https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/42/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-brewers-transcendence-prompt-a-bigger-swing-from-cubs-at-mlb-trade-deadline-r2025/Just before Opening Day, I projected that the Cubs would win the 2025 NL Central, with 89 wins. I had the Brewers just one small step behind, at 88-74. At multiple points over the first half of the season, I made note of the fact that despite what appeared to be trends away from that projection,...2025Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:22:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrongs-exemplary-defense-keeps-setting-records-r2019/Amidst all of the talk over who the Chicago Cubs might trade for before the trade deadline tomorrow, I find myself distracted by Pete Crow-Armstrong. It only makes sense, right? After all, this is the year of Pete Crow-Armstrong. You can point to the offseason acquisitions of Kyle Tucker an...2019Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ian-happ-headed-to-injured-list-why-are-chicago-cubs-calling-up-moises-ballesteros-update-now-wait-a-minute-r2023/Baseball insider Bruce Levine, of 670 The Score, characterized the news as the Cubs having "dodged a bullet". Ian Happ had X-rays on the shin off which he fouled a ball late in the team's latest loss to the Brewers, which pushed them two games back of Milwaukee heading into Wednesday's series fi...2023Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:46:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/shifting-market-changes-top-105-trade-candidates-of-2025-mlb-trade-deadline-what-can-cubs-do-r2021/The expanded playoff format has altered the landscape of Major League Baseball enormously over the last few years. It shows up most, perhaps, each July, when teams flirting with .500 behave not as frustrated sellers, but as tentative buyers—and sometimes, when teams who looked like sellers even...2021Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:37:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chris-flexens-time-as-a-cub-has-come-to-an-end-r2020/When the Cubs front office decided to promote right-hander Chris Flexen to the majors earlier this season, not much was expected of the veteran. He'd never had an ERA under 3.60 in his entire career, and he was just another piece in the bullpen to provide some depth and eat innings. Nobody could...2020Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:22:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/monday-nights-loss-was-a-blip-for-chicago-cubs-but-milwaukee-brewers-superiority-is-real-r2018/Not every game can be a referendum on an entire season. The Cubs and Brewers entered their game Monday in Milwaukee in a flat-footed tie atop the NL Central, and although the hosts took the game in convincing fashion, that game itself should be quickly forgotten. Matthew Boyd, whose command and...2018Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:43:30 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-find-the-chicago-cubs-a-backup-outfielder-r2012/  The Cubs' position player group has been blessed with fairly good health this season. Only Miguel Amaya has missed extended time due to injury. But look at recent seasons, and there’s reason to add to the outfielder group. Seiya Suzuki has missed a month or more in all three of his c...2012Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/did-jed-hoyer-earn-his-extension-according-to-his-own-criteria-r2017/When the Chicago Cubs announced a multi-year extension for president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer on Monday, my initial reaction was... "sure." That was followed by "okay," which was succeeded by "fine." In short, it was a fairly muted reaction. Judging by the lack of acute polarization acro...2017Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:50:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-legend-ryne-sandberg-dies-age-65-r2016/Without Ryne Sandberg, there would be no Wrigley Field. The old jewel at Clark and Addison was an attraction, of a kind, when Sandberg joined the Chicago Cubs in 1982, but it was a dying thing, not a vibrant, eternal thing. Sandberg was in his second season with the team on Apr. 29, 1983, when t...2016Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:21:25 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/news-jed-hoyer-agrees-to-extension-with-cubs-r2015/The Chicago Cubs and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer agreed to a multi-year contract extension Monday, according to multiple reports. It's a seismic moment, as much because of the timing as based on the news itself. Hoyer is working hard to upgrade the Cubs roster he built in the shad...2015Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:20:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-the-cubs-next-relief-ace-one-of-these-twins-trade-candidates-r2011/The Minnesota Twins are, technically, still in the playoff hunt. While the division is out of reach, they sit 5 games behind the Red Sox for the final Wild Card spot. At 50-55, it is increasingly likely that they do decide to sell, but how much they want to sell is up in the air. A lot of the am...2011Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:16:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/sources-chicago-cubs-focused-on-controllable-pitchers-to-anchor-deadline-haul-r2013/If the Chicago Cubs have their druthers at the 2025 MLB trade deadline, they'll reel in Marlins righthander Edward Cabrera to join the front end of their starting rotation. Cabrera has lowered his arm slot, gaining both more electricity in an already nasty arsenal and better command thereof. He'...2013Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:44:00 +0000