https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/32/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nico-hoerner-is-approaching-truly-elite-territory-in-terms-of-overall-value-r2732/Anybody who's watched Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner play baseball for even a fragment of time knows that he is as close to a complete player as one may find in the sport. "Perfectly solid" is how his blend of contact, defense, and baserunning might be described. You don't necessarily...2732Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:57:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-carson-kellys-walk-off-salvages-the-record-vibes-r2733/However hard it is to keep a good team down, it's even harder for said good team to find itself in a groove. With eight current big leaguers on the Chicago Cubs' roster currently on the IL, Lady Luck has been less than kind to Craig Counsell's ball club in the early going. With Cade Horton out f...2733Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:02:22 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-the-cubs-make-a-call-to-lucas-giolito-r2737/It isn’t even halfway through April, and the Chicago Cubs’ pitching depth is already noticeably depleted. We got the news last week that the Cubs would be without sophomore starter Cade Horton for the rest of the season, due to a UCL injury. That came after the team placed Opening Day starter Ma...2737Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-failure-on-every-level-how-bad-fundamentals-and-bad-roster-construction-cost-cubs-saturdays-game-r2736/The first problem is that Tyler Austin got hurt. That's outside Jed Hoyer's control, except in that signing a player who was compelled to seek his baseball fortune on another continent half a decade ago and who's now well into his mid-30s was an embrace of some injury risk. Austin's knee injury...2736Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:48:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-lineup-woes-are-the-result-of-navigating-the-perils-of-a-sequential-offense-r2731/Caveats abound at this early stage of the season, but the Chicago Cubs are, at present and at best, a mediocre offensive team. A number of components will even out as the sample grows, but it's a hard idea to deny for a team that ranks 19th in runs scored, 24th in isolated power, and 22nd in wRC...2731Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:54:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/matt-shaw-is-swinging-slower-and-finally-looks-like-the-top-prospect-the-cubs-were-promised-r2730/Earlier this week, our Matt Trueblood took a look at how a change in stance has allowed Nico Hoerner to tap into more practical power. However, Hoerner is not the only Chicago Cub in 2026 who has bucked conventional trends yet produced much better results based on a stance change. Enter Matt Sha...2730Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:32:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/can-miguel-amaya-be-an-effective-hitter-if-his-bat-speed-never-rebounds-r2728/Hitting is problem-solving. After all, you're standing there in a box, not allowed to move beyond it, armed with a seemingly powerful but unwieldy club, and you've got a projectile coming at you at bone-breaking speed. You can't be sure where it'll be when it passes you, or even that it won't co...2728Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:38:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-five-stages-of-relief-r2721/As we await the return of Justin Steele and weather the losses of Matthew Boyd and Cade Horton to the injured list, I considered the grief of being a Cubs fan through this early part of 2026, and recalled the infamous "Five Stages of Grief" in trying to process my feelings. Known as the Kubler-R...2721Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-a-slight-stance-change-has-allowed-nico-hoerner-to-aim-for-the-corners-better-r2725/Back in May 2024, I wrote about Nico Hoerner's potential (or, as I myopically believed back then, lack thereof) to hit more doubles. The issues I noted at the time are still real and salient: that hitting the ball to center and right field, while good for a batter trying to maintain a high conta...2725Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:56:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/carson-kelly-has-been-the-cubs-primary-catcher-in-2026-but-that-could-change-moving-forward-r2724/One of the more intriguing aspects of the Chicago Cubs and their lineup construction thus far in 2026 has been the distribution of playing time between their two catchers.  In reality, the team has a pair of starting-caliber backstops. Carson Kelly is coming off a career season despite fadi...2724Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:05:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrongs-next-step-is-clear-become-a-leader-of-the-cubs-r2716/It's a Friday, 1:20 start at Wrigley Field, the outfield ivy has yet to grow in, showing its exposed brick. Scanning your surroundings, you look around, your eyes greeted by thousands of jerseys of red, white, and blue, with the number "4" on the back. The Chicago Cubs' young, would-be superstar...2716Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:04:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/javier-assads-improved-changeup-could-take-him-to-the-next-level-r2722/The fastest player in the league hit a sharp one-hopper, almost perfectly placed. With a runner going and Nico Hoerner breaking toward second base to cover a potential throw Tuesday night, Chandler Simpson hit behind the runner. It was still (more or less) up the middle, but Hoerner was moving a...2722Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:44:43 +0000