https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/126/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/tom-rickettss-2025-letter-to-chicago-cubs-fans-revealed-r1165/Everyone got to read Tom Ricketts's letter to Cubs fans about the 2024 season. Only you special souls who found this post get a sneak peek at next year's version. [Note: Some specific names are mentioned, like Kyle Tucker, but it's not meant to be a PREDICTION that Tucker is coming in a trad...1165Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:56:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-free-agent-target-tracker-corbin-burnes-r1168/Will Chicago be willing to splurge on the 2021 National League Cy Young Winner--and former Cubs killer? Though Corbin Burnes was traded to the Baltimoe Orioles back in late January, the ace righthander is well known around these parts as one of the figureheads of the most recent iterations o...1168Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/league-championship-series-lineups-are-a-reminder-that-great-hitters-value-ripples-out-r1167/The Chicago Cubs can only sit at home and watch as the 2024 MLB postseason unfolds. While they're at it, though, they can learn plenty about how to build a juggernaut for 2025 and beyond. It's not uncommon to hear, in vague terms, that superstars provide a team with extra value beyond their...1167Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-wrigley-field-grounds-crew-preserves-and-winterizes-the-park-each-offseason-r1166/There are fascinating steps and layers to the way the Cubs staff puts Wrigley Field to bed each winter, to ensure that it can spring back to life each Opening Day. As the Chicago days become shorter and the warm Wrigley day games become more distant, the city gears up for the inevitable, sev...1166Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:37:12 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-utter-lack-of-homegrown-talent-from-latin-america-remains-a-glaring-problem-r1164/One of the first pet projects of the Ricketts family after assuming ownership of the Chicago Cubs was an academy in the Dominican Republic. It remains virtually the last concrete evidence of the team's commitment to mining an essential vein of talent in the modern game. It would be unfair to...1164Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:22:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-rumors-michael-busch-andrew-vaughn-ryan-mountcastle-ty-france/A stronger bench and platoon presence from the right side is a must for the 2025 Cubs. One avenue through which they could pursue that needed improvement is the trade market, where other teams' reluctance to spend money could benefit Chicago. As good as Michael Busch was in 2024, there are v...1163Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:41:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-the-cubs-delegation-did-in-week-1-of-the-arizona-fall-league-r1162/The annual autumnal showcase is underway, and an octet of Cubs prospects made their marks in the first days of the action. Depending on your secondary rooting interest(s), it’s possible that the dwindling number of teams remaining in the MLB postseason has caused your attention to wane. If y...1162Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:36:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-rumors-josh-rojas-willi-castro-luis-garcia-swanson-hoerner-paredes/One way to leverage the advantage of being a big-market team with money coming off the books is to seek out teams with talented players whose salaries are rising while the payroll is not. As the offseason looms, there's a veneer of homeostasis around the Cubs' infield. Michael Busch establis...1161Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:19:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-ricketts-speaks-coaching-carousel-churns-forward-r1160/To paraphrase Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch, only one team's season ends in anything but misery. That sentiment informed the tenor of this past week for the Cubs, as the man himself, Tom Ricketts, spoke up in another busy week for the North Siders. Let's dive in to see how it all went down....1160Sun, 13 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/an-examination-of-tom-ricketts-letter-to-cubs-fans-r1158/On October 11, Cubs Chairman of the Board of Directors Tom Ricketts sent his annual letter to Cubs fans. Much like a Jed Hoyer press conference, if you are already predisposed to anger toward the Ricketts family, you will find ample to become angry about. Here's the full text of the letter w...1158Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:56:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/north-side-baseballs-2024-cubs-most-valuable-player-shota-imanaga-r1156/Even in a season full of disappointments, the Cubs had plenty of talent. That’s what makes the result so frustrating, knowing that the skill was there, even if the results weren’t. Let’s take a look at who the North Side Baseball crew voted as the 2024 Most Valuable Player. Honorable Mentio...1156Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-lesson-of-this-october-for-left-out-cubs-better-build-a-deep-varied-bullpen-r1157/The 2024 Cubs needed a better relief ace, or at least to find their way to one sooner. But as the postseason has reminded everyone, the next-level challenge is to build a bullpen that contains several reliable hurlers with versatile skill sets. With each passing year, the postseason becomes...1157Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:16:01 +0000