https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/67/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/since-last-we-talked-about-this-pete-crow-armstrong-began-swinging-less-it-worked-r1708/Twelve days ago, Pete Crow-Armstrong was batting .211/.286/.263, and had yet to hit a home run on the young season. He was an absolute mess at the plate, but even then, you could hear the gathering thunder in his bat. He was swinging fast and generating some intriguing contact. He just needed to...1708Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:44:45 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-latest-bullpen-reinforcement-gavin-hollowell-but-with-new-crazy-angles-r1706/  At the tail end of last season, the Cubs claimed Gavin Hollowell on waivers and got him onto the big-league mound for a game. They liked some of what they saw from Hollowell, a 6-foot-7 righthander with an utterly vexing arm angle, if you're an opposing righty. His deception seemed to be...1706Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:13:40 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/for-dansby-swanson-strikeouts-are-piling-up-whats-going-on-r1704/An anecdote: I swung a torpedo bat for the first time on Monday. For some reason, one of my JV players acquired one at the earliest possible moment. I found that it was easier to find the barrel, but the weight distribution was quite a bit different. And when I didn't find the barrel, I found mo...1704Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:16:17 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/this-is-the-seiya-suzuki-weve-all-been-waiting-for-r1703/There is a sizable, well-meaning contingent of Cubdom who would have you believe that Seiya Suzuki has been secretly elite, for a while now. Some of them are in the pockets of Big Wind At Wrigley—which is to say, they (rightly) took note of the extreme quiddities of the weather patterns at the F...1703Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:29:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ian-happs-defense-might-just-be-better-than-ever-r1699/Ian Happ has won three consecutive Gold Glove awards. Somehow.  For the last handful of years, there's been a perception of the Chicago Cubs' left fielder that doesn't necessarily link up with reality. Those of us who watch the Cubs with regularity know that he is, at times, a terrific defe...1699Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:32:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/amid-a-strong-start-cubs-continued-struggles-in-bullpen-stand-out-as-trouble-r1697/If you don’t think too hard, the early season bullpen blow-ups between this year and last start to blend together a bit. There was one in Arizona this year. There was one in Arizona last year, too. There was one in San Diego both this season and last, as well—and they all came in April. Whi...1697Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:18:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/week-in-review-perhaps-cubs-are-the-danger-r1696/The biggest question around the 2025 Cubs so far is the kind you like to find yourself asking, come late April: Is this team really as good as they appear to be? An ongoing narrative is the North Siders' arduous April schedule. With the month that has lasted a year finally leaning toward its clo...1696Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:33:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-matt-shaw-sonnet-r1698/Look, this is just a bit of silliness for a Monday morning. But I figure we might as well have some fun, while we're all here. I woke up with a rather humdrum line of poetry in my head and decided to humdrum it all the way out into a full poem. Here it is: Matt Shaw had far too long a strid...1698Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:11:36 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/justin-steeles-injury-is-an-anomaly-for-the-2020s-era-cubs-r1695/In case you were in a week long slumber, you likely know by now that Justin Steele will miss the rest of the season after undergoing elbow surgery. While not officially the dreaded Tommy John surgery, the Cubs did describe the surgery as a revision repair of the left ulnar collateral ligament, a...1695Sun, 20 Apr 2025 11:51:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/its-time-for-more-michael-busch-against-left-handed-pitching-r1683/The Chicago Cubs have a full-time first baseman on their roster. It's inarguable. Are there better ones? Sure. But the Cubs know what it looks like to not have one. Michael Busch is one. That's why Craig Counsell's approach to the lineup to start the year has been a bit perplexing. Busch ea...1683Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:49:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-keep-winning-amid-a-truly-ferocious-schedule-that-wont-let-up-for-another-week-r1691/  As of this writing, the Chicago Cubs are 12-9. They sit atop the National League Central, a game in front of the Milwaukee Brewers (10-9) and game-and-a-half ahead of the 9-9 Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. They've scored 124 runs and sport a +36 run differential. The former lead...1691Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:27:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-paradox-of-kyle-tuckers-approach-and-outcomes-on-offspeed-stuff-r1688/Given that it's been so long a while since the Chicago Cubs have had a hitter like Kyle Tucker, there really aren't enough superlatives to deploy in discussing his start to the year. Only a handful of hitters have been better. He owns a .301/.410/.578 line, a .277 ISO, and a walk rate (16.0%) th...1688Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:18:02 +0000