https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/46/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/colin-rea-switched-lanes-and-shook-up-his-arsenal-this-year%E2%80%94and-hes-not-stopping-now-r1952/In his last two seasons with the Brewers, Colin Rea was almost a fixture in the starting rotation all season. His improbable success—he entered 2023 having pitched just 20 innings in the majors over the previous six campaigns—kept an injury-riddled pitching staff humming. Milwaukee couldn't have...1952Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-on-overachieving-overstriding-and-the-true-spin-sweet-spot-hes-found-r1950/The power binge that has turned Pete Crow-Armstrong from a glove-first player into the starting center fielder for the National League All-Stars certainly didn't catch him by surprise. "I always knew it was in there," he said Tuesday, inside the visitors' clubhouse at Target Field in Minnea...1950Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:47:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/after-firing-top-exec-mike-rizzo-nationals-could-listen-on-mackenzie-gore-this-month-r1949/For the balance of this week, expect the Washington Nationals (and interim leader of baseball operations Michael DeBartolo Jr.) to focus tightly on the 2025 MLB Draft. It kicks off Sunday, and the Nationals have the first overall pick. Though the scouting department that will drive key decisions...1949Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/navigating-some-ian-happ-baserunning-concerns-r1940/If you've followed this space at any point within the last year, you know I have struggled to balance my opinion of Ian Happ. I've made a habit of questioning the overall offensive toolbox and, occasionally, bringing passive opposition to his defensive reputation. While I've come to understand h...1940Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/waiting-is-the-hardest-part-why-trades-might-not-happen-until-the-last-minute-r1935/Here we are at the beginning of July, just after Independence Day. As you know, the MLB trade deadline is the evening of July 31, and other than an insane and surprising Rafael Devers trade (which probably wouldn't have involved the Cubs but is fun to think about), nothing really has happened be...1935Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:47:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-byron-buxton-all-stars-impact-tools/By the time the Minnesota Twins visited Wrigley Field last August, Pete Crow-Armstrong had begun the breakout that has made him one of the main characters of Major League Baseball in 2025. He wasn't yet the player he's been this season, but he'd made an important change to his mechanics that had...1946Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:25:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seiya-suzuki-all-star-snub-doesnt-make-his-first-half-less-meaningful-r1941/Seiya Suzuki is already posting career numbers in his fourth MLB season and is leading all of baseball in runs batted in. Still, for some reason, he was snubbed from making his first-ever All-Star appearance. The righty is hitting .263/.319/.561 to go along with 25 home runs, 48 runs, 77 runs kn...1941Mon, 07 Jul 2025 22:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-closer-daniel-palencia-velocity-team-control/We live in the golden era of Chicago Cubs baseball, such as it is. The organization hasn't known prolonged, uninterrupted success for (say) a decade at any point since World War II, but they've come closest in the period since Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer took over at the end of 2011. Mostly, that...1937Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:20:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/michael-busch-is-on-time-on-target-and-on-a-tear-r1938/The first duty of the big-league batter is to be on time for the fastball. That's the ante; that's how you demonstrate that you deserve at least a brief look in the majors. It's much easier said than done, of course, because modern pitchers throw so hard and have such devastating secondary offer...1938Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:34:37 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/matthew-boyd-is-an-all-star-cubs-rotation-stalwart-earns-first-career-nod-r1936/Matthew Boyd hasn't made more than 15 starts or reached 100 innings pitched since before 'social' and 'distancing' ceased to be antonyms. This season, however, he's not only held up (under a carefully managed workload, but no insignificant one), but pitched so well that there was little doubt he...1936Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:32:45 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-north-siders-prove-they-are-team-to-beat-but-also-are-beatable-r1934/Since 1876, the baseball team known as the Chicago Cubs have delighted (and dismayed) multitudes of fans from all corners of the Earth. As such, there's little uncharted territory. They've been here before, but arguably, they've never arrived at this point in quite this fashion. Another bout of...1934Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jameson-taillons-injury-nukes-cubs-trade-leverage-does-it-matter-r1931/Prior to a July 4 drubbing of the St. Louis Cardinals where they set a franchise record for home runs, the Chicago Cubs were dealt devastating injury news: right-handed stater Jameson Taillon will miss the next month or more with a calf strain. In his stead, Jordan Wicks will take at least a few...1931Sat, 05 Jul 2025 11:54:02 +0000