https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/63/?d=7enhttps://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 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-deadline-2025-exploring-the-cubs-weaknesses-third-base-r1910/The calendar now reads July, indicating an increased fervor around potential trade candidates. Given the Chicago Cubs' increasingly-apparent needs, they're primed to exist firmly in the middle of a handful of various rumors in connection with a handful of various targets. Starting pitching will...1910Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:53:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-reckoning-is-here-pete-crow-armstrong-must-rein-in-swing-rate-to-get-back-on-track-r1915/For the season, Pete Crow-Armstrong's OBP has slipped below .300. That underscores the risk inherent to his free-swinging approach, and it's not unfamiliar to Cubs fans. Javier Báez, for whom Crow-Armstrong was acquired back in 2021, was as electrifying as Crow-Armstrong, and could go on stretch...1915Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/can-the-kyle-tucker-trade-be-a-success-if-he-leaves-this-winter-r1914/This weekend's series loss to the Houston Astros brought up, again, the fascinating trade the Cubs made to nab Kyle Tucker back in December. Cam Smith  is batting cleanup for the first-place Astros in his first full professional season. His two home runs and general “gonna be a monster” vibes ra...1914Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:04:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jameson-taillon-made-sweeping-progress-sunday-now-his-cutter-needs-a-trim-r1913/The Cubs dropped the rubber game of their series against the Astros and sealed a losing road trip Sunday, as Houston starter Framber Valdez shut them down and Jose Altuve homered for a 2-0 Astros victory. Jameson Taillon needed 107 pitches to get through 4 2/3 innings, and he gave up the two-run...1913Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:38:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-faltering-cubs-stay-afloat-but-lead-narrows-r1912/I suspect I'm not the only one who felt this sentiment, but until very recently, I allowed myself to believe in the myth that Chicago's North Side baseball club had essentially locked up the NL Central. Oops. While Craig Counsell and his clubhouse could still take the division crown near the end...1912Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:42:16 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/vidal-bruj%C3%A1ns-time-with-the-cubs-is-coming-to-an-end-r1911/With the exception of the work being done behind (and at) the plate, the bench that the Chicago Cubs cobbled together for 2025 has been an underwhelming presence on an otherwise offensively-capable roster. Perhaps that's a level of understatement given where things stand, but while an upgrade sh...1911Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:38:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seth-lugo-isnt-perfect-but-he-could-be-perfect-for-the-cubs-r1909/On the North Side of Chicago, the topic at the forefront of everyone's mind (other than the blistering heat) is exactly who Jed Hoyer will bring in to round out a Cubs starting pitching rotation in need of more than just a cosmetic shift. Zooming in on the top three candidates — Mitch Keller, Sa...1909Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:32:02 +0000