https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/page/3/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-alex-bregman-and-cubs-team-defense-win-fielding-bible-awards-r3431/As I remind you every year, you shouldn't care at all about Gold Gloves. The process by which those awards are handed out makes them as meaningless as they often are maddening. They don't accurately reflect and reward the talent of big-leaguers, because they're voted on by managers and coaches w...3431Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:52:10 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/teruaki-sato-is-headed-west-does-he-make-sense-to-fill-one-of-the-chicago-cubs-outfield-openings-r3428/As the postseason comes to a crescendo with the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays facing off in the 2026 World Series, the Chicago Cubs' offseason shopping remains on pause. When the hot stove does begin to crackle, though, they have a lot of things to accomplish in what will likely be a shor...3428Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:56:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-dont-need-to-react-harshly-to-nico-hoerners-ugly-2026-season-r3414/Entering the 2026 season, there was little clarity on the future of longtime starting second baseman Nico Hoerner. After being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the first round of the 2018 draft, he's become a mainstay of the Wrigley Field infield. His most recent extension (signed in 2024), which...3414Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:33:04 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/5-pitchers-who-could-address-cubs-shortfall-of-pure-stuff-this-winter-r3427/The smaller the strike zone gets, the tougher the job of pitching becomes. That's self-evident. At first, though, one might be tempted to think that was solely because throwing strikes is harder (and walks are, therefore, more plentiful) when pitching to a smaller zone. It's not so. There's anot...3427Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:58:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/did-ryan-rolison-do-enough-for-a-higher-leverage-look-in-2027-r3418/Considering the injuries and the struggles that permeated the entire group, there weren't a whole lot of success stories in the Chicago Cubs' 2026 bullpen. Ryan Rolison, at least, qualifies.  Rolison was originally a draft pick by the Colorado Rockies who had the early part of his professio...3418Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:27:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/edward-cabreras-rocky-debut-season-leaves-cubs-with-more-questions-than-answers-r3423/The 2025 Chicago Cubs’ starting rotation finished 28th in baseball in average four-seam fastball velocity, so for the 2026 season, they needed an additional power arm to pair with Cade Horton. On January 7, they acquired that arm in Edward Cabrera, at the expense of their top organizational pros...3423Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/seiya-suzukis-all-around-brilliance-will-force-the-cubs-to-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-r3421/When he chose to sign with the Chicago Cubs after coming over from the NPB, Seiya Suzuki provided a much-needed power bat in right field that could be counted on to be in the lineup each and every day. Since then, he has done nothing but show up to the ballpark and mash, and that was no differen...3421Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:00:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/forum-friday-cubs-pre-offseason-discussion-2026-gold-glove-nominees-2027-work-stoppage-speculation-r3424/Our Cubs fan forums remained active this week, with this Forum Friday rounding up four key threads. Discussions ranged from playoff action and the Cubs' upcoming offseason moves to Gold Glove nominations and potential labor issues in 2027. Topics included the Braves, White Sox, and Dodgers' post...3424Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:31:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/could-kaima-taira-be-the-next-npb-star-in-chicago-r3417/The Chicago Cubs have invested heavily in Japanese talent in recent years. It started in February 2018, when the team signed right-handed pitcher Yu Darvish to a six-year deal, making him the first high-prized Japanese star the club had signed since Kosuke Fukudome the decade before. That was af...3417Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:02:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/ian-happs-skill-set-was-more-itself-than-ever-in-2026-for-better-and-worse-r3408/By a handful of different measures, the 2026 season (objectively) represented Ian Happ's worst as a member of the Chicago Cubs. Almost everything in his .218/.326/.412 line, 29.7% strikeout rate, and 107 wRC+ landed at the bottom or second-from-the-bottom of his career outputs across a decade on...3408Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:37:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/javier-assad-remains-the-cubs-ultimate-swiss-army-knife-r3419/Javier Assad doesn't possess the flashiest of skill sets among members of the Chicago Cubs pitching staff. His results aren't even close to the most impressive. But 2026 reaffirmed that Assad is every bit the type of pitcher that the Cubs or any other staff in baseball needs to hold in their emp...3419Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:29:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/cubs/cubs-received-the-maximum-version-of-the-alex-bregman-experience-in-2026-r3409/When Alex Bregman signed a five-year deal with the Chicago Cubs last offseason, the hope was that he'd stabilize the hot corner for the duration of that contract, while adding a playoff-tested persona to the mix. Just about all of that happened, but perhaps not in the way that one might have exp...3409Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:32:01 +0000