https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/40/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/whats-the-opposite-of-a-pyrrhic-victory-seiya-suzuki-rediscovers-the-barrel-in-cubs-loss-r2190/Earlier this week, we talked at length about the specific problems that have led to a massive power outage by Seiya Suzuki in the second half of this season. Suzuki entered Thursday night's game against the Mets having homered just twice since the All-Star break, on July 18 and August 6. As hope...2190Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-billy-hamilton-being-stashed-for-the-wild-card-round-r2188/The Cubs will have some interesting decisions to make with their postseason roster once September 30 rolls around. First and foremost: Will they have 12 or 13 pitchers? If they opt for 12, which seems likely due to only needing three starting pitchers (at least for the Wild Card Round), they ver...2188Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:08:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/just-in-time-matthew-boyd-rounds-back-into-form-in-final-regular-season-start-r2187/The Cubs' magic number dwindled to 2 Wednesday, as the Brewers beat the Padres in San Diego and Chicago took care of business against the visiting Mets. Arguably, though, there were even more important numbers to be found in the box score, where Matthew Boyd turned in an encouraging start: 5 1/3...2187Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:16:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-season-winds-down-are-chicago-cubs-injuries-and-roster-misfires-catching-up-to-them-r2186/If you count yourself among the millions who keeps their smart device firmly affixed to their person, awaiting any and all news pertaining to your Chicago Cubs, you've no doubt been trying harder to avert your eyes lately. Yes, the Cubs are set for their first meaningful postseason appearance si...2186Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:32:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-comprehensive-chicago-cubs-wild-card-series-starting-rotation-plan-r2181/Craig Counsell was hired for this. Eight million dollars should buy a great strategist for the playoffs. Luckily for Counsell, though, he doesn't have to put that massive brain to work right now. He can just read this article, set his pitching lineups, and go puff a victory cigar. Here is the Cu...2181Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:33:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/michael-soroka-playoff-weapon-cubs-trade-deadline-dud-might-yet-bear-fruit-in-october-r2182/When they made a move for him at the trade deadline, the Chicago Cubs certainly envisioned Michael Soroka being a borderline playoff starting pitcher. They could not predict that Soroka would be injured two innings into his Cubs tenure, changing his role for the remainder of the season. That rol...2182Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/champagne-problems-one-week-after-joy-of-playoff-clinch-losses-and-bad-vibes-pile-up-on-cubs-r2183/It's been one week since a sweep in Pittsburgh gave the Cubs their 88th win and the certainty that their season would not end after Game 162. That was a very good day. There were smiles, hugs, encomiums and hopeful proclamations about the things that still laid ahead of the team. They partied. T...2183Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/making-the-case-for-moises-ballesteros-to-start-postseason-games-r2180/For the first time in five years (and really, seven, and really, eight), the Chicago Cubs will be playing postseason baseball. They're still fighting for positioning and seeding, but it's likely that they will be locked into the No. 4 seed and host the Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field, against...2180Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seiya-suzukis-sights-are-set-too-low-r2179/The Chicago Cubs need something more than an offensive spark. Here and there, over the last month and change, they have found a spark, with Dansby Swanson, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner passing in and out of hot streaks that have helped the team push across just enough runs to win some games and loc...2179Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/even-as-they-limp-toward-october-chicago-cubs-have-a-threat-in-their-step-r2176/There's no better place on planet Earth than Chicago when the city's North Side ball club bops its way into postseason contention. That's where Craig Counsell's highly capable, talent-rich club finds itself right now. The going has been tough, with the team encountering (and eventually prevailin...2176Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:52:21 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/comparing-pete-crow-armstrong-to-christopher-morel-r2151/  Cub fans can be a cynical lot. The second half of Pete Crow-Armstrong's 2025 season feeds into that. He's been bad in the second half. He has a woeful .259 on-base percentage and a lousy .352 slugging average in the second half, a far cry from the first half (.302 and .544). Memories of 2...2151Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:06:10 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/matt-shaws-timing-is-disastrous-lately-r2177/For the first month of the second half, Matt Shaw's bat was almost carrying a limping Cubs lineup. Craig Counsell stubbornly resisted the temptation to move Shaw up to the middle of the batting order, but even though he was getting fewer plate appearances than any other regular, Shaw was a vital...2177Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:39:01 +0000