https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/61/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/like-chess-with-a-set-of-checkers-craig-counsell-tries-and-fails-to-outfox-pat-murphy-with-lesser-pieces-r2239/When Pat Murphy slated Aaron Ashby to start Game 2 of the National League Division Series, Craig Counsell's best move seemed clear: start Justin Turner at first base, and let Michael Busch come in only once Milwaukee goes away from Ashby in favor of a right-handed hurler. He did that. Meanwhile,...2239Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:36:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/if-cubs-stretch-out-shota-imanaga-monday-night-heres-how-theyll-do-it-r2235/Game 2 of the National League Division Series is a crucial matchup for the Chicago Cubs. Lose this one, and the squad will have to rattle off three consecutive wins. But if it results in a win, the Cubs can fly high into Wrigley in a best-of-three situation. Longtime Cubs fans will remember Ted...2235Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-should-cubs-pitching-plan-look-like-for-game-2-against-milwaukee-brewers-r2236/It's been a long stretch of tough outcomes for Shota Imanaga. He's a smart, adaptable and wonderfully human southpaw, but recently, he's running into too many barrels and craning his neck to watch too many balls sail over the outfield wall. He's allowed at least one home run in 10 straight start...2236Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:02:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-brewers-nlds-game-two-matchup-by-the-numbers-r2237/Milwaukee will open Monday's game with Aaron Ashby on the mound, followed by a to-be-determined bulk plan. Ashby has worked as a reliever this season and is expected to face the top of Chicago’s order before turning it over to, in all likelihood, Quinn Priester. Chicago counters with left-hander...2237Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:21:36 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-north-siders-win-first-playoff-series-since-2017-r2232/Draped in red, white, and Cubby blue, with the neighborhood abuzz with postseason festivities and tales of old, Wrigleyville was rocking at the outset of their playoff tilt with the San Diego Padres. And they deserved to be, with the Cubs proving that they belong as one of the remaining squads i...2232Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:33:03 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-justin-turner-gambit-how-cubs-should-answer-brewers-game-2-opener-plan-r2234/Rather than hand the ball directly to Quinn Priester (who will still, in all likelihood, pitch the majority of the game) Monday, the Brewers announced on Sunday's off day in Milwaukee that they intend to start left-handed reliever Aaron Ashby in Game 2 of the NLDS. It's a wrinkle made not only p...2234Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:33:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-little-a-difference-game-1-got-away-from-cubs-on-play-that-could-have-flipped-momentum-r2230/In the flow of a game, amid the thunder and bluster of a raucous crowd and a playoff series, the play looks normal. Sal Frelick hit a slow, looping grounder to the right side of the infield. Nico Hoerner charged it. If Hoerner had made the play cleanly, it would have been an easy out, and the Cu...2230Sun, 05 Oct 2025 11:36:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nico-hoerner-is-the-cubs-most-dangerous-man-in-nlds-r2226/In Major League Baseball's postseason, nothing happens in a vacuum. You can win individual games during the regular season on the strength of just one phase of the roster. The offense pops off to a point where pitching and defense have to merely show up. The pitching might do its job to carry a...2226Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:31:33 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-nlds-date-with-milwaukee-will-determine-the-real-top-crew-r2223/As the neon lights at Clark and Addison shone down on the scores of Wrigley faithful gathered to cheer on their favorite baseball team, the Chicago Cubs relished in the glory of a series-clinching win over the San Diego Padres. The win marked the first time in franchise history the Cubbies seize...2223Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:13:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-brewers-game-one-thread-by-the-numbers-r2228/Milwaukee and Chicago open their series at American Family Field today at 1:08 p.m. CDT, with right-hander Freddy Peralta scheduled for the Brewers and left-hander Matthew Boyd for the Cubs.  Peralta threw 176 2/3 innings across 33 starts with a 2.70 ERA, a 3.65 FIP, a 28.2 percent strikeo...2228Sat, 04 Oct 2025 14:35:54 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/when-is-great-defense-not-enough-substituting-for-matt-shaw-and-pete-crow-armstrong-r2220/Defense never slumps. This is one of the old adages that coaches on every level preach. My high school coach in western Wisconsin preached it. I preached it as a varsity coach in my 20s.  The Cubs are the embodiment of this axiom. In game two, the Cubs did not score. Pete Crow-Arm...2220Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:17:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-kyle-tucker-are-in-position-to-define-their-cubs-legacy-r2221/As the Chicago Cubs prepare to head north to kick off the National League Division Series in Milwaukee, they can do so with the knowledge that a couple of their key hitters appear to (finally) be getting right at exactly the correct time.  There was a point in the second half where things l...2221Sat, 04 Oct 2025 11:51:02 +0000