Nick Madrigal News Archive
News -- May 2024 (57)
- 5/21 North Side Baseball: Nick Madrigal Survives Cubs Roster Shakeup, But Might Have Short-Lived Reprieve: Luis Vázquez was not called up to deliver an injection of offense for the Cubs. He's a glove-first shortstop, and he's unlikely...
- 5/21 theforkball.com: Opinion: Cubs’ Lack of Offense is Becoming a Real Issue: The Chicago Cubs suffered from a disappointing weekend series with the Pittsburgh Pirates, losing three The post Opinion: Cubs’...
- 5/20 North Side Baseball: Monday Morning North Sider: Luis Vázquez Is Here, Brennen Davis Go Brrr, And More: The Cubs are really starting to feel the effects of their injuries, losing two of three to the powerful Atlanta Braves before...
- 5/20 On Tap Sports Net: Cubs to Promote Luis Vazquez From Triple-A IowaThe 24-year-old prospect is having a solid season, it's now on the Cubs to provide him with a chance to shake things up....
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/19/24): Pirates 3, Cubs 2 – Offense Sputters Again as Cubs Drop Series: The Cubs looked to wake up their slumbering offense against the Pirates at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon, but they sputtered...
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: Cubs Reportedly Promoting Luis Vázquez to Chicago, Which Probably Means Nico Hoerner to IL: According to a report from ESPN’s Jorge Castillo, the Cubs are promoting middle infielder Luis Vázquez from Triple-A...
- 5/20 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs To Promote Luis Vazquez: The Cubs are promoting infield prospect Luis Vazquez to the majors, according to ESPN’s Jorge Castillo (who also happens...
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/19/24): Pirates 3, Cubs 2 – Offense Sputters Again as Cubs Drop Series: The Cubs looked to wake up their slumbering offense against the Pirates at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon, but they sputtered...
- 5/20 Cubs Insider: Cubs Reportedly Promoting Luis Vázquez to Chicago, Which Probably Means Nico Hoerner to IL: According to a report from ESPN’s Jorge Castillo, the Cubs are promoting middle infielder Luis Vázquez from Triple-A...
- 5/19 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/119/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Still No Hoerner, Taillon Going for Split: First things first, I’d like to extend the happiest birthday wishes to my friend Meg, who may or may not have catfished...
- 5/19 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/119/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Still No Hoerner, Taillon Going for Split: First things first, I’d like to extend the happiest birthday wishes to my friend Meg, who may or may not have catfished...
- 5/19 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Notes: Swanson, Hoerner, Smyly, Wicks, Hendricks: The Cubs are expecting to welcome shortstop Dansby Swanson back from the injured list prior to Tuesday’s series opener against...
- 5/18 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/18/24): Hoerner Still Sitting, Wisdom Leads Off, Imanaga Pitching: Sorry, folks, this is going to be another one where I pretty much punt on any kind of breakdown. The Cubs have dropped two straight...
- 5/18 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/18/24): Hoerner Still Sitting, Wisdom Leads Off, Imanaga Pitching: Sorry, folks, this is going to be another one where I pretty much punt on any kind of breakdown. The Cubs have dropped two straight...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/17/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ Bats Second, Bellinger in RF, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs didn’t do much against fireballing righty Jared Jones last night and things don’t get any easier this afternoon...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/17/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ Bats Second, Bellinger in RF, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs didn’t do much against fireballing righty Jared Jones last night and things don’t get any easier this afternoon...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/16/24): Pirates 5, Cubs 4 – Late Rally Comes Up Short: The Cubs returned to Wrigley Field on Thursday night to take on the Pirates with wind conditions benefiting the hitters. Pittsburgh...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Quantifying Hope: Cubs at 65.3% Playoff Odds, Fall Behind Brewers After Recent Stumbles: The last week hasn’t been particularly kind to the Cubs, with a 3-3 road trip followed by a series-opening loss to the Pirates...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/16/24): Pirates 5, Cubs 4 – Late Rally Comes Up Short: The Cubs returned to Wrigley Field on Thursday night to take on the Pirates with wind conditions benefiting the hitters. Pittsburgh...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Quantifying Hope: Cubs at 65.3% Playoff Odds, Fall Behind Brewers After Recent Stumbles: The last week hasn’t been particularly kind to the Cubs, with a 3-3 road trip followed by a series-opening loss to the Pirates...
