https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/page/10/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/matthew-boyd-nears-return-to-cubs-r7829/Matthew Boyd threw a bullpen session on Sunday and will make his second rehab start in Iowa later this week. Boyd, on the IL with a bicep injury, seems to have dodged a long-term issue. If all goes well, he'll be slated to pitch next week in a home series vs. the Philadelphia Phillies. Boyd...7829Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:23:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/the-cubs-are-executing-their-plan-at-the-plate-its-not-working-r7830/Last season, no team in baseball topped the Chicago Cubs when it came to lifting the ball to the pull field. The North Siders pulled and elevated 21.8% of their batted balls. It's their signature skill, because they don't like to emphasize raw bat speed and the line-to-line lethality that comes...7830Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:10:26 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-minor-league-weekend-recap-late-homers-doubleheader-swings-and-bullpen-formidability-r7823/Chicago Cubs Affiliate Overview (April 10th - April 12th) Triple-A Iowa Cubs Season Record: 8-6 Series Opponent: Omaha Storm Chasers Series Standing: 2-3 Double-A Knoxville Smokies Season Record: 5-4 Series Opponent: Rocket City Trash Pandas Series Standing: 4-2 High-A...7823Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:10:44 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/nico-hoerner-is-approaching-truly-elite-territory-in-terms-of-overall-value-r7817/Anybody who's watched Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner play baseball for even a fragment of time knows that he is as close to a complete player as one may find in the sport. "Perfectly solid" is how his blend of contact, defense, and baserunning might be described. You don't necessarily...7817Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:57:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-week-in-review-carson-kellys-walk-off-salvages-the-record-vibes-r7809/However hard it is to keep a good team down, it's even harder for said good team to find itself in a groove. With eight current big leaguers on the Chicago Cubs' roster currently on the IL, Lady Luck has been less than kind to Craig Counsell's ball club in the early going. With Cade Horton out f...7809Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:02:22 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/the-real-reason-michael-busch-is-struggling-r7806/Cubs' starting first baseman Michael Busch is hitting well below .200 to start the 2026 season. While he had an exciting RBI knock in the Cubs' come-from-behind win to cap off a series with the Pirates, will Busch break out of this dry spell? We dove into his advanced analytics to find out how p...7806Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:29:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/episode-48-cubs-slow-start-nothing-to-panic-about-r7804/What have we made of Jameson Taillon so far? How good has the starting rotation been? And a preview of Cubs vs. Phillies! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-north-side-baseball-podcast/id1798599313  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/75wMG...7804Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:17:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/should-the-cubs-make-a-call-to-lucas-giolito-r7800/It isn’t even halfway through April, and the Chicago Cubs’ pitching depth is already noticeably depleted. We got the news last week that the Cubs would be without sophomore starter Cade Horton for the rest of the season, due to a UCL injury. That came after the team placed Opening Day starter Ma...7800Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:11:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/a-failure-on-every-level-how-bad-fundamentals-and-bad-roster-construction-cost-cubs-saturdays-game-r7791/The first problem is that Tyler Austin got hurt. That's outside Jed Hoyer's control, except in that signing a player who was compelled to seek his baseball fortune on another continent half a decade ago and who's now well into his mid-30s was an embrace of some injury risk. Austin's knee injury...7791Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:48:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-lineup-woes-are-the-result-of-navigating-the-perils-of-a-sequential-offense-r7780/Caveats abound at this early stage of the season, but the Chicago Cubs are, at present and at best, a mediocre offensive team. A number of components will even out as the sample grows, but it's a hard idea to deny for a team that ranks 19th in runs scored, 24th in isolated power, and 22nd in wRC...7780Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:54:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-hunter-harvey-lands-on-il-with-triceps-injury-r7762/  Perhaps now we know why Hunter Harvey was struggling in the early stages of the season. The Chicago Cubs' right-handed reliever was placed on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to right triceps inflammation. Left-handed reliever Charlie Barnes was promoted from Triple-A Iowa and adde...7762Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:19:47 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/matt-shaw-is-swinging-slower-and-finally-looks-like-the-top-prospect-the-cubs-were-promised-r7744/Earlier this week, our Matt Trueblood took a look at how a change in stance has allowed Nico Hoerner to tap into more practical power. However, Hoerner is not the only Chicago Cub in 2026 who has bucked conventional trends yet produced much better results based on a stance change. Enter Matt Sha...7744Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:32:01 +0000