https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/?d=7News: North Side Baseball Caretakersenhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/i-know-i-know-but-im-going-to-miss-nick-madrigal-anyway-r1268/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 thing to do. He’s 27 years old, and for every big-league home run he’s hit, he’s appeared on the injury list twice. Without an ounce of power in his bat, Madr...1268Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/offseason-handbook-ranking-6-minor-league-free-agents-who-could-be-valuable-pitching-depth-for-cubs-r1231/If the team's front office is serious about contending, the Cubs will be major players for Max Fried, Roki Sasaki, and any number of second-tier pitchers who will be available via trade and free agency this winter. It's a clear need, and they have plenty of resources to allocate to that part of...1231Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:50:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/trade-rumors-logan-gilbert-george-kirby-bryce-miller-bryan-woo/At this week's General Manager Meetings, one of the hot topics was the possibility of a trade that would send one or more of the Chicago Cubs' bevy of solid position-player prospects to the Seattle Mariners, in exchange for one of the Mariners' very impressive collection of young starting pitche...1220Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/offseason-handbook-top-needs-for-the-2025-chicago-cubs-and-10-big-free-agents-theyll-pursue-r1214/Welcome to the 2025 Offseason Handbook! This year, we’re offering the format online only through our Caretakers program. The Offseason Handbook is a comprehensive look at what challenges the Twins face in the coming winter to field a competitive team in 2025. To become a Caretaker, visit th...1214Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/2025-cubs-offseason-handbook-analyzing-teams-payroll-situation-and-roster-questions-r1208/Welcome to the 2025 Offseason Handbook! This year, we’re offering the format online only through our Caretakers program. The Offseason Handbook is a comprehensive look at what challenges and opportunities the Cubs face in the coming winter to field a competitive team in 2025. To become a Ca...1208Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:19:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/judges-muff-coles-boner-and-six-games-of-world-series-in-a-five-game-bag-r1201/A great World Series has to run six or seven games, and thus, sadly, the much-hyped 2024 Fall Classic fell short. A good one needn't be played at an exceptionally high level of tautness or neatness, though. Chaos is good. Chaos is the element thrown at the last moment into the mixture of great i...1201Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/you-cant-stop-nico-hoerner-from-doubling-down-the-line-r1184/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 the ball or making contact with it is so red that it hurts your eyes. Any slider that relates to hitting or throwing the ball hard is blue enough to make the...1184Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/its-all-about-pain-tolerance-the-world-series-at-its-first-change-of-coasts-r1190/All year, Aaron Judge was one of the best hitters in baseball on low pitches. No tall hitter gets very far if they don't learn to guard the bottom rail of their strike zone, because to pitchers accustomed to facing guys six inches shorter, it's pretty easy to target that segment. Judge long ago...1190Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:18:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/you-cant-unring-a-bell-world-series-game-2-r1186/You can't unring a bell, because there's no way to reverse sound waves. Waves are waves and they make sounds, and there's no backward and forward to them, except in cases where we expect a highly organized set of sounds. You can tell if I say this sentence backward to you, but you won't hear a d...1186Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:31:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/giancarlo-stanton-freddie-freeman-home-runs-world-series-history-1960/When Game 1 of the 2024 World Series began, there had been 20 home runs in the history of the Fall Classic that took a team from behind to ahead, in the sixth inning or later. There have been more go-ahead home runs than that, of course, but it's easy to forget just how many of them came with th...1185Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/yankees-vs-dodgers-previewing-the-2024-world-series-r1182/Why does it affront so many fans when big-market teams succeed? That question is rhetorical, but not sneering, because once you think about it a bit, the reason is both obvious and reasonable: it makes us all feel small. Every baseball fan holds equal worth, and no team's worth and value depends...1182Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:17:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/caretakers/how-jameson-taillons-cutter-became-unhittable-r1159/Jameson Taillon’s Baseball Savant page is a mess. Savant rates pitchers by their run values, and Taillon’s run values are all over the place. At the very top, his fastball run value is listed at 19 runs, which puts him in the 98th percentile. That’s incredible! But if you look at the...1159Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:48:02 +0000