https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/78/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/michael-buschs-start-to-2025-has-been-the-same-but-different-r1818/Stop me if you've heard this one before: Michael Busch comes out of the gate hot. He slugs .500 in March and April, providing consistent power in a potent Chicago Cubs offense. The calendar flips over to May, the power disappears, the strikeout rate rises, and we're pondering whether what we saw...1818Wed, 28 May 2025 11:30:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/matt-shaw-didnt-ditch-the-leg-kick-but-hes-made-some-major-changes-at-the-plate-r1817/We talked a lot about Matt Shaw's struggles during the first few weeks of the big-league season, before he was optioned to Triple-A Iowa for five weeks. His leg kick didn't seem to work especially well against big-league hurlers, which was predictable. Less predictable, though, was that he didn'...1817Tue, 27 May 2025 17:02:16 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/injuries-straining-depth-of-a-cubs-organization-thats-all-in-whether-they-know-it-or-not-r1816/Quietly, without making a grand show of it (or, perhaps, going as far as they should have, if this was the goal), the Cubs have spent the last two seasons stacking a lot of chips onto the table for 2025. This is the hand on which they were ready to go all-in, and not just because they might only...1816Tue, 27 May 2025 14:06:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seiya-suzuki-has-become-clutch-slugger-cubs-need-in-no-3-spot-in-lineup-r1814/The 2025 Chicago Cubs can hit and score runs with anybody in the league. That was showcased over the weekend in Cincinnati, when they scored 30 runs over three games. Several players had excellent series, but the best performance of the weekend on offense for Chicago came from its designated hit...1814Mon, 26 May 2025 22:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-we-have-expected-this-power-from-pete-crow-armstrong-r1812/The names atop the FanGraphs Wins Above Replacement leaderboard as of this writing read as such:  Aaron Judge: 4.6 Pete Crow-Armstrong: 3.1 The gap between the two notwithstanding, the Chicago Cubs' centerfielder has been the second-most valuable player in the majors thus f...1812Mon, 26 May 2025 14:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-the-offense-leads-the-way-in-another-solid-week-r1813/The most fervently baseball-inclined know that even what appears to be a comfortable division lead comes with a certain level of trepidation. The Chicago Cubs, a team well-versed in the game's oddities, hurdled further unexpected calamities on their way to another winning week. Relying heavily,...1813Sun, 25 May 2025 23:12:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/which-bullpen-arms-will-step-up-while-porter-hodge-rehabs-r1806/The Cubs' victory anthem has been the song of the summer thus far. But, while the squad keeps racking up impressive, though expected, wins, there's still one thing holding this team back: injuries. Since before the season even began, the injury bug has been an unwelcome houseguest that the...1806Sat, 24 May 2025 20:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cade-horton-finding-ways-to-improve-in-game-of-inches-for-chicago-cubs-r1805/I have probably not been as excited for a Cubs pitching prospect's debut as I was for Cade Horton's in a long time. The Cubs have had other pitching prospects make their debuts between Mark Prior and Horton, including some very recently (such as Adbert Alzolay and Justin Steele), but none have c...1805Fri, 23 May 2025 13:07:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/does-cubs-reliever-ryan-pressly-have-a-path-back-to-the-closers-job-r1808/When the Chicago Cubs traded for relief pitcher Ryan Pressly in January, there was an agreement in place that Pressly was coming over to be the closer. It was a risk on Chicago's end, in a sense, because Pressly hadn't closed since 2023 and his numbers in 2024 indicated a reliever who could be o...1808Fri, 23 May 2025 11:50:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/drop-down-back-it-up-slide-it-in-matthew-boyd-keeps-baffling-batters-with-his-breaking-ball-r1809/How many times have you heard a color commentator say it, over the years? It was a favorite saw of Steve Stone at the peak of his considerable powers, and the holster is always unfastened so that Jim Deshaies can whip it out when needed, too, so if you're a Cubs fan of almost any recent vintage,...1809Thu, 22 May 2025 22:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-reportedly-interested-in-rockies-third-baseman-ryan-mcmahon-r1799/The Cubs had a questionable approach to third base this spring, when they decided to hand the job to 2023 first-round pick Matt Shaw. Shaw “earned” the job after going 5-24 in Spring Training, but this seemed like a decision that was made over the offseason, when the team lost the Alex Bregman s...1799Thu, 22 May 2025 18:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/appreciate-the-chicago-cubs-catchers-theyre-doing-something-special-r1802/Mike Piazza. Ivan Rodriguez. Johnny Bench. Carguel Kellaya. Apologies for the Harry Caray-esque name combination, but it seemed the most efficient way to capture the shared brilliance of Miguel Amaya and Carson Kelly. Those two have been, while not as significant as the Pete...1802Wed, 21 May 2025 22:07:01 +0000