https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/104/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/have-some-fun-watching-this-old-cubs-dodgers-game-with-us-part-1-the-broadcast-r1269/I refuse to be starved for baseball. It's healthy, sometimes, to deny oneself constant indulgence in vices, but I find my addictive love of the game too strong to stay away from it for long, now that the world wide web has made it possible to luxuriate in games anywhere from 10 to 45 years old a...1269Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:38:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agent-pitcher-emmanuel-ramirez-fastball-shape/By all rights, Emmanuel Ramírez should be out of professional baseball. The game has told him he's not good enough—and even that it was functionally done with him—more times than most players can bear. Signed out of his native Dominican Republic back in 2012, Ramírez was released by the Padres a...1267Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:10:03 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-pitching-market-is-moving-will-it-compel-the-cubs-to-move-too-r1266/It's not quite December, when the hot stove tends to get up to full flame. Already, though, two top starting pitchers have found new homes. Neither is with the Cubs, though, and as some doors close, it becomes more urgent that Jed Hoyer and company position themselves for one of the viable remai...1266Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:53:31 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/narrative-sifting-with-the-2024-cubs-an-offensive-roller-coaster-r1265/This affected my opinions for this past season. Some of the narratives around have been about the team's lack of star power and the lack of talent. Another one is that August didn't really matter, because it was garbage time. As something of an analyst, instead of seeing these narratives and rol...1265Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/daniel-palencia-figured-something-out-late-in-2024-and-could-emerge-as-a-relief-ace-in-2025-r1264/It doesn't require a bunch of squinting and fancy explanation to identify Daniel Palencia as a potentially elite relief pitcher. He throws a fastball that sits on the high side of 98 miles per hour and ratchets all the way up past 102 when he gets really juiced up—and Palencia seems to be juiced...1264Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:10:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/whenever-roki-sasaki-gets-posted-he-should-become-jed-hoyers-full-time-job-for-a-month-r1263/When it comes to running an MLB franchise, there are big moves, and there are small moves. The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes do not fall along the spectrum between one and the other. They are, instead, a degree of big not even captured by that word. Free-agent contests for top players are vital, becau...1263Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/after-another-signing-suggests-angels-are-serious-offseason-players-cody-bellinger-trade-seems-like-a-fit-r1261/Monday morning began with surprising news from Orange County, as the Angels agreed to a three-year deal worth $63 million with left-handed starter Yusei Kikuchi. It's their fifth notable move of the young offseason, already, after they traded for Jorge Soler immediately following the World Serie...1261Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-free-agent-target-tracker-blake-snell-r1257/We’ve taken a look at most of the top pitchers in free agency already this offseason. Each of them present some combination of an elite track record, a very high price tag, and the daunting proposition of paying a pitcher deep into his 30s. Blake Snell is no different. He’s a 31-year-old southpa...1257Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-the-cubs-will-fix-matt-thaisss-pitch-framing-to-shore-up-2025-catching-corps-r1260/In a perfect world, you'd certainly ask for more offense than Matt Thaiss promises, even from a backup catcher. He does offer a couple of redeeming qualities, but in most of the offensive essentials, he's below-average. Here are his percentiles among all hitters with at least 150 plate appearanc...1260Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-big-moves-must-lead-to-more-than-modest-reults-r1259/If you're one of the millions of podcasters across the globe, you could very well justify dedicating a myriad of episodes to how the Cubs blew numerous critical games in their doomed quest to reach the postseason. Two such topics rich with fodder were the North Sider's inability to produce clutc...1259Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:30:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/resetting-cubs-roster-projection-and-offseason-outlook-after-a-very-busy-week-r1258/On Friday evening, the Cubs non-tendered Nick Madrigal and Mike Tauchman, bringing the total number of players previously on their 40-man roster jettisoned this week up to six. They agreed to terms with Julian Merryweather, Keegan Thompson, and Matt Thaiss, a pretty reliable indicator that those...1258Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/youre-the-cubs-gm-plotting-my-offseason-sign-rotation-catching-help-r1210/This series of articles is a primer for the release of our new "You're The Cubs GM!" tool, where you play the role of Jed Hoyer and build your own Cubs offseason. Please visit the tool here and join in on the fun! The Roster, As It Stands With Cody Bellinger opting in(also here and here,...1210Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:20:02 +0000