https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/157/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/bullpen-depth-implosion-craig-counsell-mistakes/The near-immaculate vibes of the Chicago Cubs season went up in smoke Monday night, with one of the worst early-season losses imaginable. All is not lost, but their utter collapse in that game reflects real and worrisome vulnerabilities by which the team will be plagued for a while. You coul...716Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:22:26 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pitches-per-plate-appearance-walk-rate-dansby-happ-suzuki-counsell/Facing as stern an early test as the season can offer, the Chicago Cubs answered with an awesome offensive display this weekend against the Dodgers. It was their approach at the plate that stood out most. You can’t glean a ton from a three-game series early in the year. You can glean even le...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/The Cubs went 5-1 in a week in which they swept the Rockies and took two of three from the Dodgers at Wrigley Field. I also got to meet Tommy Wiseau. That and more in this week’s MMNS. It was an impressive showing from the Cubs this week. They looked dominant for all but one inning against t...713Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:51:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-morel-seiya-suzuki-shota-imanaga/The Cubs were back home this week for the first time in 2024, The friendly confines proved to be very friendly for the North Siders. If you missed any of last week's action, here's a quick recap of how the Cubs were able to take care of business against the Rockies and Dodgers. Summary for t...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/On Thursday, Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher - the most hated man in baseball - announced the team would be moving to a minor-league ballpark in Sacramento as their future home stadium in Las Vegas is built. Let’s get one thing straight: what is happening to the Athletics and their fanba...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/Though his final lines have looked underwhelming in each start, the Cubs have an impressive, homegrown mid-rotation rookie at the heart of their rotation. This is the story of how he got there. It was an awfully tall order, asking Jordan Wicks to go after the lineups of the Texas Rangers and...711Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/exactly-how-bad-is-christopher-morel-at-third-base-r709/Christopher Morel led off the bottom of the second inning for the Chicago Cubs in their game last Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies with an infield single. This was the spark plug in a big inning for the Cubs. Morel came around to score on a Michael Busch sacrifice fly, and the Cubs would s...709Sat, 06 Apr 2024 21:31:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/by-seizing-the-corner-miguel-amaya-has-turned-one-r708/In the frigid cold of this week's series between the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs, the North Siders' young catcher got back-to-back starts. It protected their aged backstop from the cold, but it might also be the first glow of a star on the rise.   Miguel Amaya hasn't put all t...708Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:57:56 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/destination-the-show-episode-31-r706/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 31 of Destination: The Show, baseball is back! Jeremy and JD talk through the opening few games of the new MLB seaso...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/The Chicago Cubs just might have an infielder with 40-homer upside, but without the hulking physique of the game's other great sluggers. Sound familiar? Not so fast. 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...705Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/javier-assad-fastball-movement-pitch-mix-slider/The Chicago Cubs have nosed back over .500, thanks to a three-game winning streak on the heels of dropping the first two contests of their season. Their fifth starter gave them an encouraging first outing Tuesday night. One year ago Wednesday, I wrote about Javier Assad's pitch mix, as he tr...703Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:14:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/in-appreciation-of-shota-imanagas-sterling-chicago-cubs-debut-r702/Was that good for you? That was really good for me. Like, really good. During the Chicago Cubs’ home opener against Colorado on Monday, I came to a realization: There's a shortage of players who get me “razzed” about watching baseball on this team’s roster. The Cubs have a handful of solid b...702Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:58:00 +0000