https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/112/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-week-in-review-kyle-tucker-debacle-a-pair-of-new-veteran-arms-and-more-punctuate-chaotic-week-r1389/When it comes to spending money, the Ricketts family is infamous for, you know, not. Weeks like this don't make it any easier to cope with the implications of that, even if they also didn't get any further from a championship. By bringing in the hard-hitting Kyle Tucker and buttressing the s...1389Sun, 12 Jan 2025 23:03:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-still-have-30-million-or-more-to-spend-this-winter-but-could-be-aiming-lower-for-a-good-reason-r1390/After their latest move to bolster the pitching depth of the big-league team, the Cubs still have a middle-of-the-road projected payroll and a lot of money to spend. But they might not spend every dime in their budget this year, for reasons fans would actually like. Signing Colin Rea to a on...1390Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:04:54 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-trip-1-its-tokyo-time-r1376/The 2025 Cubs season begins before the rest of the baseball world, and it involves a 6298 mile road trip across the ocean! Two games at the Tokyo Dome in Japan versus the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers to open the year. What will this opening road trip offer the Cubs and their fans?...1376Sun, 12 Jan 2025 17:17:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-depressing-national-narrative-around-the-chicago-cubs-r1386/The Cubs have decided to become an analytically driven team. For the first time, articles from league-wide sources are weighing in on all teams. The Cubs, specifically, have not fared well in these surveys. The Cubs front office's perception league-wide is flagging. The farm system, long hel...1386Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-to-sign-starting-pitcher-colin-rea-and-the-temperature-is-rising-under-jed-hoyer-r1387/Starting pitching depth is never a bad thing, right? Wrong. And we're about to find out if this is one of those times. Let's start with the basics: the Cubs have agreed to a one-year, $5-million deal with Colin Rea, a veteran right-handed starter who has been both a recent member of the Cubs...1387Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:58:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/how-much-does-chicago-cubs-failure-to-reach-agreement-with-kyle-tucker-matter-r1385/Here's a hint: the answer starts with a 'z' and ends with an 'ero'. It's important that you understand this: Thursday's news was not important. The only thing that matters about the Cubs and Kyle Tucker filing proposed salaries of $15 million and $17.5 million, respectively, for Tucker in 20...1385Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:47:41 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-acquire-rangers-reliever-matt-festa-say-goodbye-to-miles-mastrobuoni-r1384/On an offseason deadline day just barely important enough to stir some roster shuffling, the Cubs continued to amass relief depth, and reduced their number of bench options by one—for now. The Chicago Cubs sent cash to the Texas Rangers Thursday, in exchange for right-handed reliever Matt Fe...1384Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:24:36 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/alexander-canario-is-intriguing-but-not-confidence-inspiring-even-as-a-backup-r1380/The Cubs have to fix their bench. Trading Cody Bellinger and allowing Mike Tauchman to walk have raised questions about the outfield depth, specifically. What is the plan for 2025 for the backup outfielder position? Can Alexander Canario adequately fill this spot? The starters are locked in....1380Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:05:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jeff-hoffman-is-the-potential-cubs-free-agent-target-we-should-mention-more-r1382/There's one more big move left for the Cubs pitching staff—or two, if they win the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes. The erstwhile Phillies relief ace might be the right target—though maybe not even as a relief ace. After the Cubs signed Caleb Thielbar on New Year's Eve, it seems safe to guess that t...1382Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/2025-zips-projections-paint-chicago-cubs-path-to-being-elite-r1378/The 2025 ZiPS projections for the Cubs dropped last week. Let’s dive into three takeaways from FanGraphs’s prognostications and discuss the work the Cubs still have to do to cement themselves as NL Central favorites. Chicago has had an active offseason thus far. At the midpoint of winter, le...1378Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/how-ian-happ-can-help-us-all-understand-bat-tracking-data-better-r1381/Other than by coming over to your house and explaining it himself, that is. Although he seems like a cool guy, feel free to ask him. A decade ago, we were living through the offseason between 2014 and 2015. Statcast data was not yet widely available, but it had been introduced. The system wa...1381Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:29:24 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/why-ha-seong-kim-makes-more-sense-than-alex-bregman-for-the-chicago-cubs-r1379/Though the Astros third baseman is clearly the better player before accounting for context, this is baseball, and context matters. As Alex Bregman’s free agency continues on into the new year, his name has floated into close-ish proximity to that of the Chicago Cubs. It’s logical. The Cubs d...1379Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:29:08 +0000