https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/150/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/tonight-ben-brown-brings-his-death-ball-to-the-starting-rotation-r718/In his first big-league appearance, Ben Brown wasn't quite ready for the robustness of the Texas Rangers, and to spare the rest of the Cubs' bullpen, Craig Counsell had to let his rookie wear it. Brown got his revenge in his sensational stint against the Rockies Wednesday night, though, and now,...718Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:29:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/bullpen-depth-implosion-craig-counsell-mistakes/You could see it in Craig Counsell's body language. Oddly, that's sort of comforting. Amid a first week and a half that saw the Cubs win six of nine, score runs by the fistful, and establish some real optimism in a half-wary fan base, Counsell always knew Monday night was coming, and that's a te...716Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:22:26 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pitches-per-plate-appearance-walk-rate-dansby-happ-suzuki-counsell/You can’t glean a ton from a three-game series early in the year. You can glean even less when the series finale is plagued by the field conditions that the weather wrought on a Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Nevertheless, it’s difficult to look at the outcomes of the weekend set against the...714Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:47:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/monday-morning-north-sider-rockies-sweep-dodgers-imanaga-the-room-and-more-r713/It was an impressive showing from the Cubs this week. They looked dominant for all but one inning against the lowly Colorado Rockies, and they competed fiercely all weekend with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Were it not for the heart of the order blowing a couple of bases-loaded opportunities against...713Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:51:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-morel-seiya-suzuki-shota-imanaga/Summary for the Chicago Cubs' Week in Review for the week starting April 1st.  Record Last Week: 5-1 (6-3 overall) Runs Scored: 44 Runs Surrendered: 22 Standing: 3rd in NL Central *** Game Results Game 4 | Cubs 5, Rockies 0 Game 5 | Cubs 12, Rockies 2 Game 6 | Cubs 9,...712Mon, 08 Apr 2024 01:37:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-tragedy-of-the-oakland-as-through-the-lens-of-a-cubs-fan-r710/Let’s get one thing straight: what is happening to the Athletics and their fanbase is a tragedy. It’s an abject failure on the part of Major League Baseball, and a disgusting display of greed from a billionaire who long ago forgot what it means to own a sports team that is beloved by millions. T...710Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-3-key-changes-jordan-wicks-has-made-for-2024-r711/It was an awfully tall order, asking Jordan Wicks to go after the lineups of the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers in the first two outings of his 2024 season. They were two of the top three teams in baseball in runs last year, and two of the top four in wRC+. That was before the Dodgers add...711Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/exactly-how-bad-is-christopher-morel-at-third-base-r709/Four innings later, in the top of the sixth, Morel fielded a routine ground ball with two outs and runners on first and second and, of course, airmailed the ball over Michael Busch’s head at first base, allowing the Rockies to score a run and prolonging the inning. This has been the Christopher...709Sat, 06 Apr 2024 21:31:13 +0000https://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 +0000