https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/206/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/statcast-fun-with-addison-russell-r3508/In my last article, I briefly mentioned that the Cubs give up the lowest BABIP against on balls hit with less than a 10° launch angle, these being ground balls. I attributed this partly to having Addison Russell playing shortstop. Today, we'll see if we can glean anything from Statcast to substantia...3508Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:18:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-and-weak-contact-r3507/Stop me if you've heard this before, but the Cubs have been very good at a number of things so far this season. They are 35-14, after all. Today we'll focus on one of the things at which they are very good, namely their proficiency in inducing weak contact. It seems pertinent to delve into this phen...3507Wed, 01 Jun 2016 03:23:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/first-summer-trade-rumor-baez-for-eovaldi-r3506/The Cubs first rumor has surfaced for the summer. This article, among others, links the Chicago Cubs to pitcher Nate Eovaldi from the Yankees. Everything is pure speculation at this point, but lets take a look anyway. How good is Eovaldi? Eovaldi has been one of the hardest throwing starting p...3506Tue, 31 May 2016 22:01:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/hammel-hurt-again-r3505/It appears as though the injury to Jason Hammel is nothing more than cramps. Hammel had to leave his start today during warmups for the third inning. As he was warming up, he started to shake his leg and grab his hamstring. As quoted at Cubs.com, Hammel says that he felt he was fully hydrated, bu...3505Mon, 30 May 2016 22:57:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/we-are-good-r3504/Just sayin'.3504Mon, 30 May 2016 21:19:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/so-here-he-was-bloody-bound-beaten-and-bruised-wearing-this-expletive-cubs-jersey-r3503/This is how my life ends, he thought to himself ruefully. What a [expletive] joke. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. His wife had been hounding him for months to take a vacation, and his coworkers had been on him for even longer. He always put them off, saying there was too much of this to do o...3503Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:55:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-add-righthander-jacob-turner-to-25-man-roster-activate-righthander-neil-ramirez-from-15-day-dl-r3502/CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today added right-handed pitcher Jacob Turner to the 25-man roster and activated right-handed pitcher Neil Ramirez from the 15-day disabled list. Left-handed pitcher Chris Rusin was optioned to Triple-A Iowa and right-handed pitcher Brian Schlitter was placed on the 15-day...3502Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:01:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-acquire-righthander-jacob-turner-from-miami-r3501/CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today acquired right-handed pitcher Jacob Turner from the Miami Marlins for minor league right-handed pitchers Jose Arias and Tyler Bremer. To make room for Turner on the 40-man roster, outfielder Ryan Kalish was designated for assignment. Turner, 23, was originally...3501Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:29:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/early-look-at-2015-depth-chart-r3500/The Cubs have begun building some momentum this month, with Javier Baez showing pitchers that pitching around him will not save them from being taken deep. The traditional August/September death march has turned into . But come October, the work begins on the 2015 Cubs. Unofficially, the front...3500Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:18:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-activate-righthander-kyuji-fujikawa-outfielder-nate-schierholtz-designated-for-assignment-r3499/DENVER – The Chicago Cubs today activated right-handed pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa from the 60-day disabled list. Outfielder Nate Schierholtz has been designated for assignment. Fujikawa will be available for the Cubs tonight against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Fujikawa, 34, returns to the...3499Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-select-the-contract-of-infielder-javier-baez-r3498/DENVER – The Chicago Cubs today selected the contract of infielder Javier Baez. Right-handed pitcher Blake Parker was optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Baez, who will wear uniform number nine, will be available for the Cubs tonight when they begin a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies in Denv...3498Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:17:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/welcome-to-the-team-youre-coming-up-to-the-big-club-r3496/"Welcome to the team, you're coming up to the big club." He'd expected the call one day, but not so soon. It flew in the face of the cost-conscious Cubs, he knew that. Yet he was on the bus, this damn, dirty, stinky bus, listening to Theo Epstein -- YES THAT THEO EPSTEIN -- tell him he'd been cal...3496Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:22:00 +0000