https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/144/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/minor-league-pitchers-cade-horton-michael-arias-jaxon-wiggins/The level of dissatisfaction with this Chicago Cubs team could not be higher, and yet, as the club migrates closer and closer to irrelevancy, what happens next may actually be quite interesting. When searching for reasons as to why the team dwells at the bottom of the NL Central, you can poi...910Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-to-know-about-the-brewers-in-the-cubs-weekend-series-r909/Few expected this mid-season series to have the look it does. Let's dive into how the Cubs and Brewers got here. If there’s ever been a representation of a rivalry manifesting in two more opposite teams, I haven’t seen it. The Brewers are atop the NL Central, and the Cubs are dead last. The...909Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:14:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/javier-assad-cubs-injuries-vinny-nittoli-porter-hodge/The Chicago Cubs' pitching staff has been depleted by injuries since before Opening Day, but it's getting worse by the day. The group is now a patchwork, and the team will have to scramble to stay afloat in the coming weeks. It was bad enough when Jameson Taillon had to open the season on th...908Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:19:18 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/shota-imanaga-needs-to-make-his-curveball-more-of-a-true-weapon-r907/A three-run lead disappeared in the blink of an eye for the Cubs Thursday afternoon, when an 0-2 fastball to Jorge Soler started a string of scoring plays that negated a 3-0 advantage the Cubs had built in the third frame. It was the latest in a string of instances recently in which the team's a...907Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:12:54 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/are-the-cubs-even-in-a-position-to-sell-at-the-deadline-r906/The 2024 Chicago Cubs certainly haven't earned an infusion of talent, at the expense of their future. They're no deadline buyers. Can they be deadline sellers, in any serious sense? The Cubs continue to plummet down the standings page of the NL Central, with each game feeling like a worse lo...906Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:20:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-makes-plays-you-can-dream-on-its-turning-into-a-nightmare-r905/The Cubs got another glimpse of the energy and dynamism their rookie outfielder can bring to the lineup Wednesday night. They also got another eyeful of the mounting evidence that he's never going to be a playable regular. It was, all in all, a pretty good night at the plate for Pete Crow-Ar...905Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:34:56 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-catcher-trade-blue-jays-alejandro-kirk-danny-jansen/With the Chicago Cubs continuing to lose games, and mostly in completely gut-wrenching fashion, it’s hard to consider the idea of them buying at the trade deadline. But according to most reports, that’s still the plan, and Jed Hoyer’s job status might not be able to afford to do anything other t...904Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/which-cubs-prospects-could-come-up-from-the-minors-to-help-the-2024-cubs-r903/One way or another, change is coming for the 2024 Chicago Cubs. Their struggles this season are going to force the issue. The team has a loaded farm system. Can their reinforcements come from within? Should things continue at their current pace, the Chicago Cubs are going to find themselves...903Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:49:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-must-trade-one-of-ian-happ-and-seiya-suzuki-next-month-r900/The Chicago Cubs have a great deal--multiple seasons' worth of eight-figure salaries, and a pair of full no-trade clauses--invested in the players who patrol their corner outfield positions. Each is a fine player. One or the other needs to go. There's just too much redundancy between the pro...900Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:02:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/while-the-cubs-search-for-consistency-ian-happ-provides-stability-r899/The Cubs continue to struggle after a hot start but left fielder Ian Happ continues to do everything he can to keep them in contention. Despite our reasonable frustrations with the erratic nature of the Cubs’ 2024 campaign, the club seems adamant, if not determined, to remain a threat for po...899Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:39:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-real-is-the-jameson-taillon-turnaround-r898/His Cubs career couldn't have gotten off to much rougher a start, but the burly righthander has enjoyed great success since late last season, and the surface-level numbers say he's been even better thus far in 2024. Are they right? Over his first 12 starts of 2024, Jameson Taillon has a ster...898Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:40:10 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dear-cubs-please-please-just-be-more-interesting-r897/The 2024 Chicago Cubs have been unexpectedly bad, and the prospects for the near future are dim. Here's the thing: that's not even the worst news. They're also a bore. First, a disclaimer: I’m going to take off my objectivity hat to which I typically try to cling and instead take more of a p...897Mon, 24 Jun 2024 23:07:00 +0000