https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/54/?d=7enhttps://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 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-rumors-how-perfect-of-a-fit-is-eugenio-suarez-in-chicago-r1930/With the MLB Trade Deadline rapidly approaching, the Chicago Cubs are sitting in a fun spot, where the question isn't if they'll make a trade, but rather how many trades will they make? A lot of the focus is being put on adding a starter to the rotation. Plenty of names have been tossed about. C...1930Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:53:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/are-the-cubs-and-royals-inevitable-trade-partners-r1925/With the trade deadline four weeks away, it's time to get serious about improving this Cubs club. Although they remain atop the division, a bit of that early shine has started to dim. The bullpen hasn’t faltered much, with baseball’s best ERA in the month of June, but every contender adds reliev...1925Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/mlb-trade-deadline-is-willi-castro-an-ideal-fit-for-chicago-cubs-r1929/The more we progress into July, the closer we get to the Chicago Cubs making a move to fortify what should be a playoff roster. While starting pitching will (and should) grab much of the focus, there's also the matter of shoring up the positional side of things. Whether it's someone to hold down...1929Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-pitchers-of-the-month-june-2025-r1921/The month of June was extremely kind to the Chicago Cubs bullpen and rather unkind to the starting rotation. Shota Imanaga did return for the latter, but it was the relief corps that kept things together for the North Siders last month. Let's show some love to the team's best pitchers from June....1921Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-hitters-of-the-month-june-2025-r1924/After scoring nearly six runs per game, second in all of baseball, over the course of the first couple months of the season, the Chicago Cubs’ offense came back down to earth a bit in the month of June. They scored about 4.5 runs per game, which was exactly average, 15th in baseball.  That...1924Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:52:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/assessing-cubs-needs-at-2025-trade-deadline-relief-pitching-r1922/The Cubs are coming off a month of June in which the bullpen turned in a 2.44 ERA, the best in MLB. Their excellence was headlined by an unlikely trio of Brad Keller, Chris Flexen and Drew Pomeranz. It is no secret, though, that a bullpen can flip upside down in an extremely short amount of time...1922Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/at-mlb-trade-deadline-can-cubs-pillage-pirates-for-all-their-needs-again-r1920/While my memory of the more specific context is a little spotty for someone who was 13 years old at the time, the impact of the Chicago Cubs' 2003 trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates is anything but.  That year, the Cubs shored up what then-GM Jim Hendry believed to be a playoff-caliber roste...1920Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:48:01 +0000