https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/88/?d=7enhttps://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 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/data-shows-a-steady-major-transformation-in-kyle-tuckers-approach-r1637/The new batter stance and contact point data that went up on Baseball Savant one week ago include several pieces of information. We don't yet have access to pitch-by-pitch data on contact point or stride length for individual events, but we do have each player's average: Depth in the bat...1637Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:04:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/its-not-too-late-to-call-david-robertson-but-the-cubs-shouldnt-do-so-just-yet-r1636/For some fans, the juttering destabilization and freefall of Sunday's blown lead against the Diamondbacks brought a far-too-familiar-tasting portion of their stomach up to the back of the throat. The game felt so much like late 2023, when no lead the lineup built could be enough. It felt, most o...1636Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:21:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/week-in-review-cubs-notch-first-wins-of-season-r1633/To see the transition to championship-caliber baseball Cubs fans yearn for requires patience. As they showed in their first win of the season (a 10-6 romp over the Arizona Diamondbacks that wasn't as close as the final score indicates), the Cubs have what it takes to go far in 2025. As skipper C...1633Sun, 30 Mar 2025 21:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/two-cubs-hitters-swing-speeds-are-trending-in-opposite-directions-early-on-r1634/There can be some value in early season statistics. Certain numbers can portend future success, or failure. Kyle Tucker only had two hits in his first 19 plate appearances? That stinks. I also don’t care. I won’t pretend to know for sure what kind of season Tucker will have, however, I am certai...1634Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:01:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/shota-imanaga-is-living-in-the-shadows-whether-you-like-it-or-not-r1632/In my years of following the great game of baseball, I can scant remember a time that the sport was in better shape than it is now. With an elite collection of generational talents such as Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Tarik Skubal, and Garrett Crochet, baseball fans have a lush of options to k...1632Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:18:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-designate-cody-poteet-for-assignment-leaving-some-big-questions-r1630/Are you old enough to remember the word "boof?" It was a baseball term when I played growing up, used in the context of messing up an easy play. If you "boofed" it, you let a grounder hit your glove, dropped an easy fly, or something similar. It's not a compliment. Jed Hoyer and the Cubs mi...1630Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/wide-awake-this-time-cubs-bats-secure-the-teams-first-win-of-2025-r1631/There are questions hanging over this Cubs season that can't be answered in just a few games. After a pair of disappointing showings and a week's wait for another game that counted, though, the team had to withstand a rising tide of criticism and pessimism among fans and media members. A single...1631Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:37:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/verbalizing-some-last-minute-anxieties-about-the-2025-chicago-cubs-r1628/I catastrophize. Mostly over smaller scale, trivial things. But the physical response is the same as if it were a big thing. The anticipation element of the day before Opening Day stems from the fact that we don't actually know what'll unfold over the course of 162 games. While the postseason it...1628Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:20:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/some-perspective-on-cam-smith-and-kyle-tucker-r1626/Cam Smith, who was dealt (along with Isaac Paredes and Hayden Wesneski) for Kyle Tucker in December, burst onto the spring training scene. A .342/.419/.711 slash line with four home runs will garner attention for any prospect, even in the Grapefruit League. His callup was tear-inducing, and his...1626Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:13:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/call-to-the-pen-nsbb-writers-bold-predictions-for-the-2025-chicago-cubs-r1629/The 2025 Cubs will be a fascinating team, one way or another. They're at a stage of the competitive cycle wherein desperation is right at the doorstep, but they also have the talent required to win their division—and perhaps even make a deep run into October. Here are some of our writers' specif...1629Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:09:54 +0000