https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/157/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/would-jeimer-candelario-and-david-bednar-be-a-satisfactory-cubs-trade-deadline-haul-r220/In a pair of tweets Sunday, Mike Rodriguez of The DR Baseball Show reported that the Cubs were targeting Pirates closer David Bednar and Nationals third baseman Jeimer Candelario in trade discussions. Rodriguez does much of his writing and reporting in Spanish and flies well below the radar of m...220Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:51:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/3-up-3-down-buy-buy-buy-cubs-are-in-sync-r221/First of all, I don’t think there is a more obvious way to say that I am a dad than in my article titles. Shout out to the early 2000s for providing a beautiful Justin Timberlake-tied pun. I love when my love of Justin Timberlake can be married to my love of the Cubs in order to provide a chuckl...221Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:21:26 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/horsefeathers-two-cubs-targets-off-board-as-cj-cron-and-randal-grichuk-go-to-angels-r218/To maximize the utility of Randal Grichuk, you really want to have an outfield corner position open for him. The Cubs don't. Nor does C.J. Cron do anything different than what Trey Mancini is supposed to do, but hasn't been able to do, for this team. In that way, neither was ever an ideal balm f...218Mon, 31 Jul 2023 02:01:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-are-buyers-and-had-better-get-buying-r217/The front office of the 2023 Chicago Cubs isn't in a tough spot. The front office of the 1997 White Sox was. That was a team that tumbled to below .500 by losing six of seven games during the final third of July. That team had a negative run differential, and they just got Robin Ventura back a w...217Sun, 30 Jul 2023 12:22:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-look-back-at-the-1998-chicago-cubs-part-one-r214/If the 1997 Cubs are remembered for anything, it’s that they began the season with a historic 14-game losing streak. Changes needed to be made to improve on their 1997 68-94 mark, so general manager Ed Lynch was busy going into 1998. He signed free agents SS Jeff Blauser from the Braves and clos...214Sat, 29 Jul 2023 15:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/mike-tauchman-and-the-cubs-best-walkoff-moments-of-this-century-r216/In late July, the trade deadline can take over the minds and hearts of baseball fans so much that games themselves slip by almost unnoticed. No such problem with Friday night's game in St. Louis. How good was Mike Tauchman's winning play, and how does it compare to walkoff wins the Cubs have enj...216Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:24:45 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/3-right-handed-relievers-who-could-save-this-weary-cubs-bullpen-r215/There's no way to give Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson, and Mike Tauchman the official save for Friday night's dramatic win over the Cardinals, but they earned it every bit as much as Adbert Alzolay did. While Alzolay has been tremendous and fun to watch this year, he's still learning to navigate a...215Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:20:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-value-of-buying-even-when-youre-probably-not-going-to-win-the-world-series-r211/It’s been less than a decade, but it can be easy to forget: 2016 was our year. Atop the baseball world heading into the trade deadline, the Cubs bought, and they bought big: they acquired one Aroldis Chapman at the peak of his closing powers, trading away top prospect Gleyber Torres and former f...211Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:26:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/rumor-could-aaron-civale-be-a-cubs-trade-deadline-target-r212/Tom Loxas, the former prominent Cubs blogger and current host of the podcast "Beers and Beat Guys," tweeted Thursday morning that the Cubs are scouting the Cleveland Guardians ahead of Tuesday's MLB trade deadline. Whenever Tom drops a little nugget like that, I perk up, because he...212Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:28:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-trade-a-day-the-cubs-should-go-add-two-tigers-pitchers-r210/One thing is becoming increasingly clear, as the Cubs approach the deadline: they're not the team we thought they were. Two months ago, it could not have been clearer that this team's strength was its starting rotation. The offense was inconsistent, the bullpen was uncertain, and the defense was...210Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:26:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/multiple-reports-say-cubs-more-likely-to-trade-marcus-stroman-than-cody-bellinger-r209/Over the weekend, The Score 670's Bruce Levine reported that the Cubs are more likely to trade Marcus Stroman than to deal Cody Bellinger. Those two are the Cubs' most famous and intriguing trade chips, should they undertake any version of selling at the deadline, but it's Bellinger (and his sco...209Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:37:25 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-trade-a-day-does-trading-cody-bellinger-have-to-signal-giving-up-on-2023-r208/On the surface, any trade of Cody Bellinger would seem to signal that the Cubs are letting go of the idea of winning anything in 2023. If they're serious about reaching the postseason, trading a player as productive and as obviously talented as Bellinger seems hilariously misguided.  No mat...208Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:16:01 +0000