https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/125/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/theres-a-very-real-chance-cubs-luxury-tax-status-depends-on-cody-bellingers-opt-out-r1183/We've all been operating a little too confidently when it comes to the Cubs' status as a luxury-tax payer for 2024—unless you feel a whole lot of confidence about what the team's star outfielder is about to do. Whether or not the Cubs went over the first competitive-balance tax threshold by...1183Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-could-target-adolis-garc%C3%ADa-in-trade-as-texas-rangers-cut-payroll-r1181/Add the 2023 World Series champions to the growing list of teams whose budgets are shrinking—and add another big name to the list of big bats the Chicago Cubs might try to bring in this winter. It's a bloodbath. That's the best way to describe the financial landscape for many MLB teams headi...1181Thu, 24 Oct 2024 23:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nico-hoerner-arm-injury-flexor-tendon-surgery-trade-rumors/As it turns out, the Cubs second baseman has a doctor's note to excuse his disappointing season at the plate, not to mention his declining arm strength. He just underwent surgery on the flexor tendon in his right forearm. So, what now? We don't know for sure, but it seems very possible this...1173Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:16:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-rumors-dylan-cease-michael-king-javier-assad/There will be an opening for the Cubs to snatch up a stud starter for a one-year engagement. All they have to do is be willing to relinquish some control. Most Cubs fans are acutely aware of the twists and turns of Dylan Cease's career. The former Cubs farmhand went to the White Sox organiza...1179Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:07:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-aggressively-should-cubs-pursue-npb-starter-tomoyuki-sugano-r1178/Over the last three winters, the Cubs have twice made big investments in veteran stars from Nippon Professional Baseball. They'll have another chance to do so this fall, although for less money and with less upside. In an offseason that looks to be relatively rich with starting pitchers avai...1178Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:17:12 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-to-build-a-200-game-bullpen-starring-the-2025-chicago-cubs-r1177/We all watched, in mixtures of horror and ecstasy, as elite closers folded under the accumulate workloads of their long seasons this October. As the Cubs try to get into that circumstance next year, they need to build a bullpen immune to that problem. There are 162 games in a regular MLB sea...1177Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:17:23 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/isaac-paredes-needs-to-get-back-to-what-made-him-successful-with-the-rays-r1175/Isaac Paredes has a less-than-stellar partial season with the Cubs in 2024. To succeed again, he needs to go back to what he did with the Rays: pull fly balls. The thought process behind the move was clear when the Chicago Cubs acquired Isaac Paredes from the Tampa Bay Rays on July 28. Viewi...1175Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agent-relievers-ryne-stanek-matt-moore-kirby-yates-tommy-kahnle-jose-leclerc/As Chicago sets out to build a better full-season bullpen for 2025, they have a plethora of free-agent options before them. Plunging a hand into that bargain bin is a risk, though, so it's best to cast a discerning eye over the selection first. As happens almost every year, the Cubs found th...1176Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agency-non-tenders-willy-adames-max-kepler-ramon-laureano/And don't say Juan Soto. While the Cubs' offense might already be better than it looks based on raw numbers from 2024, everyone acknowledges the need for the team to get better and deeper for 2025. In a perfect world, the team would seriously and persistently vie for the services of Juan Sot...1172Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:05:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-rumors-brandon-lowe-yandy-diaz-jeffrey-springs/It's going to be a good winter to be a rich team willing to help poor teams solve their payroll problems. The Cubs should be aggressive in that vein, and one recent trade partner is the most obvious place to start. I've said it several times already, and will continue to say it, even as we t...1171Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:32:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/gold-glove-finalists-snub-nico-hoerner-ian-happ-dansby-swanson-jerry-weinstein-cubs-hired/With the postseason reaching a crescendo, this was the slowest week of the Cubs' very young offseason. The waters are shallow this time around, but let's dive in to see how it all went down. Though it's difficult to measure either player's true worth amid the Cubs' dismal results this season...1170Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:42:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/building-a-cubs-bullpen-that-doesnt-struggle-the-first-half-of-the-season-r1169/The Cubs tend to figure out their bullpen in the second half of the season but can they find a way to get there earlier in the season? While the Chicago Cubs otherwise got off to a fantastic start to the 2024 season, it’s easy to remember just how much better that start could have been. Ther...1169Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:58:02 +0000