https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/190/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-third-54-report-cubs-fall-to-0-1-in-a-way-r19/My favorite baseball truism is that every team wins 54 games, and every team loses 54 games. It’s what you do with the other 54 games that matters. That framework can be the best way to balance the twin dangers of a long baseball season, which are either minimizing the impact of a single game an...19Sun, 02 Apr 2023 12:25:26 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-new-identity-was-on-full-display-on-opening-day-r18/There’s a little extra anxiety in following a team built on run prevention. On some level, one always knows that there will be moments, innings, and entire games in which the luck dragons will roar and even the best defense in baseball can’t vanquish them. Baseball is unlike every other major Am...18Sat, 01 Apr 2023 11:11:23 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-4-brewers-0-stroman-swanson-lead-cubs-to-opening-day-win-r17/Box Score SP: Marcus Stroman: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K (69 pitches, 41 strikes (59.4%) Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Marcus Stroman (.248), Dansby Swanson (.137), Trey Mancini (.104).  Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Stro Starts Strong!   Opening Day is a lot of things, but on...17Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:57:30 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/podcast-this-is-not-a-rebuild-episode-24-bill-james-was-just-dead-wrong-r16/  In the Jerry Morales Episode of the podcast, Matt Trueblood, Todd Trueblood, and Tom Nurse discuss the 2023 Cubs, but also Manny Alexander; whether Bill James's whole career was an accident, basically; a fake Kyle Hendricks trade story that freaked us out; and the dearly departed (to the...16Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:06:07 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grizzled-veteran-joins-new-team-r15/It’s been a minute since I referred to a Chicago Cubs website as a writing basecamp. Long enough, anyway, that recalling the last time–when I was a freshman in college–made me feel very sad about my age. In any case, I’ve been around. I’ve spent time at RotoGraphs, FanSided, Beyond the Box Score...15Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:50:57 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/5-bold-predictions-for-the-2023-chicago-cubs-r14/Hopefully, these five predictions balance being interesting with being plausible. If you think I’ve wandered too far off that narrow path with any of them, let me know in the comments. 1. Seiya Suzuki will be a five-win player. By far, the biggest bummer of the spring was the oblique stra...14Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:06:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-luis-torrens-can-do-for-the-cubs-r13/  As Spring Training came to a close, the Cubs were uncharacteristically late in determining the final roster. After years with more locks than holes around the diamond, the 2023 Chicago Cubs came into Spring Training with only a handful of positions—namely, the middle infield and the corne...13Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:08:27 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-marcus-stroman-explains-the-2023-cubs-we-hope-r12/One of the game’s smartest and most ardent craftsmen, Marcus Stroman has engineered every pitch in his arsenal through careful calibration. He guards his secrets, but you can see the way he’s worked to refine certain pitches, reshape others, and execute everything more consistently. He is, inarg...12Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:32:07 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/might-as-well-jump-a-leap-of-faith-comp-for-the-2023-cubs-lineup-r11/With so many moving parts and matchup guys populating the rest of the roster, the Cubs won’t use the same lineup from the cleanup spot downward very often in 2023. The same isn’t true at the top, though. If Nico Hoerner is healthy, David Ross wants him in the leadoff spot. If Dansby Swanson is h...11Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:00:53 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-nico-hoerner-extension-is-less-than-we-dreamed-but-more-than-it-seems-r10/Nico Hoerner was already under the Cubs’ control through 2025, and he and the team agreed to a contract for just over $2.5 million for 2023 back in January. This new deal, worth $35 million over three years, extends that team control by one season, and that makes it pretty unusual. Let’s talk ab...10Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:14:22 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-hoerner-agree-to-3-year-35-million-extension-r9/The 2023 season will be Nico Hoerner's fifth season in the big leagues. He won't turn 26 for about six weeks. However, he just guaranteed financial security for him and his family for a lifetime.  In mid-January, Hoerner and the Cubs agreed to a $2.525 million contract to avoid arbitration....9Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:53:06 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-deal-zach-mckinstry-to-tigers-for-minor-league-arm-r8/What was your favorite Zach McKinstry moment in a Cubs uniform? The 27-year-old played around the infield for the Cubs in the second half of the 2022 season was traded to the Detroit Tigers on Monday. In return, the Cubs received 24-year-old pitcher Carlos Guzman.  Coming into the spring, M...8Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:26:43 +0000