https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/98/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/shota-imanaga-new-pitch-changeup-grip-paul-skenes/Given the enormity of the cultural and linguistic barriers Japanese players often face when they arrive in the United States for the first time, it can be very hard for them to adjust at the speed required by the modern game. The league starts working to figure you out the moment you show up for...1115Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:38:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-season-ticket-price-hike-2025-tom-ricketts/The Chicago Cubs will only be playing 79 home games next year, as opposed to the normal slate of 81. That’s because of the Tokyo Series games against the L.A. Dodgers that will kick off next season, which the Cubs are technically “hosting”. Don’t fret, though, season ticket holders! Just in...1112Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:13:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/anthony-santander-free-agency-home-runs-outfield-dh-bellinger-contracts/Looking ahead to the looming offseason, the Chicago Cubs have their work cut out for them. While technically not mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, a couple of late-inning losses to the Colorado Rockies this weekend basically sealed the deal: there will be no postseason baseball...1113Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:08:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-cubs-arrive-at-beginning-of-end-with-head-scratching-week-r1114/Supporters of this ball club lull themselves into a false sense of misery, so when a series plays out as it did this past week against the Los Angeles Dodgers, we don't quite know how to react. Starting their final West Coast swing of the season, the Cubs delivered their most surprising result o...1114Mon, 16 Sep 2024 01:18:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cody-bellinger-is-finishing-just-strong-enough-to-make-opting-out-possible-after-all-r1110/So far in September, Cody Bellinger is hitting .304/.396/.587, with four home runs. Those bombs came on hot nights at Wrigley Field, at Dodger Stadium, and in Coors Field, and the real power behind his power binge is a bit suspect, but it's still of interest. Bellinger has spent much of this sea...1110Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:35:09 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-revolving-door-of-bad-first-baseman-post-anthony-rizzo-r1108/Tony.  44. Rizz. Captain. 1/2 of Bryzzo. Anthony Rizzo has many nicknames and monikers that fans associate with the man who stabilized first base for ten years. Can you blame them? In his ten years with the Cubs, he put up an .861 OPS and a 130 wRC+ with 242 memorable ho...1108Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/are-narratives-surrounding-the-2024-cubs-accurate-r1109/1. The Cubs Offense is Not Clutch Enough Here are the Cubs' totals for the season. For some context, the Cubs are below average on OPS by 32 points and batting average by .004. The home run output is good for 20th in the league per game. Speed did make up for some of the deficits by stealin...1109Sat, 14 Sep 2024 11:55:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-chances-of-something-really-good-coming-of-this-season-for-cubs-are-75-r1106/As of Thursday morning, the Cubs have a 3.8% chance of reaching the playoffs, according to Baseball Prospectus and its PECOTA projection system. If that sounds too optimistic, it's because it almost certainly is, but that's what the model says. The Cubs haven't quite seized their moment lately,...1106Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:42:47 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-kind-of-pitcher-jordan-wicks-first-was-then-became-and-is-now-becoming-r1105/In what was supposed to be his first full MLB season, Jordan Wicks will barely scrape away his own rookie eligibility. At most, he might throw 60 innings in the majors, and he'll finish with no more than 12 starts, not counting rehab appearances. Yet, it's been an intriguing campaign, rathe...1105Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:23:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seiya-suzuki-is-patching-his-strike-zone-to-become-a-more-dependable-hitter-r1104/Everything about Seiya Suzuki's approach is geared toward getting pitches on the inner half of the plate and blasting them to his pull side. That's a fairly standard modern big-league hitting philosophy, but its effectiveness varies widely, based especially on whether and how well a hitter can r...1104Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:28:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrongs-sizzle-quotient-continues-to-soar-r1098/Not far removed from being an offensive liability for his club, Pete Crow-Armstrong now provides this squad confidence, versatility, and an indelible, super-charged positive attitude, which emanates from both his offensive and defensive roles on the field. There will come a time in the near futu...1098Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ian-happ-has-let-one-part-of-his-game-revert-to-its-former-self-and-its-working-r1103/He's gone through many iterations and adjustments over his near-decade with the Cubs, and for Ian Happ, almost any adjustments have to happen twice. As he well understands, being a switch-hitter is a bit like being two different hitters altogether. So much has to be different in the way you atta...1103Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:13:36 +0000