https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/118/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-near-deal-with-free-agent-catcher-carson-kelly-r1294/The Cubs are on the verge of the move we foresaw and recommended this morning, as multiple reports indicate they're nearing a deal with free-agent catcher Carson Kelly. Though (as I laid out in my first post of the day) they did have a few options, the Cubs' best and dearest hope coming into...1294Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:47:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-biggest-misses-of-winter-to-date-came-this-weekend-can-they-find-the-right-alternatives-r1293/As the market keeps moving, the players signing in new places are starting to sting a little more. Good options who could have fit the Cubs nicely are coming off the board. Where do good options still exist? Other than players like Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto, it's a little silly to fixate o...1293Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/i-bet-all-that-gold-makes-the-chocolate-taste-terrible-with-juan-soto-dream-dead-whats-next-for-cubs-r1292/As was largely expected, Juan Soto’s destination for 2024 and beyond was revealed on the eve of the Winter Meetings. With Soto now set to play his home games in Queens, the rest of the league can get busy on what should be a fairly active week.  The Chicago Cubs, specifically, were never in...1292Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:04:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/with-four-catchers-off-the-board-cubs-have-three-choices-left-for-position-this-offseason-r1291/Two segments of the free-agent market have moved quickly this MLB offseason: that for starting pitchers, and that for catchers. The Cubs have made additions to each group, but are they still looking to make a bigger backstop splash? Many Cubs fans had set their sights on catchers Danny Janse...1291Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-matthew-boyd-aboard-new-first-base-coach-rounds-out-staff-r1290/To be a Cubs fan is to be both unmoved by the front office's reluctance to make big, splashy moves, and to itch for them, anyway. As we stand at the outset of the MLB Winter Meetings, the Cubs badly need to do something to change the complexion of a not-quite-competitive team. With the offse...1290Sun, 08 Dec 2024 23:04:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trading-seiya-suzuki-would-be-a-mistake-r1289/Even if the Cubs need to create more payroll flexibility, trading Seiya Suzuki is a bad way to get there. Earlier this week, Joel Sherman dropped a rather wild nugget into his argument that the New York Yankees should pursue Cody Bellinger even if they do, in fact, sign Juan Soto. Sherman re...1289Sat, 07 Dec 2024 12:57:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-its-not-a-life-and-so-it-cant-be-a-death-of-that-wild-garrett-crochet-to-cubs-trade-rumor-r1288/For a day on which nothing actually happened, a lot sure did happen on Thursday, eh? Let's clean up a mess. On Thursday afternoon, all hell broke loose for a bit on what is left of Cubs Twitter. Most of the good baseball talk these days is happening at Bluesky, but because Jeff Passan hasn't...1288Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:27:32 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-exactly-went-wrong-with-the-2024-cubs-bullpen%E2%80%94and-how-do-they-fix-it-r1285/Jed Hoyer has stated that he got the bullpen wrong in 2024. Yes, Jed, you probably did! Along with the offense, the bullpen was simply awful in May and June. So what happened here? And how does fixing it go? Statistially, the Cubs did not have a good relief corps. Baseball Reference ranked t...1285Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-dispel-a-misconception-about-cubs-matthew-boyd-deal-r1283/Part of the value of the contract to which the Cubs agreed earlier this week lies in the clarity it provides them—the options it forecloses. Some observers don't seem to have noticed. There are a variety of valid analyses of the Cubs' agreement to sign Matthew Boyd to a two-year deal at the...1283Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:37:04 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-have-control-of-pete-crow-armstrong-through-2030-based-on-his-service-time-shortfall-r1282/It's a small thing, but it's important: the Cubs still have control of their center fielder for up to six more seasons. Somewhat infamously, in 2015, the Cubs waited until the day they could delay Kris Bryant's free agency by a year before they called him up. It wasn't even close to being th...1282Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/hyeseong-kim-is-officially-available-lets-review-why-cubs-might-want-him-r1281/The speedy, smooth-fielding Korean infielder must sign with an MLB team by Jan. 3, 2025. The Cubs should at least give him a call. Three weeks ago, I wrote about why Hyeseong Kim could be a great fit for the Cubs this winter. Now, the second baseman has been officially posted by the Kiwoom H...1281Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:59:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-would-garrett-crochet-cost-the-cubs%E2%80%94and-would-he-be-worth-it-r1280/Reported;y, the Cubs are a "viable" destination for one of the sport's best starting pitchers. But he wouldn't come cheap. All offseason, close observers have been keenly aware that Garrett Crochet is going to be traded this winter. The chances that he remains in the White Sox organization c...1280Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:42:29 +0000