https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/119/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/if-the-cubs-add-another-starting-pitcher-where-will-it-leave-javier-assad-and-matthew-boyd-r1279/The Chicago Cubs signing of Matthew Boyd is not a complicated one to evaluate. Until it is.  An offseason that began with aspirations of signing Max Fried quickly dissolved into collectively talking ourselves into a member of the middle tier of starters. Even with a mindset of frugality, tho...1279Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:53:31 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-chicago-cubs-need-more-than-matthew-boyd-do-they-know-that-r1278/The veteran lefty serves as a fine back-end starter, but the Cubs need more in order to compete with the elite teams in the National League. In the very early hours of Monday morning, the Cubs landed their first big free-agent fish of the offseason, agreeing with starter Matthew Boyd on a tw...1278Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:36:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/signing-matthew-boyd-pushes-cubs-to-decision-point-about-hayden-wesneski-r1277/There are plenty of players below the young righty on the team's 40-man roster, who can be cut to make room for their newest starting pitcher. Still, the arrival nudges them closer to the horns of a dilemma that has been lurking for a while. Though it was only Monday morning that Cubs fans w...1277Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-sign-starting-pitcher-matthew-boyd-to-two-year-deal-r1273/In a deal reported deep in the night, the Cubs have set a high floor for the back end of their rotation, with a pitcher who provides depth and gives them many more options for their next moves. The Chicago Cubs agreed to a two-year deal with veteran left-handed starting pitcher Matthew Boyd,...1273Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-righty-brooks-kriske-joins-phil-bickford-as-one-of-cubs-flip-projects-r1272/Taking a stroll through Chicago's beloved Christkindlmarket floods the hearts of locals and visitors from across the world with the warmth of the holiday spirit. I don't know if there's a tracker for the number of times a sentence like that has been written about the Cubs' front office, but if t...1272Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:36:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/youre-the-cubs-gm-plotting-my-offseason-apparently-i-shouldnt-trade-seiya-suzuki-r1241/In a world where armchair GMs can actually run the team, what moves should the Cubs make this offseason to establish themselves as a true contender? 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...1241Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/have-some-fun-watching-this-old-cubs-dodgers-game-with-us-part-3-the-real-live-game-r1271/Deep into the holiday weekend, now, you should be sick to death of football. Watch an old baseball game with us. Today, at long last, I want to talk about Mike Harkey. In the first two installments of this semi-unintentional trilogy, I focused on the quirks and quiddities of the Cubs' broadc...1271Sat, 30 Nov 2024 12:38:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/have-some-fun-watching-this-old-cubs-dodgers-game-with-us-part-2-the-eye-in-the-sky-r1270/Yesterday, we began a festival feast of old baseball by talking about the unique aspects (good and bad) of a 1990 Cubs broadcast. Today, let's tackle the game that was played that day, itself. The funny thing about baseball is that every time a team tries something novel and interesting, the...1270Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:30:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/have-some-fun-watching-this-old-cubs-dodgers-game-with-us-part-1-the-broadcast-r1269/It's a holiday weekend. With the long desert of the offseason still stretched out before us, allow yourself an oasis and flip on a game from May 1990. The internet is, in some ways, a marvelous and joyous thing. I refuse to be starved for baseball. It's healthy, sometimes, to deny oneself co...1269Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:38:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agent-pitcher-emmanuel-ramirez-fastball-shape/We know the Cubs will try to add proven, high-quality pitchers this winter, even if it be at a high price. That does not need to come at the expense of adding interesting arms on minor-league deals, though, and one journeyman should garner special attention from them. By all rights, Emmanuel...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/We know the Cubs are in the market for a starting pitcher, to upgrade a rotation of uncertain quality and depth. After a monster deal Tuesday night, the Dodgers have swept one top target off the market, narrowing Chicago's options. It's not quite December, when the hot stove tends to get up...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 intro is going to be a little more personal. I know, it's not great writing to use the word "I." I apologize to Mr. Stanky (his real name), my English 2 teacher back in 1995. But this writer grew up a Cubs fan, has been a Cubs fan, and yet has been a terrible fan lately. I have fallen into...1265Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:09:02 +0000