https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/116/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/what-the-cubs-see-in-and-expect-from-cody-poteet-r1334/While the main thrust of the Cubs' latest deal was financial, they wouldn't have done it without getting an arm in which they can invest at least a bit of hope for 2025 contributions. What will they get from their new oft-injured swingman?   Cody Poteet debuted with the Miami Marlins in...1334Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:04:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/lets-sign-pete-crow-armstrong-to-a-contract-extension-together-r1332/Over the last few seasons, the Cubs have managed to extend two homegrown talents, in Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner. However, those extensions were short. Could the Cubs and Pete Crow-Armstrong find a middle ground on a longer-term deal? Pete Crow-Armstrong may have had a bumpy start to his 2024...1332Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:00:28 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-cubs-will-absolutely-unequivocally-re-spend-the-money-they-saved-on-cody-bellinger-r1333/I beg of you: stop saying "if." That's happening. And while the Cubs should spend more money, not less, trading their fifth-best hitter was the right move either way. Reaction to the Cubs trading Cody Bellinger to the Yankees Tuesday afternoon has been, on balance, pretty critical. While a s...1333Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:08:22 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cody-for-cody-cubs-trade-cody-bellinger-to-yankees-acquire-reliever-cody-poteet-r1313/In a move necessary because of the Cubs' acquisition of Kyle Tucker from the Houston Astros, the team has dealt outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger to the New York Yankees. In order to add Kyle Tucker's projected arbitration salary (in excess of $15 million) and maintain the payroll flex...1313Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:56:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/what-could-a-kyle-tucker-cubs-contract-extension-look-like-r1324/The Cubs got their man in a trade with the Houston Astros last week. Can they keep him in town? When the Cubs landed Kyle Tucker in a blockbuster trade on Friday, the general reaction was thus: “Holy s**t”. It was a narrative-changing move for the Jed Hoyer-Carter Hawkins front office, which...1324Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/mlb-free-agency-kirby-yates-kyle-finnegan-aj-minter/The rumor mill has tied three high-leverage relievers to the Cubs as potential free-agent signees this offseason. Which one should the team prioritize as they round out their roster? It's hard to keep a firm hold of all the rumors that have floated around, in a winter in which rumors have be...1330Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:40:22 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/free-agent-rumors-yoan-moncada-third-base-matt-shaw-tucker-trade/Look, signing the rakishly handsome wayward former star derailed by injuries worked once. Maybe it's worth another roll. Roughly a year ago, the Chicago Cubs were without a few things: A first baseman. A third baseman. A star. (Cash! Jobs! Hope! Wait.) Coming into this winter, we thought two...1329Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:01:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/jesus-luzardo-trade-rumor-update-cubs-rotation/It sure sounds like the Cubs intend to get a deal done with the Miami Marlins, to finish building a rotation heavily leaning left. What does it mean, and what will it beget? If the Cubs have their way, they will complete a trade with the Miami Marlins for left-handed starting pitcher Jesús L...1326Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:11:12 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/new-statcast-data-shine-bright-light-on-cubs-excitement-about-adding-two-key-yankees-coaches-r1323/Earlier this month, the Cubs finalized their coaching staff for 2025 and hired new staff for their player-development department, plucking two staffers from the Yankees organization in the process. Now, we can see why, with hard data. Craig Counsell lured Quintin Berry away from the Brewers...1323Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:19:26 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/the-moves-that-set-cubs-up-to-land-kyle-tucker-r1321/This deal did not fall out of a coconut tree. It exists in the context of all in which it lives, and what came before it. Jed Hoyer and the Chicago Cubs have finally done it. After several years of accumulating prospects and patiently sitting out free-agent bidding for certain sluggers, some...1321Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/no-michael-busch-cant-wont-and-shouldnt-move-to-third-base%E2%80%94or-second-either-r1320/Stop trying to make 'fetch' happen. It is not going to happen.   It's not wholly incomprehensible. A couple days after having acquired Kyle Tucker—without giving up Seiya Suzuki!—the Cubs still have not traded Cody Bellinger, and some fans (not indefensible) are trying to daydream a lit...1320Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-week-in-review-blockbuster-move-with-potentially-more-to-come-transforms-club-r1319/Outside of the place shockingly and abruptly closing down and its legendary ivy repurposed at the Morton Arboretum, nothing would stop me from filling the seats at Wrigley Field every season. With the club's bold moves this past week, it seems that multitudes of other fellow Cubs fans and I have...1319Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:10:00 +0000