https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/164/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/hats-to-the-right-jose-cuas-has-the-potential-to-be-cubs-next-pedro-strop-r237/The similarities between Pedro Strop at the time the Cubs acquired him and Jose Cuas now are obvious. It's almost eerie. Like Strop, Cuas is a stocky, strong Dominican right-hander with a nasty slider. Both bloomed and established themselves in MLB at an advanced age. Strop had 144 appearances a...237Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:05:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-tauchman-of-the-town-r232/It may seem that the impetus to write this came on Friday night, when Mike Tauchman robbed Alec Burleson of a walk-off two-run homer, propelling the Cubs over .500 on the year and firmly into “playoff contender” status. And while that moment feels like it’ll be etched into Cubs lore regardless o...232Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:17:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-departed-who-the-cubs-lost-at-the-trade-deadline-r236/The Chicago Cubs were busy leading up to the MLB trade deadline on Tuesday. They made minor moves, trading for pitchers Jose Cuas (from the Kansas City Royals) and Josh Roberson (from the Tampa Bay Rays). The big move, however, was acquiring Jeimer Candelario from the Washington Nationals....236Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:00:20 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-final-tally-on-the-cubs-trade-deadline-haul-r235/That's not a comment on the team's financial inflexibility--although one of the moves they did make before the deadline does seem to reflect their need to move some money around. Rather, it's about talent, and the amount of it Jed Hoyer and his front office were willing to expend to improve the...235Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:08:23 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-playoff-odds-and-why-they-only-halfway-matter-r233/The Cubs still lag two teams in the NL Central standings, and would need to climb over even more in order to claim a Wild Card berth in the National League. Yet, they went out and got Jeimer Candelario yesterday, and they're poised to add further help today. Why? Because Playoff Odds are probabi...233Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:21:11 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-pitcher-of-the-month-july-2023-r229/July saw another winning record from the Cubs, as they went 15-11 and flirted with climbing over the .500 mark. Their team ERA actually ballooned from 3.43 in June to 4.87 in July, which further illustrates how the Cubs offense came to play this month. The feast or famine results of the startin...229Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:20:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/after-years-of-rebuilding-will-the-cubs-blow-up-the-farm-system-r222/Odds are the Cubs will be “soft” buyers, which is another way of saying they’ll be looking in the bargain bin at the deadline, trying to exploit market inefficiencies without having to trade away any of the top prospects they have so meticulously accumulated over the last three-plus years. Likel...222Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:13:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/get-used-to-it-cubs-have-a-must-win-game-tuesday-night-r231/Had the Cubs been more consistent throughout David Ross's tenure, or even within this season, things might be different. Had Marcus Stroman stopped his personal skid last night, rather than exacerbating the fan base's well-founded fears that he's becoming unreliable, things might be different. A...231Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:16:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-the-cubs-are-still-poised-to-do-on-deadline-day-r230/The MLB trade deadline is almost never dull. We’re always in for at least some action in the moments leading up to it. The overall ambiguity surrounding buyers and sellers in 2023 has also led to what seems like one of the more unpredictable trade deadlines in recent memory. A number of the sure...230Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:28:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jeimer-candelario-gives-the-cubs-both-balance-and-thump-r227/Sadly, Jeimer Candelario has rarely had a talented lineup to call his own since matriculating to the major leagues. He was only very briefly part of the championship-era Cubs, and then only as a fill-in. Once he was traded to the Tigers, he was fully marooned. Detroit didn't immediately collapse...227Tue, 01 Aug 2023 01:34:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-to-expect-from-new-cubs-reliever-jos%C3%A9-cuas-r226/The move ostensibly opened up a spot for top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong in the crowded Iowa outfield while giving the Cubs some much-needed relief pitching depth. However, the Cubs aren’t just giving away a guy with the talent Nelson Velazquez has - Cuas has some legitimate A-grade stuff whe...226Tue, 01 Aug 2023 01:27:53 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/another-one-cubs-trade-nelson-velazquez-to-royals-for-reliever-jose-cuas-r225/The prize here is a low-wattage one, but Jose Cuas will slot into the middle relief group from the right side. To get him, the team had to bid adieu to Nelson Velazquez, whose promising power was never quite at his full command, due to the holes in his game Cuas, 29, theoretically has...225Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:12:00 +0000