https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/144/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/destination-the-show-episode-11-r416/The World Series concluded while we were recording. What better time to reflect on each organizations top prospects? As we get ready to enter the offseason, JD and Jeremy break down the Just Baseball Top 100 Prospects list in depth, digging into 2023 numbers for Matt Shaw, Kevin Alcantara, Owen...416Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/reflecting-on-the-2016-world-series-championship-anniversary-r415/“Just One Before We Die” This was not just an awesome OBVIOUS SHIRTS tag, but a mantra that carried a fan base through systemic futility. The franchise had long owned phrases such as “Lovable Losers” and “cursed”, building it into the fabric of their identity. National coverage of the Cubs...415Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-trade-target-jorge-mateo-r413/A list of players who might be non-tendered is, inherently, full of guys with obvious and important flaws. After all, to be non-tendered is to have a team proactively elect to cut ties with you, even though they hold the right to keep you for less than the market price. Occasionally, a player be...413Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:00:35 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/candid-from-the-confines-im-back-baby-r410/In 2019, I ended my time as a Chicago Cubs season ticket holder. It was an extremely difficult decision, as my love of the Cubs is great. I started in the middle, though. Let me catch you up on my history. I became a Cubs fan the same way a lot of folks do: family. I am a from-the-cradle Cub fan...410Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-would-a-juan-soto-centered-cubs-offseason-look-like-r407/We should be clear: Juan Soto is a phenomenal baseball player, and getting excited about the possibility of him becoming available in trades next month is only natural. There's no question that the Cubs' interest in the superstar is legitimate, because anyone who isn't at least interested in Sot...407Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:17:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-trade-target-josh-naylor-r406/There really shouldn't be any particular urgency for the Cleveland Guardians to jettison Josh Naylor. He's a livewire personality. His brother is their catcher of the present and future. He's even under team control for another two years. Alas, where the Guardians are concerned, "shouldn't" does...406Sat, 28 Oct 2023 11:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-won-the-only-defensive-award-you-should-care-about-r404/The Gold Gloves are overpoweringly lame. They're a worthless farce, made only slightly more preposterous by the fact that the league now foists fake "finalist" discourse on us each fall in conjunction with them. Rafael Palmeiro, famously, won a Gold Glove at first base in a year in which he prim...404Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:01:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-brain-drain-could-be-the-unexpected-danger-of-the-cubs-offseason-r401/When a team achieves a major success, they can count on being raided by other teams for the smart people who built the roster and got the most out of them. The Cubs lost plenty of front office personnel in the wake of their 2016 World Series title, and coaches Brandon Hyde and Dave Martinez got...401Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:38:45 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-play-keep-or-cut-bait-with-the-cubs-bullpen-r399/Right off the bat, we can identify a few absolute locks for the 2024 Chicago Cubs bullpen. Adbert Alzolay comes with some lingering health questions, but to whatever extent he can stay available, he'll enter next season as one of the team's high-leverage arms. MLB Trade Rumors projects a $2.5-mi...399Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-cubs-fans-pain-watching-kyle-schwarber-hit-playoff-home-runs-elsewhere-r398/When Kyle Schwarber launched his 19th career postseason home run into the Arizona night on Friday, he made some history. With the 403-foot blast, Schwarber passed Reggie Jackson and became MLB’s all-time leader in playoff home runs for a left-handed hitter. He added another dong Saturday, to con...398Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:51:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/marcus-stromans-walk-rate-walk-year-and-unique-bad-luck-r397/As tempting as it is to chalk up all of Marcus Stroman's struggles from July through the end of the season to the hip injury that sidelined him for so much of that time, that would be an oversimplification. That's both good and bad news. Stroman wasn't necessarily likely to sustain the improveme...397Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:14:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/destination-the-show-episode-9-r396/In our first ever mailbag episode, Jeremy, JD and Theo discuss Kim Ng stepping down as the GM of the Marlins and talk through Twins, Brewers and Cubs prospects in the AFL. Jeremy and JD banter about the new Just Baseball top 100 prospects lists before answering questions on Ben Ross and Jorel Or...396Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:19:00 +0000