https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/147/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-need-to-revive-a-nearly-extinct-baseball-stratagem-to-save-their-season-r867/By now, it's clear to everyone watching closely that the 2024 Chicago Cubs will be defined by the tip of the balance on a thousand or so little things. Unfortunately, they're the very worst team in baseball at managing one of the biggest little things. Four teams have surrendered more stolen...867Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/never-quite-in-sync-cubs-risk-a-season-lost-before-it-can-be-found-r865/The Chicago Cubs have the record they deserve. They might be a better team than this, but as the games pile up, their identity increasingly lives on the standings page. It hasn't been a matter of winning blowouts and losing nail-biters--although, to be fair, it also hasn't been the other way...865Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:14:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-deadline-los-angeles-angels-logan-ohoppe-luis-rengifo/As the Cubs are reeling in the National League Central, the Angels are flailing in the dark. What Angels players would help the Cubs right the ship in 2024? The trade deadline is traditionally when good teams pillage the bad ones and take all their good players.  Of course, we are assuming t...864Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:25:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/start-relieve-whatever-cubs-just-need-depth-jordan-wicks-brings-to-pitching-staff-r863/Another game got away from the Chicago Cubs in Cincinnati Thursday. As the team tries to find some momentum on the strength of better health and an offense hitting its stride, they badly need one more solid arm--anywhere on the daily depth chart. When last Jordan Wicks appeared on a big-leag...863Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/destination-the-show-episode-39-the-2024-mlb-draft-class-with-carlos-collazo-r862/Draft tandem Jeremy Nygaard and JD Cameron team up for a podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues and the MLB draft, produced by Theo Tollefson. In episode 39 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie sit down with Carlos Collazo, Draft Expert at Baseball America. The gu...862Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:23:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-mike-tauchmans-approach-flexes-to-meet-every-moment-r861/He's not just the Chicago Cubs' WAR leader, at this point. He's an outright leader. He's not just a valuable role player; he's their MVP. Mike Tauchman was the reason the Cubs stayed afloat so long in 2023, and in 2024, he's been their heartbeat. It was just cute, at first. It was a nice lit...861Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:40:15 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-trade-deadline-needs-targets-offense-hitters/With the calendar turning to June just a few days ago, the trade deadline became less than two months away, so it may be time to begin asking the ever-important questions of what the Cubs can do at the trade deadline. At the time I am writing this, the Cubs sit in the NL WC3 spot, even though it...854Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:47:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-unlucky-has-christopher-morel-been-going-to-the-tape-pt-2-r860/After mashing his 11th home run Tuesday night, Christopher Morel is on pace to approach 30 for the Cubs this season. His overall numbers remain insufficient to his role as their cleanup hitter, though, so let's finish digging into the idea that he's been grossly unlucky. Yesterday, I wrote a...860Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:01:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-team-wide-identity-crisis-sloppy-glovework-still-plaguing-team-built-around-defense-r859/For the second time on what's only been a four-game homestand so far, the Chicago Cubs overcame a huge, multi-run defensive failure to win a game. It was exciting. Maybe it will be galvanizing. But it sure isn't what this team was supposed to be about. Identity is an interesting thing within...859Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/addressing-the-cubs-trade-deadline-needs-bullpen-bullpen-bullpen-and-more-bullpen-r844/As the calendar ticks over to June, it's time for us to start considering what the trade deadline might look like from a Chicago Cubs point of view. The pitching side of that question brings us interesting dichotomies: a rotation that feels deep and strong and a bullpen that feels paper thin. ...844Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-unlucky-has-christopher-morel-been-going-to-the-tape-pt-1-r858/It's early June, and the Chicago Cubs' everyday cleanup hitter is hitting .195/.307/.371. Under normal circumstances, this would be a daily topic of anguished, even livid conversation. This seems to be a different case, though, because of who the player is and how he's come by this stat line. Le...858Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-pitcher-of-the-month-may-2024-r847/While the Cubs' bats were fairly quiet in May, the pitching staff was able to keep them in the game most times out. Which pitchers were the best for the Cubs last month? Héctor Neris has been in the big leagues for a long time, and at times, he has had a ton of success. Shota Imanaga was the...847Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:11:01 +0000