https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/106/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-cubs-acquire-right-handed-reliever-ryan-brasier-from-dodgers-r1469/In what should be their final bullpen move of the offseason, the Cubs have swooped in to scoop up the Dodgers' veteran hurler, who had been designated for assignment last week. Ever since the Dodgers were forced to cut Ryan Brasier to accommodate Kirby Yates last week, the Cubs have made sen...1469Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:53:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/sources-with-alex-bregman-negotiations-intensifying-cubs-have-made-creative-multi-year-offer-r1468/The Chicago Cubs are a bit more serious about their pursuit of the best remaining free agent than previously believed. Two sources familiar with the negotiation said Tuesday that the team has made a four-year offer to the Scott Boras client, with a unique structure. As I wrote Sunday, the Cu...1468Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:52:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kyle-tucker-is-really-slow-is-that-a-problem-r1466/The one lousy part of the Cubs' superstar right fielder's game in 2024 was his baserunning—and not just after he fouled a ball off his shin, breaking it. Is his athleticism declining so fast that the Cubs should worry about it compromising his game in 2025? The greatest of several great thin...1466Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:34:33 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/i-can-tell-you-exactly-to-what-extent-the-cubs-will-stretch-out-nate-pearson-r1464/In a second straight winter that has seen a handful of conversions from relief to starting by pitchers throughout the league, the Cubs' summer trade acquisition has been mentioned occasionally as a candidate to do so. He shouldn't be. Nate Pearson always wanted to make it work as a starting...1464Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:36:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-can-and-will-have-a-breakout-2025-campaign-r1459/Over a notoriously long 162-game season, everyone involved with Major League Baseball gets to know and develop favorites. With furiously fast wheels, and spark plug/catalyst energy, the Cubs' young center fielder is about to become one such player in 2025. A native of Southern California, Pe...1459Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/are-you-ready-for-this-the-chicago-cubs-rank-3rd-in-mlb-in-projected-wins-according-to-pecota-r1460/And no, it's not because they have Alex Bregman baked in. Baseball Prospectus just rolled out their full PECOTA projections for 2025, and it's going to surprise you—in a good way. According to PECOTA, the Cubs are not just favorites in the NL Central, but clear, even prohibitive ones. The sy...1460Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:42:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-cubs-ink-a-duo-of-arms-to-minor-league-deals-r1458/For all of my numerous criticisms of Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, one thing about him is unimpeachable: he does what he says he's going to do. He expressed the great need to beef up his team's pitching depth, and through a plethora of acquisitions both big and small, the club...1458Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-ryan-brasier-could-be-the-key-to-cubs-pursuit-of-alex-bregman-yes-really-r1457/Here's hoping they didn't tamper with him... During 670 The Score's weekly baseball show Inside the Clubhouse, host and baseball insider Bruce Levine made an interesting comment that we should all hope was slightly off base. "From what I understand, they're talking to Brasier already, h...1457Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-the-chicago-cubs-definitely-wont-give-up-for-dylan-cease-r1456/"No rumors here, baby," Bruce Levine said Saturday morning, "Go everywhere else for the rumors; we talk about what's going on." Then he talked about some stuff that certainly is not going on. There might not be a better-connected baseball reporter in the Chicago media sphere than Levine, of...1456Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:02:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-trip-5-taking-a-bite-out-of-the-big-apple-r1421/In mid-May the Chicago Cubs head east to take on Juan Soto and the New York Mets. Will it be an Amazin' trip? Or will the big pockets Mets show the Cubs what spending can do? New York Mets – May 9-11 Citi Field: Capacity 41,922 2024 Attendance: 2,329,299 (Averaged 29,484, 10th in the NL...1421Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:25:08 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-the-options-narrow-stay-cognizant-of-breadth-of-cubs-options-r1454/It's good to have concrete information, even if it's merely news of interest or discussions, rather than actual moves. With names continuing to come off the board as the offseason winds toward a conclusion, though, the danger is that each bit of concrete news blinds us to the sea of other possib...1454Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/projecting-what-a-dylan-cease-trade-package-could-look-like-r1453/Amid the recent rumors of the Cubs being interested in San Diego right-hander Dylan Cease, there are many different trade packages being thrown together by media outlets and media members. Let's take our own stab at what a Cease trade could look like for Chicago. One very important thing to...1453Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:53:01 +0000