https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/153/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/unique-opportunity-perfect-execution-cubs-win-on-rare-relay-to-home-plate-r778/After the offense had to scratch and claw to score a lone run in nine innings against the Mets Wednesday night, it fell to the Chicago Cubs' defense to save a narrow win. They rose to the challenge nicely. Some fans will quibble with Craig Counsell's choice to remove Shota Imanaga after seve...778Thu, 02 May 2024 12:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-torch-is-being-passed-slowly-from-one-cubs-catcher-to-the-other-r774/With a densely packed early schedule, the Cubs have maintained an equitable timeshare at catcher so far. They're not alone in trying to keep backstops fresh this way. Still, the balance needs to keep tilting toward the younger half of their unit. If you rewind the time continuum to the offse...774Wed, 01 May 2024 12:50:50 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/keegan-thompson-found-3-miles-per-hour-on-the-shuttle-from-des-moines-to-chicago-r772/Around the time the Chicago Cubs brought sidetracked reliever Keegan Thompson back from his exile in Iowa earlier this month, we wrote about how badly diminished Thompson looked there. That was true. It just hasn't been true since then. It's hard to fathom the leap in stuff Keegan Thompson h...772Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:57:15 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/javier-assad-mike-tauchman-unsung-heroes-injury-updates/We tend to attend to the stars on any sports team, but in baseball, depth matters much more than star power. Beyond even the talent, there's the question of how players who only expected to be backups actually perform when called upon. So far, the Cubs' second line has passed that test with flyi...771Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:04:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-mike-tauchman-keeps-winning-new-converts-r770/Injuries that have limited or removed all three of the Chicago Cubs' top outfielders should have dented their record more than it has so far. They're 18-11, atop the National League Central, and they owe a lot of that to a guy I didn't believe in at all. I spent the better part of 2023 refus...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/A red-hot start to the week and one of the worst losses in franchise history make this week’s recap a bittersweet. What should be cause for celebration of a team headed in an upward trajectory feels a bit more like a culmination of all the red flags that we have seen coming from afar from a team...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/Whatever swagger the Chicago Cubs took into Fenway Park this weekend fractured Saturday, in a laugher of a loss. Then, the team sustained a gut punch of a loss in the rubber match there Sunday night. No matter. This is a time for mere survival. There are no guarantees in baseball, and certai...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/For far too many pitchers on MLB staffs in recent months, "forearm strain" has become as much euphemism as real diagnosis. That terminology often comes about a week before "Tommy John surgery" in the discussion of an ailing hurler. The Chicago Cubs have been an exception, and hope to remain so....766Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:42:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nico-hoerners-jekyll-and-hyde-month-of-april-r765/My favorite type of hitter is the patient one. I believe that hitters with strong plate discipline showcase demonstrate an intellectual component that I’m fascinated with. They’re calculated. At the same time, I can also appreciate the (seemingly rare) hitter who can swing at a majority of pitch...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/Despite a recent stretch where Chicago Cubs’ starting pitchers have worked into the sixth inning in four straight games, their starting rotation still ranks towards the bottom of baseball in overall innings thrown. Heading into Saturday afternoon’s game, Cubs’ starters had thrown 125⅔ inning...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/Get ready for a whirlwind offseason in Major League Baseball! With free agency kicking off just five days after the World Series, contract options due in a flash, and a proposed Offseason Trade Deadline looming, the game is about to change. Stay tuned as we unravel the intrigue and impact of the...763Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:19:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-april-defense-christopher-morel-cody-bellinger-miguel-amaya/As a person who overreacts to everything, it sometimes becomes difficult to watch the Chicago Cubs play defense in a measured fashion. A failed pick at first by Michael Busch or the odd mistake from Dansby Swanson and I’m ready to sprint to conclusions. It’s an interesting paradox in which t...762Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:16:02 +0000