- 5/17 North Side Baseball: The Invaluable Miles Mastrobuoni: My viewing relationship with Miles Mastrobuoni is not dissimilar from the previous assertions I made about Mike Tauchman. It...
- 5/17 RotoWire: Three-hit effort in winMadrigal went 3-for-4 in Wednesday's 7-1 win over Atlanta....
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/16/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ in LF, Steele Starting: When deployed properly, bullying works. Just look at the way I fixed the Cubs offense by threatening not to type out the names...
- 5/17 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/16/24): Tauchman Leads Off, Happ in LF, Steele Starting: When deployed properly, bullying works. Just look at the way I fixed the Cubs offense by threatening not to type out the names...
- 5/16 Cubs Superfans: Cubs Crush Braves: Tauchman and Suzuki Lead the ChargeCubs Break Out of Slump with Explosive 7-1 Victory in Atlanta...
- 5/16 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/15/24): Cubs 7, Braves 1 – Offense Snaps Funk to Avoid Sweep: The Cubs needed to avoid a sweep at Truist Park Wednesday night after two consecutive shutout losses. This was a much different...
- 5/16 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/15/24): Cubs 7, Braves 1 – Offense Snaps Funk to Avoid Sweep: The Cubs needed to avoid a sweep at Truist Park Wednesday night after two consecutive shutout losses. This was a much different...
- 5/15 MLBTradeRumors: The Opener: Blanco, Hoerner, Winn: As the 2024 regular season continues, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout...
- 5/15 North Side Baseball: How Much Should Patrick Wisdom Be Written Into Struggling Cubs Lineup?: In that instance, my hope is that your first inclination would be to ask about the sample size. Because in the case of Patrick...
- 5/15 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/14/24): Hoerner Leads Off, Bellinger at 1B, Wisdom at 3B, Taillon Starting: The Cubs slept through most of last night’s game in Atlanta, barely putting up a fight over the course of a 2-0 loss that...
- 5/15 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/14/24): Hoerner Leads Off, Bellinger at 1B, Wisdom at 3B, Taillon Starting: The Cubs slept through most of last night’s game in Atlanta, barely putting up a fight over the course of a 2-0 loss that...
- 5/14 North Side Baseball: Cubs-Specific Insights from New Bat-Tracking Statcast Data: Over the weekend, Statcast brought us to a new frontier in the advancement of knowledge about baseball via data: bat tracking....
- 5/13 Cubs Insider: Christopher Morel Top 10 in Swing Speed, Length According to New Statcast Data: Statcast just revealed its bat tracking metrics, which include average swing speed and length, the percentage of swings that are...
- 5/13 Cubs Insider: Christopher Morel Top 10 in Swing Speed, Length According to New Statcast Data: Statcast just revealed its bat tracking metrics, which include average swing speed and length, the percentage of swings that are...
- 5/12 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/12/24): Suzuki at DH, Madrigal at 2B, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the 5th inning last night on a total of 26 pitches, which is something I haven’t...
- 5/12 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/12/24): Suzuki at DH, Madrigal at 2B, Hendricks Starting: The Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the 5th inning last night on a total of 26 pitches, which is something I haven’t...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/10/24): Cubs 7, Pirates 2 – Bellinger Blazing Hot in Win: The Cubs began a series against the Pirates Friday night at PNC Park after a rain delay of about one hour. It was definitely worth...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/10/24): Cubs 7, Pirates 2 – Bellinger Blazing Hot in Win: The Cubs began a series against the Pirates Friday night at PNC Park after a rain delay of about one hour. It was definitely worth...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/10/24): Hoerner at Short, Madrigal at 2B, Assad Pitching: Among pitchers who have logged at least 20 innings this season, Javier Assad‘s 1.66 ERA ranks 10th. That’s good. Even...
