pirates three times in a four-game set. The offense is struggling, scoring more than four runs just once all week (in a 7-1 win in the ser...811Mon, 20 May 2024 12:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-lineup-has-been-decimated-by-injuries-but-thats-not-all-r810/On any list of the Cubs' best hitters, Cody Bellinger, Seiya Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, and Nico Hoerner have to be in the top six. Depending on your evaluations of the inconsistent Ian Happ and Christopher Morel, maybe all four of those guys are in the top five at any given time. At any rate, they...810Mon, 20 May 2024 11:24:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/hector-neris-is-walking-a-tightrope-r809/We’ve suffered through five early-season blown saves from Adbert Alzolay. He hasn’t been the closer since April 20, and that number is still tied for the MLB lead (though he did register a blown save in the eighth inning on May 3). Since that April 20 blown save, the back end of the Cubs’ bullpe...809Sun, 19 May 2024 16:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-check-in-on-the-progress-and-profile-of-michael-busch-r808/Earlier this week, I saw a couple of comments in our forums espousing uncertainty about how Michael Busch is really doing. On Thursday, @CubinNY started a thread with the simple and startling title: Is Michael Busch cutting it at first? There's more of this sentiment out there than I would have...808Sun, 19 May 2024 14:08:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-invaluable-miles-mastrobuoni-r807/My viewing relationship with Miles Mastrobuoni is not dissimilar from the previous assertions I made about Mike Tauchman. It boils down to some variation on: “A serious franchise, as the Chicago Cubs are purported to be, would not actively choose to roster a player such as this unless forced to...807Fri, 17 May 2024 11:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-long-can-javier-assad-be-this-good-and-this-underestimated-r806/  In technology, there's a commonly used term for what's happened to pitching analysis since the dawn of the PITCHf/x Era in 2008: lock-in. It's what happens when a particular technological framework becomes so much the default that it becomes impractical (and eventually, unthinkable) to ma...806Thu, 16 May 2024 11:55:40 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-much-should-patrick-wisdom-be-written-into-struggling-cubs-lineup-r804/In that instance, my hope is that your first inclination would be to ask about the sample size. Because in the case of Patrick Wisdom, it’s only 35 plate appearances deep. Nonetheless, the early returns (in conjunction with some of the struggles from various points throughout the Cubs’ lineup) h...804Wed, 15 May 2024 15:46:45 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/miguel-amaya-has-to-rediscover-his-plate-discipline-r803/After an uneven but interesting rookie season in 2023, Miguel Amaya came to camp this spring and quickly emerged as the better option to start often behind the plate for the Cubs. Amaya's development has been slowed and distorted by injuries, but he's flashed impressive tools throughout his prof...803Wed, 15 May 2024 11:14:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-specific-insights-from-new-bat-tracking-statcast-data-r802/802Tue, 14 May 2024 14:17:19 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-talk-about-ben-browns-latest-performance-r800/The rookie right-hander earned the win after entering a tied ball game in the bottom of the fifth inning. He finished with a box score line of 3 ⅔ innings pitched, no runs allowed on two hits and one walk, to go along with six strikeouts.  It’s not just Ben Brown's final pitching line that...800Tue, 14 May 2024 11:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/late-night-trade-cubs-pick-up-righty-reliever-tyson-miller-in-deal-with-mariners-r801/It's a smallish move, given that Tyson Miller was designated for assignment by the Seattle Mariners just days ago, but the Cubs have scooped up an old friend with a new and very interesting trick in his bag. They'll hope to turn him into the next Yency Almonte, only with (perhaps) an even more i...801Tue, 14 May 2024 03:49:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/monday-morning-north-sider-treading-water-paul-skenes-kyle-hendricks-and-more-r798/Happy belated Mother’s Day to everyone! The Cubs had a pretty quiet week, all things considered, though they did get Kyle Hendricks back on the bump Sunday after facing the most hyped pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg on Saturday. They remain just 0.5 games back of the Brewers for the to...798Mon, 13 May 2024 13:15:01 +0000