https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/35/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/michael-buschs-october-legacy-is-just-getting-started-r2262/Getting their first taste of playoff success in eight long years, the whole Chicago Cubs organization from top to bottom viscerally experienced how satisfying and cinematic October baseball really is. For nearly a fortnight, Michael Busch was the lead actor in the film. And what a picture it was...2262Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:52:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-mandate-this-winter-build-a-pitching-staff-that-misses-bats-finally-really-r2264/Chicago Cubs pitchers walked batters at a lower rate than any other staff in baseball in 2025. They made use of a great team defense and pitched to contact, forcing opponents to beat them (if they could) with solo home runs. It often worked; that's how the Cubs won 92 games. In the NLDS, though,...2264Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:45:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-lost-the-division-title-and-eventually-the-division-series-on-the-margins-r2263/  By most measures, the Chicago Cubs had a successful season. Any season that results in 92 wins and a Wild Card victory can be considered a job well done. But this specific season, this postseason and the way it all played out, feels unsatisfying. The issue was the front office and manager...2263Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:48:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-north-siders-eliminated-from-postseason-by-milwaukees-team-of-destiny-r2261/And just like that, the Chicago Cubs' 2025 campaign has concluded. Securing their first playoff victory since 2017, the Cubs got to play eight additional games, past the standard 162. They're heading into their shortest offseason since 2020, and yet, it feels as though it's starting too soon. Wa...2261Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:14:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/north-side-baseball-2025-chicago-cubs-hitter-of-the-year-r2185/Consistency. This award, the Cubs' Hitter of the Year, will not go to the most exciting Cub. It won't go to the highest-paid Cub. It won't go to a flashy acquisition, who may or may not have a major calf issue.  In May, the Cubs offense was flying high, and Kyle Tucker and Pete Crow-Ar...2185Sun, 12 Oct 2025 22:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/too-late-too-little-cubs-washed-out-of-nlds-by-better-brewers-team-as-pat-murphy-outmanages-craig-counsell-r2258/In Milwaukee, one of the indelible images of this regular season came in late July, when the Cubs visited the Brewers for a suddenly crucial three-game series. Chicago had held a fluctuating but (generally) comfortable lead all season, but by that point, the Brewers had closed the gap. The teams...2258Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:01:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-most-important-moment-of-game-4-might-have-been-kyle-tuckers-hint-at-game-5-glory-r2257/Don't look now, but it appears the Chicago Cubs are capable of scoring beyond the first inning of a baseball game. After scattering their three runs through the game (solo home runs like burps all night after a garlicky dinner) in Game 1, the Cubs did all of their scoring in the first innings of...2257Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-matthew-boyd-overcame-his-brewers-demons-in-game-4-win-r2256/Ahead of Thursday night's Game 4, it wasn't unreasonable to think that Matthew Boyd should have made his last start in the Chicago Cubs' NLDS matchup against the Milwaukee Brewers. Not only was it an opponent he'd struggled with in the regular season, but he found himself absolutely punked by th...2256Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:47:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nlds-game-5-cubs-bullpen-preview-the-right-and-wrong-matchups-for-craig-counsell-to-pursue-r2255/It's a race to 27 outs. There's never a doubt, with Craig Counsell, that that's what a playoff game is about. He uses an extremely short leash on starting pitchers in October, because as much as starters might be the drivers of narratives about teams and their seasons, they're not the best batte...2255Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:38:56 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chekhovs-fastball-ian-happs-signature-moment-and-the-earned-drama-of-cubs-brewers-game-4-r2251/It didn't feel like Ian Happ's home run in Game 1 of the NLDS mattered very much. Decades ago, when sportswriters wanted a succinct way to sneer at Sammy Sosa for what they perceived as a dearth of clutch ability, they would say that all his home runs seemed to make a 9-1 game 9-2. Happ's solo s...2251Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:06:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/with-matthew-boyd-starting-again-how-will-craig-counsell-use-the-rest-of-the-pitching-staff-in-game-4-r2250/The Cubs are still alive. After scoring in the first inning for the third time in a row, the team actually held on to their lead for the first time. To the surprise of absolutely nobody; that four-run early outburst was the extent of the Cubs’ scoring for the game. Luckily, Jameson Taillon diale...2250Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:11:21 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/can-cubs-matt-shaw-really-start-again-in-nlds-game-4-r2248/It would be a tough ask for one to create a robust list of offensive contributors in the 2025 postseason for the Chicago Cubs. Such is the nature of a team that has scored 16 runs across six games, or 2.7 per game. But even if you made a top-10 list of the top hitters in a nine-man group, Matt S...2248Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:16:02 +0000