https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/41/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-the-north-siders-are-in-the-postseason-but-venue-will-determine-for-how-long-r2175/Clad in Cubbie blue, I've traversed the streets of Milwaukee this summer, doing my level best to conjure up a playoff run for the Chicago Cubs in 2025. By clinching their first postseason berth since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season (which didn't count, anyway), the team made that dream (and m...2175Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:05:04 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kyle-tuckers-price-tag-is-plunging-but-cubs-still-shouldnt-pay-it-r2174/There was a movement, perhaps 20 or 30 years ago, to banish the notion of players being 'injury-prone' from discourse around baseball. It emanated, at least in part, from an admirable desire to thwart owners and front offices who sought to deflate players' earning power by slapping that label on...2174Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/turns-out-moises-ballesteros-might-be-really-good-at-baseball-r2170/Moises Ballesteros was always expected to hit. Young catchers rarely, if ever, show any level of advanced feel with the bat in their hands, but Ballesteros was an exception from the moment the Cubs signed him as a teenager. In 2022, his first full season of pro ball, an 18-year-old Balleste...2170Sat, 20 Sep 2025 11:52:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/andrew-kittredge-has-been-extra-strength-nasty-as-cubs-newest-relief-ace-r2172/To some extent, Andrew Kittredge is your standard-issue 2025 relief pitcher. He's big and hirsute and a sinker-slider guy. Specifically, before the Cubs dealt for him at the end of July, he was a "95-and-a-slider" guy, which is the get-in cost for a modern high-leverage arm. Everyone throws 95 a...2172Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:03:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ian-happ-is-commanding-the-zone-creating-his-own-batted-ball-luck-r2169/It turns out that when a hitter creates high-quality contact, good things tend to happen. Ian Happ is learning as much here in the month of September.  Obviously, Happ was trying to do that all along, even during a sleepy first half. It just wasn't happening for him. Compound some brutal lu...2169Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:05:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/we-dont-do-losing-it-took-three-years-but-dansby-swanson-made-cubs-his-team%E2%80%94and-his-teams-win-r2167/The words should have sounded trite, or at least overconfident. When most players talk about winning as much as Dansby Swanson did upon his introduction as a Chicago Cub in January 2023, it comes off as blather. They mean it, of course, but they usually mean it in a slightly self-serving way, or...2167Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:36:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-chicago-cubs-reach-nlds-they-will-beat-the-brewers-r2159/The so-called "I-94 Rivalry", which pits our Chicago Cubs against the Milwaukee Brewers, is one of the more underrated matchups in baseball. Even in an historic campaign for the Brewers—one no doubt given extra fuel in the wake of the legendary Bob Uecker's passing—the Cubs have more than held t...2159Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-stand-hilariously-close-to-playoff-clinch-after-securing-third-straight-series-win-r2165/The Cubs didn't sit around in a visiting clubhouse with plastic on the walls Tuesday night. They have a day game Wednesday, and it made much more sense to go get a good night's sleep at the team hotel. In beating Paul Skenes and claiming their third straight series win by taking the first two ga...2165Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:01:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/unhitched-pete-crow-armstrong-has-his-hands-moving-on-time-again-can-he-keep-it-up-this-time-r2164/We've documented this carefully, throughout the summer. Pete Crow-Armstrong started ice-cold this spring, but he quickly got into a mode in which he was consistently able to pull the ball in the air, with thunderous authority. Then, in late June, some grit got into the mechanism. Specifically, h...2164Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:25:29 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/willi-castros-plate-discipline-is-adding-a-new-kind-of-value-to-the-cubs-lineup-r2160/To say that Willi Castro's bat has regressed since joining the Chicago Cubs would be a severe understatement.  The utilityman slashed .245/.335/.407 as a member of the Minnesota Twins, checking in at a 108 wRC+ prior to the trade that sent him to the North Side. While Castro has helped to s...2160Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:50:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/on-roberto-clemente-day-mlbs-habitual-vaguness-becomes-massively-convenient-r2163/The nominees for the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award were announced Monday, as each of the 30 MLB teams selected the player they believe best embodies the league's values of character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions on and off the field. The award is, in effect, the l...2163Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:36:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/with-two-weeks-left-cubs-magic-numbers-are-10-4-good-buddy-r2161/In the blink of an eye, the MLB regular season is down to just two weeks remaining before playoff baseball is upon us. It feels like it was just yesterday that the Cubs were battling it out with the Dodgers in Tokyo to kick off the season. We've come a long way since March, and that means Octobe...2161Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:35:00 +0000