https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/i-know-i-know-but-im-going-to-miss-nick-madrigal-anyway-r1268/Cubs fans had plenty of reasons to be frustrated with the diminutive infielder, but he played a unique style of baseball—one that's worth remembering. I know that it had to be done. The Cubs are trying, in their own way, to build a contender, and non-tendering Nick Madrigal was the right thi...1268Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/offseason-handbook-ranking-6-minor-league-free-agents-who-could-be-valuable-pitching-depth-for-cubs-r1231/To win anything in 2025, the Chicago Cubs have to spend big money on pitching upgrades this winter. However, they also have to keep finding value in markets much less lucrative. If the team's front office is serious about contending, the Cubs will be major players for Max Fried, Roki Sasaki,...1231Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:50:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/trade-rumors-logan-gilbert-george-kirby-bryce-miller-bryan-woo/The Cubs want a frontline starting pitcher, and they don't want to spend frontline starting pitcher money. The Seattle Mariners want a better offense, but they need to cut payroll. Let's make a deal! At this week's General Manager Meetings, one of the hot topics was the possibility of a trad...1220Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/offseason-handbook-top-needs-for-the-2025-chicago-cubs-and-10-big-free-agents-theyll-pursue-r1214/In the second installment of our coverage of the 2024-25 Chicago Cubs offseason via our Offseason Handbook, we'll build out our understanding of Jed Hoyer and company's task ahead. We know what they have to spend; how should they spend it? Welcome to the 2025 Offseason Handbook! This year, w...1214Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/2025-cubs-offseason-handbook-analyzing-teams-payroll-situation-and-roster-questions-r1208/Welcome to the 2024-25 North Side Baseball Cubs Offseason Handbook! This special series of articles will be the most thorough laying of groundwork for the high-stakes winter ahead anywhere on the web; join us for a hard look at all the key questions facing the team. Welcome to the 2025 Offse...1208Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:19:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/judges-muff-coles-boner-and-six-games-of-world-series-in-a-five-game-bag-r1201/For as long as there have been World Series, there have been occasional complaints that they're sloppy. We should expect that. The crispest baseball of the season can't come at the end of a 200-game schedule, in varying climates and amid a media circus. But extraordinarily compelling baseball st...1201Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/you-cant-stop-nico-hoerner-from-doubling-down-the-line-r1184/He who defends everything defends nothing, and Nico Hoerner's ability to spray the ball all over the field allows him to rack up hits to the pull side. I love Nico Hoerner’s Statcast page. It’s a land of contrasts, as polarized as our stupid country. Any slider that has to do with fielding t...1184Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/its-all-about-pain-tolerance-the-world-series-at-its-first-change-of-coasts-r1190/The latest twist in this World Series, already as loaded with drama as such an entity can be so early in the proceedings, is that the wounded superstar intends to play through a daunting injury. And that's not even the biggest headline, at the moment. All year, Aaron Judge was one of the bes...1190Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:18:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/you-cant-unring-a-bell-world-series-game-2-r1186/The Dodgers have a commanding lead in the World Series—except, they now face the prospect of a cross-country trip into the toughest place for visitors to play postseason baseball, their pitching is wearing thin, and the best player in baseball might be gone from the top of their lineup. You...1186Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:31:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/giancarlo-stanton-freddie-freeman-home-runs-world-series-history-1960/Friday night, we all got to watch something that hadn't happened since 1988. We also got to watch something that hadn't happened since 1960. And honestly, it amounts to something that hasn't happened, period. When Game 1 of the 2024 World Series began, there had been 20 home runs in the hist...1185Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/yankees-vs-dodgers-previewing-the-2024-world-series-r1182/For this particular Fall Classic, the Midwest truly will be flyover country, as the Yankees and Dodgers pull the attention of the baseball world back and forth across the breadth of the continent. For fans who can set aside their provincialism and the bitterness of their own seasons' ends, thoug...1182Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:17:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/caretakers/how-jameson-taillons-cutter-became-unhittable-r1159/In 2023, Jameson Taillon's cutter graded out as his second-worst pitch. In 2024, that same cutter graded out as the fourth-best cutter in all of baseball. What happened to it? Like, seriously, what the hell happened to it? Jameson Taillon’s Baseball Savant page is a mess. Savant rates pitche...1159Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:48:02 +0000