https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/139/?d=7enhttps://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 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nico-hoerners-jekyll-and-hyde-month-of-april-r765/Nico Hoerner has been both of these hitters in a single month.  On April 13th, Hoerner was hitting .171. His wRC+ was only 77; his ISO was .024. In the broad way in which we typically evaluate hitters, it wasn’t getting off to the kind of start he might’ve aimed for. Especially given his re...765Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:50:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-rotation-third-time-order-shota-imanaga-kyle-hendricks-javier-assad/Heading into Saturday afternoon’s game, Cubs’ starters had thrown 125⅔ innings, which is 26th in baseball, according to FanGraphs. Their 2,075 total pitches thrown is ninth. It’s been a consistent theme and concern for the Cubs early this season. The starting pitchers aren’t working deep in...764Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:14:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/unlocking-baseball-a-call-for-dramatic-changes-to-the-offseason-r763/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...763Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:19:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-april-defense-christopher-morel-cody-bellinger-miguel-amaya/It’s an interesting paradox in which to reside for someone so consumed by defense and recognizing the sample it requires to genuinely analyze as a result.  But as we prepare to hit the end of April and guys have settled into spots accordingly, it now seems like a point at which to take a te...762Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-first-bad-stretch-for-michael-busch-r761/A stretch like this was always inevitable. Of course, to even call this a stretch would be, in fact, a stretch. But Michael Busch has gone four consecutive games without recording a hit. He’s struck out nine times across those four games, including eight in this three-game set against Houston. ...761Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:05:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-tough-2023-taught-hayden-wesneski-how-to-best-manage-his-routines-r760/Entering Spring Training, 2024 was just another season for Hayden Wesneski, but this year, he’s a lot more comfortable with his dual role in the Cubs organization as both a starter and reliever.  Wesneski started the 2023 season in the starting rotation, but after a fistful of poor starts,...760Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:08:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/despite-diminished-velocity-jameson-taillon-showing-good-stuff-so-far-r759/No longer a spring chicken, the 32-year-old Jameson Taillon returned to the Chicago Cubs a bit less dynamic a pitcher than the team hoped they signed in late 2022. It's only been two starts, but Taillon seems not to have the same velocity with which he pitched most of last year. It's possible th...759Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:04:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-is-coming-back-to-the-cubs-but-for-the-worst-possible-reason-r758/This is not the news any Cubs fan was hoping for. It didn't look like Cody Bellinger took the full force of his collision with the wall in left-center field Tuesday night, but he displayed visible discomfort for the rest of the evening and left the Cubs' 7-2 win early. After a CT scan Wednesday...758Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:52:10 +0000