https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/113/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-quick-power-ranking-of-free-agent-relievers-with-whom-cubs-could-reunite-r1369/Ooooh, sweet child of miiiiine. No, I'm kidding. Or am I? As the Cubs consider further upgrades to a bullpen already improved directly (a trade for Eli Morgan, this week's Caleb Thielbar signing) and indirectly (the Matthew Boyd signing, pushing more of their depth arms toward relief ro...1369Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:52:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/padres-could-be-a-one-stop-shop-option-for-cubs-biggest-remaining-needs-r1366/The San Diego Padres are in a tough predicament. The Cubs are well-positioned to help them escape it, while also checking the last two boxes on their essential winter shopping list. Entering 2025, the Cubs have plenty of money. It feels almost like all they have is money. They're roughly $40...1366Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:34:39 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-the-calendar-turns-where-do-brewers-and-cubs-stand-r1362/If the season started tomorrow, who would have the inside track to the division title? A common refrain surrounding the Chicago Cubs is that they still have plenty of work to do this offseason. That's objectively, true. We’ve heard their name in connection with a couple of arms, and it isn’t...1362Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:37:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-sign-free-agent-lefty-reliever-caleb-thielbar-to-one-year-deal-r1363/In an underwhelming last-minute move, the Cubs gave themselves some stability—but arguably set themselves too low a ceiling—with a bullpen addition to close out 2024. It's not the kind of move fans were hoping for. It's not a move that charts any kind of new course in the Cubs' bullpen const...1363Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:25:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/heres-to-a-2025-without-the-cop-out-reactionary-nonsense-hbp-rules-proposed-by-whit-merrifield-r1361/It's been a quiet four months since we first heard tell of this possible rule change. Let's try to go another four decades without hearing any more of it. I should be clear, though: I don't think we'll be so lucky. Back in the latter part of the 2024 regular season, Whit Merrifield was hit i...1361Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:14:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agent-first-baseman-connor-joe-mark-canha/Jed Hoyer traded his would-be second option at first base as part of the multi-piece maneuver that gave the team its new superstar outfielder. Now, he has to bolster the bench with someone who can cover the cold corner in a pinch. Michael Busch played 152 games in 2024, starting 135 of them....1360Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:34:06 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/hey-fun-cubs-sign-ben-heller-one-of-our-offseason-handbook-minor-league-free-agent-targets-r1359/Way back in early November, we published our Offseason Handbook for the Cubs' 2024-25 hot stove campaign. Included was a piece recommending six minor-league free-agent pitchers the Cubs could scoop up as depth options. Monday, they signed one of those six. In our Caretakers-exclusive look at...1359Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:54:42 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-tanner-scott-might-be-the-exception-to-jed-hoyers-rule-about-long-term-big-money-reliever-deals-r1358/The Cubs' chief decision-maker doesn't do big multi-year deals for relievers, even elite ones. Then again, he doesn't trade for superstars one year before they'll reach free agency, either. At his end-of-season press conference, Jed Hoyer admitted that the strategy he pursued to build a viab...1358Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:04:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-key-to-understanding-sammy-sosas-career-lies-in-remembering-his-1996-season-r1356/The most important year to properly understand the career of the Cubs' greatest slugger is one many Cubs fans have forgotten. It's understandable, but it's a shame, because once you remember it, everything about his career looks different. The 1996 Cubs season began with a lot of hope. They...1356Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:46:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-corbin-burnes-joins-snakes-matt-mervis-dealt-to-the-marlins-r1355/The Cubs did end up making a deal with the Miami Marlins, but not the one we might have expected a couple weeks ago, when Santa had yet to slide down our chimneys.  Were the Cubs not to make one move more this offseason, the acquisition of thrilling outfielder Kyle Tucker would still push th...1355Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:39:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-analysis-vidal-brujan-matt-mervis/It seemed inevitable that the briefly intriguing first base prospect would depart the organization this winter. Now, he's netted them a player who seems like a good fit for their thin bench. After non-tendering Mike Tauchman, Patrick Wisdom, and Nick Madrigal and trading Cody Bellinger and I...1353Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:49:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/top-25-most-viewed-north-side-baseball-articles-of-2024-part-2-16-20-r1352/We continue to look at the most-viewed articles at North Side Baseball in 2024. Today, we jump into the Top 20.  The Cubs have a ton of top prospects. Then at the draft, they made third baseman Cam Smith their first-round pick. Weeks later, they traded Christopher Morel for Isaac Paredes. Th...1352Sat, 28 Dec 2024 22:48:22 +0000