https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/205/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/disregard-arrietas-performance-last-night-r3522/Jake Arrieta gave up 6 earned runs last night, the most he's given up in a game since 2014. That's a lot of runs to give up in one game. Arrieta only gave up 6 earned runs total in a span of 15 regular season stats, stretching from the middle of August last year into May this year. Giving up runs is...3522Sat, 09 Jul 2016 13:28:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-there-hope-for-justin-grimm-r3521/A little past the halfway mark of the season, the Cubs have very few areas of real concern. The offense is one of the very best in baseball. The starting pitching has been healthy and extraordinary (with a few bumps in the road lately). The biggest concern throughout the first half has been with the...3521Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:40:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-is-the-offense-struggling-r3520/This is a question I've heard asked a lot over the past few days. The first question to ask: is the offense really struggling? I'm going to look at the splits by month to see how much the offense has really tanked during June when compared to the glory days of the first couple months when the Cub...3520Mon, 04 Jul 2016 18:08:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/whats-wrong-with-jake-r3519/I've been holding off on writing this article. There have been some signs that something's off with Jake Arrieta. I figured he would suddenly snap out of his funk, unfurl a complete game shutout and make me look silly in the process. And he still might do just that. But, I can't keep sitting idly by...3519Sun, 03 Jul 2016 12:35:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-does-addison-russell-suck-against-lefties-r3516/As we all know, Addison Russell is an exciting young shortstop for the Chicago Cubs. At only 22 years of age, he is already a key component to the best team in baseball. Dating back to his days as a prospect, he has often been compared to Barry Larkin. So why does he suck against left handed pitc...3516Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:16:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kris-bryant-is-good-at-baseball-r3515/You might have heard that Kris Bryant had a pretty good game last night. He became the first player in baseball history to hit three home runs and two doubles in the same game. His 16 total bases are the most ever by a Chicago Cub in a single game. He became the youngest Cub to hit three home runs i...3515Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:56:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-can-we-tell-about-contreras-so-far-r3514/Willson Contreras has taken MLB by storm. It would be fair to say that if he could keep up the hitting pace of his first seven games (.412/.474/.941) that he would be the greatest player in the history of baseball. That won't happen, of course, but there are reasons to believe that Willson Contreras...3514Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:29:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/an-improved-javier-baez-r3513/In my last article and the one before it, we discussed Javier Baez's approach at the plate. We're going to discuss the same things again today. Yes, this my third consecutive article that is about Javier Baez. Deal with it. I swear I will write something about another player at some point. There's a...3513Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:31:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/addison-russell-seems-mostly-fixed-at-the-plate-r3512/After a tremendous start to the season, Addison Russell went through a mighty slump in May. He seems to have mostly rebounded and has been well above average over his last 10 games. The chart below shows the extent of his slump and recovery. Let's see if we can find out what drove the slump and what...3512Thu, 23 Jun 2016 02:52:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/an-addendum-to-my-critique-of-javier-baez-r3511/In my last article, we discussed Javier Baez's plate discipline, or lack thereof. We briefly touched on the fact that Javy is making more contact on pitches thrown outside of the strike zone. This year, his Z-Contact% (the % of pitches he makes contact on inside the strike zone) is 79.8% according t...3511Fri, 10 Jun 2016 01:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/javier-baezs-plate-discipline-or-lack-thereof-r3510/Much has been said about Javier Baez and his propensity to swing at pitches out of the zone. He's always been a free swinger, and this year is no different. Today, we are going to examine his zone profiles at BrooksBaseball and Fangraphs to see if there is anything that's changed in his approach at...3510Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:13:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jorge-soler-ev-and-la-charts-r3509/I was inspired by Aaron to spend some time on the Baseball Savant website. I chose to study my favorite engima: how Jorge Soler can hit the ball so damn hard and yet have mediocre results. I'm still getting my arms around using the site to do good analysis, so I figured I'd take an easy first step a...3509Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:55:00 +0000