- 5/11 theforkball.com: Injuries Continue to Plague the Cubs: Dansby Swanson is the latest casualty. The Chicago Cubs put Swanson on the 10-day IL The post Injuries Continue to Plague the...
- 5/11 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/10/24): Hoerner at Short, Madrigal at 2B, Assad Pitching: Among pitchers who have logged at least 20 innings this season, Javier Assad‘s 1.66 ERA ranks 10th. That’s good. Even...
- 5/11 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Place Dansby Swanson On Injured List, Reinstate Seiya Suzuki: The Cubs are placing shortstop Dansby Swanson on the 10-day injured list due to a right knee sprain, with outfielder Seiya Suzuki...
- 5/11 The Report On Sports: Chicago Cubs’ Dansby Swanson Lands on Injured List with Knee Sprain, Seiya Suzuki Returns: The Chicago Cubs have made a significant roster move, announcing that shortstop Dansby Swanson will be placed on the 10-day injured...
- 5/6 North Side Baseball: Monday Morning North Sider: Beating the Brewers, Closer Shenanigans, Cade Horton, And More: Welcome back all! Sorry for missing last week. NFL Draft coverage completely consumed me for the better part of a week, and...
- 5/3 North Side Baseball: Should Nick Madrigal Still Be the Backup Third Baseman?: If you’ve followed this space for any length of time, you know the Chicago Cubs’ third base situation is something on which...
- 5/3 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/2/24): Mets 7, Cubs 6 F/11 – Lindor Doubles Up on Cubs in Loss: The Cubs and Mets played another close game on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field, and this time nine innings weren’t enough...
- 5/3 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/2/24): Mets 7, Cubs 6 F/11 – Lindor Doubles Up on Cubs in Loss: The Cubs and Mets played another close game on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field, and this time nine innings weren’t enough...
- 5/3 Mets Merized: Francisco Lindor Comes Off Bench, Helps Mets Walk Off Cubs In 11 Innings: It is a rare day when the New York Mets (16-15) do not have Francisco Lindor in the starting lineup. He was out of the lineup...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/2/24): Hoerner at SS, Madrigal 2B, Wisdom DH, Brown on Bump: The Cubs have scored just 10 runs in their last five games, with four scores coming in a loss to the Red Sox that already feels...
- 5/2 The Report On Sports: When Will the Chicago Cubs Call Up Luis Vazquez?: The Chicago Cubs are fighting with the Milwaukee Brewers for the lead in the NL Central, trailing just half a game behind. While...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (5/2/24): Hoerner at SS, Madrigal 2B, Wisdom DH, Brown on Bump: The Cubs have scored just 10 runs in their last five games, with four scores coming in a loss to the Red Sox that already feels...
- 5/2 North Side Baseball: Unique Opportunity, Perfect Execution: Cubs Win On Rare Relay to Home Plate: Some fans will quibble with Craig Counsell's choice to remove Shota Imanaga after seven innings of work Wednesday night. There...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/1/24): Cubs 1, Mets 0 – Wild Finish Preserves Pitching Masterpiece: For the third consecutive game at Citi Field Wednesday, the Cubs and Mets played an intense contest where offense was extremely...
- 5/2 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Nine View of Cubs-Mets: Pete was actually out, and no, Miguel Amaya wasn’t blocking the plate, or at least not sufficiently to arouse the ire of...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/1/24): Cubs 1, Mets 0 – Wild Finish Preserves Pitching Masterpiece: For the third consecutive game at Citi Field Wednesday, the Cubs and Mets played an intense contest where offense was extremely...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (4/30/24): Wisdom 1B, Morel DH, Madrigal 3B, Assad Starting: Last night’s game looked like another disappointing performance…until it didn’t. After being no-hit for more...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Lineup (4/30/24): Wisdom 1B, Morel DH, Madrigal 3B, Assad Starting: Last night’s game looked like another disappointing performance…until it didn’t. After being no-hit for more...
News -- April 2024 (41)