https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/70/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-justin-turner-michael-buschs-backup-or-his-platoon-partner-r1654/On March 30th, Justin Turner got the start against the Arizona Diamondbacks' lone lefty starter, Eduardo Rodríguez. On April 4th, Turner pinch-hit for Michael Busch against Athletics reliever T.J. MacFarland in the seventh inning of a 6-4 game. The next day, it was Turner in the starting lineup...1654Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:13:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/third-pitch-or-none-ben-brown-lacks-the-command-required-of-a-big-league-starter-r1653/Through three appearances, there have been flashes of brilliance from Ben Brown. Overall, though, the righty has failed to prove he can consistently throw strikes or effectively locate his sharp curveball. The resulting line—11 runs, with 9 walks, 2 home runs allowed and just 15 strikeouts in 62 b...1653Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/week-in-review-the-long-awaited-return-home-caps-impressive-week-for-cubs-r1650/Writing for this Cubs team of ours is a funny thing, as the inner struggle between ourselves as both diehard fan and objective observer rages on. After a week in which the Cubs put more runs on the board than Walter Payton, it's excessively difficult not to side with the whims of the former....1650Sun, 06 Apr 2025 21:33:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/matt-shaws-stance-is-weird-but-theres-a-method-behind-the-madness-r1649/Matt Shaw looks weird;. I said what I said, don't act like you weren't thinking it, too. That's not a personal attack against the Cubs rookie, either. I'm not making fun of his physical looks or anything else. It's just that when he hits, he looks weird. He has an incredibly odd setup where his...1649Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/brad-keller-is-a-new-man-and-the-cubs-have-a-new-relief-weapon-r1648/Brad Keller was ineffective over the last two seasons, bouncing between the Royals, Red Sox, and White Sox. Becoming a new pitcher at age 29 is always unlikely, but in his brief debut with the Cubs, anything appears possible. Keller is known as a ground-ball specialist whose fastball had se...1648Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:56:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/linking-kyle-tuckers-discipline-to-his-barrel-rate-r1647/Elite hitters are elite hitters for a reason. A rough spring or a stumbling out of the gate is rendered somewhat meaningless when you're talking about a 162-game season. And for the Chicago Cubs' star right fielder, that's exactly what we're looking at.  After starting the domestic slate 1-...1647Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:31:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/i-dont-think-we-talked-enough-about-how-great-that-pete-crow-armstrong-throw-was-no-the-other-one-r1646/  I don't need to tell you that Pete Crow-Armstrong made an incredible throw to notch an outfield assist while the Cubs were in Arizona last weekend. You've probably barely stopped talking about it. It was a marvelous play, a combination of several things that make the young outfielder spec...1646Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:53:35 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/so-far-homer-problems-are-the-price-justin-steele-is-paying-for-continued-evolution-r1644/Over his first three starts of 2025, Justin Steele has averaged just 91.1 miles per hour on his cutter—the famous "Mississippi fastball" Steele thinks of as a four-seamer, but which still moves more like a cutter more often than not. He's losing velocity; that's not up for debate. Lea...1644Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:25:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dont-freak-out-about-pete-crow-armstrongs-slow-start-at-the-plate-r1642/Chicago ambushed Athletics pitching on Monday night to the tune of 18 runs, and then posted another 7 tallies in Tuesday's victory. Everyone got involved in the act. Reserve catcher Carson Kelly decided it was as good a night as any to hit for the cycle. Dansby Swanson looks revived at the plate...1642Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:35:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/statcast-indicators-in-cubs-early-performances-r1640/Dansby Swanson Sprint Speed 2024: 63rd percentile 2025: 89th percentile Dansby Swanson is healthy to start the season. Watching his speed on plays like this and his agility on double plays shows just how much his knee and core muscle problems were affecting him last season....1640Tue, 01 Apr 2025 23:13:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/carson-kelly-hits-for-the-cycle-and-the-cubs-sure-look-poised-to-get-more-from-the-catcher-spot-in-2025-r1639/It was a fun, unexpected, special moment when Carson Kelly bounced and rolled into third base late in Monday night's blowout Cubs win over the A's. By reaching third base on a fly ball that bounced off the wall and got away from the Sacramento defenders, Kelly became the first player in over thr...1639Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:16:16 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-are-right-behind-the-yankees-on-the-cutting-edge-of-the-torpedo-bat-revolution-r1638/The New York Yankees made headlines this weekend after they hit 15 home runs in their opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers. The headlines were both because those dingers tied the record for the most in a team’s first three games in MLB history, and because some of them were hit using new...1638Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:27:39 +0000