https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/16/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/sweepier-by-the-day-ryan-rolison-is-becoming-the-linchpin-of-cubs-fragile-pitching-carriage-r3009/Over halfway through the season, the regression monster hasn't yet caught up to Ryan Rolison. In fact, with Caleb Thielbar finally, sadly looking his age and Hoby Milner sidelined by an emergency appendectomy, there's not much doubt that Rolison is now the Cubs' top left-handed reliever. It's le...3009Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:03:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-club-enters-its-disney-movie-era-r3005/Depending on your age, you probably have some level of reverence for Disney sports movies. The feel-good tales, which reached ubiquity in the 1990s and early 2000s, feature scrappy but capable underdogs who inevitably—despite the daunting odds—triumph in the end. None of those fictional clubs ha...3005Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/whether-or-not-bryse-wilson-is-here-for-a-long-time-sunday-was-a-good-time-for-newest-cub-r3006/The Cubs' 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday in extra innings was a game the visitors didn't deserve to win, but they won it, anyway. No shade to the Brewers, but in many ways, the Cubs managed to out-Brewers them. Chicago was outhit (in terms of actual hits and expected hits) and...3006Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:38:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-pete-crow-armstrong-super-streak-is-over-but-some-of-the-improvements-are-permanent-r3004/In a strange way, the most telling plate appearance in the five-plus weeks since Pete Crow-Armstrong got molten-lava hot might have come Sunday afternoon, after the flow had raced down the mountain and begun to cool a bit. Brandon Woodruff struck out Crow-Armstrong in the first inning, but the n...3004Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:23:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-cant-afford-for-three-game-hot-streak-against-mets-to-be-a-mirage-r3002/Is Dansby Swanson finally turning his season around? After a tough start to the season, the Chicago Cubs’ starting shortstop enjoyed quite the series against the New York Mets. In the first three games of that set, Swanson went 7-for-12 with four runs scored and 15 runs batted in. What does he n...3002Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:08:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-chicago-cubs-targeted-david-peterson-to-patch-their-porous-rotation-r2997/You don't have to squint to see David Peterson's appeal for the Chicago Cubs. Firstly, look at that pulse! You won't find it on the Savant sliders panel, but being a living, breathing pitcher who isn't injured is a tough box to check these days, it seems, and the Cubs found a guy who checks it....2997Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:57:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-desperate-cubs-pick-up-left-handed-starter-david-peterson-from-mets-r2994/It's not about finding playoff-caliber starters right now. It's not about building a bridge to a long-term winner, either. The Cubs simply have games to play this weekend, and too few healthy starting pitchers to fill the slots on their schedule. Feeling around in the dark, they scooped up the f...2994Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:53:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/hoby-milner-provider-extraordinaire-of-volume-and-stability-for-cubs-bullpen-r2983/That the Chicago Cubs' bullpen hasn't been a total catastrophe serves as something of a minor miracle in this 2026 season. Despite a fWAR figure that ranks just 24th in the league (-0.1), they sit comfortably in the top half of the league in reliever ERA (3.82), walk rate (9.2 percent), and grou...2983Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-avalanche-of-pitching-injuries-reaches-insurmountable-status-are-they-stuck-r2988/Both Ben Brown and Edward Cabrera landed on the injured list Wednesday. Brown (ironically, the one Cubs hurler not plagued by the home-run ball and vulnerable to whiplash this year) has a neck strain; Cabrera has injuries to both his hamstring and his adductor. Brown could be back relatively soo...2988Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:03:10 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seiya-suzuki-trade-candidate-landing-spots-and-potential-returns-for-cubs-slugger-r2984/Mother Nature and the Chicago Cubs seem to think otherwise, but we are in the midst of summer. The Fourth of July is around the corner and the Cubs currently sit at 41-37, 7.5 games out of first in the NL Central. They're tied with the Padres for the final Wild Card spot, narrowly behind the Car...2984Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:09:55 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/overselling-pete-crow-armstrong-has-become-kind-of-impossible-r2985/Pete Crow-Armstrong contains multitudes. Almost immediately upon making his Chicago Cubs debut with a 2023 cup of coffee, it was clear that there would be multiple sides of the Crow-Armstrong experience. He's a player with loud tools capable of doing things rarely seen on a baseball field, in al...2985Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:59:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-has-mastered-the-art-of-making-up-for-terrible-hitting-with-elite-defense-r2980/There’s been a lot of consternation about Dansby Swanson this year, and rightfully so. He has been really bad at the plate, after all. Heading into their late-June series against the New York Mets, his wRC+, which is an all-encompassing offensive statistic where 100 is average, sits at just...2980Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:05:03 +0000