https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/151/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-the-cubs-turning-to-an-aged-ex-closer-for-an-important-start-is-good-actually-r310/With four games in three days this weekend in Cincinnati, and with rosters expanding at the same time, it was inevitable that the Cubs were going to call up some reinforcements from the minor leagues. That’s not to mention the fact that, given the way the pitching staff has struggled since the A...310Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:04:48 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cub-quips-the-cubs-are-doing-exactly-what-they-need-to-do-r309/Whoever said, “slow and steady wins the race,” must’ve watched a lot of baseball. What drove me crazy about Don Zimmer’s 1989 Cubs was their whipsaw streakiness. They’d win six games, lose the next four, win the next seven, and lose their next five. When that kind of regression to the mean...309Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-got-very-lucky-the-day-ryan-dempster-turned-down-the-braves-r307/The 2012 Cubs were a moribund bunch. They started 3-11. They were, at various points, 15-32, and 24-48. By July 23, they were 38-56. That team was built to be taken apart, and on that date, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer went about trying to perform that demolition. They agreed to a trade to send im...307Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-mark-leiter-jr-bandwagon-is-leaving-the-station-r304/If you’ve been watching Cubs games over the last three months - or if you bothered to read the headline of this article - you know the answer is Mark Leiter Jr. The son of an 11-year MLB veteran (Mark Leiter Sr.) and the nephew of two-time World Series champion Al Leiter, Leiter Jr. comes from a...304Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-should-claim-every-angels-player-on-waivers-but-one-is-the-prize-r303/With Shohei Ohtani headed for the open market at the end of this season, the Angels tried everything they could think of to get themselves over the hump and showcase Ohtani in October for the first time. Being the Angels, they failed miserably. Thus, on Tuesday, news broke that they've put six p...303Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:44:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-just-won-their-first-truly-big-game-since-2017-r302/Game 5 of the 2017 NLDS between the Cubs and Nationals remains one of the wildest postseason contests of the last decade. It was draining, it was bizarre, and it was a fitting end to a slog of a series between two good teams who couldn't quite get in sync. The Cubs held on to win, and because of...302Wed, 30 Aug 2023 05:51:19 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/losing-patience-has-cost-the-cubs-offense-a-bit-recently-r301/This week's series at Wrigley Field matches the two teams who have seen more pitches per plate appearance this year than any others in MLB. The Cubs are even more of a patient, grind-it-out offense than the Brewers, though. Whereas Milwaukee's tendency toward running deep counts stems partially...301Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/3-up-3-down-playoff-edition-episode-ii-attack-of-the-cubs-r300/Running up to the 2016 Championship, and even shortly after, the Chicago Cubs had received nearly no innings pitched from arms internally developed. As of 2018, Sahadev Sharma had researched, showing only 30 total!  This weekend was such a breath of fresh air. Jordan Wicks turned in a neede...300Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:05:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/series-preview-earning-this-brewers-showdown-has-made-cubs-season-a-success-already-r298/It's not too much to say that this is the biggest series the Cubs have played at Wrigley Field since September 2019, when they hosted the Cardinals with a chance to catch them in the fight for the NL Central. They'd lost the two games prior thereto, but they still only lagged St. Louis by three...298Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-seiya-suzuki-got-so-hot-and-what-happens-now-r296/When the Chicago Cubs traded for Jeimer Candelario in late July, it became immediately clear that someone was going to have to accept less playing time going forward. While Candelario slotted in nicely at both infield corners, the Cubs also had a healthy and well-performing Nick Madrigal, and we...296Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-playoff-odds-are-surging-even-without-help-r297/There were a couple of series this week in which the Cubs almost couldn't help being helped. The Giants and Phillies played a set in Philadelphia, and then the Reds visited the Diamondbacks over the weekend. Alas, in all the games that didn't set potential Wild Card rivals in opposition to one a...297Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:43:27 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/has-the-chicago-cubs-starting-rotation-finally-achieved-real-stability-r295/After a solid big-league debut by Jordan Wicks, the Cubs have their first semblance of stability in the starting rotation since at least mid-July. In truth, it's the first time they've had some level of comfort in all five spots all year. Even now, of course, Jameson Taillon is wobbly, and there...295Sun, 27 Aug 2023 13:49:05 +0000