https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/155/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-refuse-to-spend-like-a-big-market-team-r525/I promise, I’d like to be more positive than this. I like it when the Cubs are good, and when they’re adding good players to their team. Unfortunately, the Cubs haven’t been good for a few years now, and they haven’t added a single player to the team, let alone a good one, all winter....525Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nsbb-top-25-2023-justin-steele-jed-hoyer-tom-ricketts/As I've mentioned before, I'm often surprised by the articles that are most successful or receive the most views. Even in the group below, you'll find some articles and not be surprised how well it would do. Others might surprise you by their randomness. When a team is fighting for a playoff spo...528Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cody-bellinger-free-agency-negotiations-opt-outs-200-million-scott-boras-jed-hoyer/"Hi, Jed, it's Scott," Scott says, because apparently it's 1997 and you don't have his number saved on a digital screen that lights up before you answer the phone. "Cody Bellinger is really excited about the possibility of coming back to Chicago, but we have some other interest, some other offer...529Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:14:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-candidate-anthony-santander-javier-assad-hayden-wesneski-cubs-2024-lineup/Every winter, a handful of trades happen without having ever been on anyone's radar. In early 2015, the Cubs traded for Dexter Fowler, surrendering Luis Valbuena and Dan Straily in the exchange, and it came almost out of nowhere. Yet, it was the move that completed and lent synergy to that offse...527Sat, 30 Dec 2023 15:29:39 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nss-most-viewed-part-4-mark-leiter-david-ross-cody-bellinger/Welcome to the penultimate day of 2023, and to the penultimate list in our series of most-viewed articles this year. We've got more on the now-former manager. Trade ideas. Free agent pitchers. And a nice feel-good story about a pitcher who has spent time between Triple-A and the big leagues sinc...526Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:44:26 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/top-25-articles-2023-alexander-canario-pete-crow-armstrong-cody-bellinger/In late July, there were a lot of rumors surrounding who the Cubs might acquire at the trade deadline. Would they be busy? Then in August, the Cubs were playing well and there was a lot of thought on the site and among Cubs fans that there were a few minor leaguers who could come up to the club...522Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:28:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/do-the-cubs-have-a-chicago-problem-r518/First, it's worth checking out if you haven’t seen the report yet. It’s a fascinating discussion that re-emphasizes the human element of the tidal wave of transactions throughout the year.  I’ll go out on a limb and predict that most around here have effusive praise for Chicago; hell, I liv...518Fri, 29 Dec 2023 12:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agency-mitch-garver-yuki-matsui-remaining-options-jed-hoyer/The good news is that, with pitchers and catchers reporting in just seven weeks, teams have finally been forced to get serious and start making their commitments for 2024. In the past week, in addition to the Dodgers' blockbuster signing of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, we've seen Mitch Garver land with t...524Thu, 28 Dec 2023 12:48:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/top-20-articles-2023-david-ross-craig-counsell-lucas-giolito/In today's set of five oft-viewed articles from 2023, there are several interesting topics. Comparing David Ross and Craig Counsell. A majority of Matt's Top 10 Free Agents are still available. The Angels' strange late-season roster decisions. And, the debut of the Man/Cubs Cave series was reall...521Thu, 28 Dec 2023 12:29:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nsbb-top-25-2023-cody-bellinger-nico-hoerner-dansby-swanson/Before we begin this series, we need to acknowledge that the current version of North Side Baseball began in early April, so it’s more like the Top 25 articles of the final eight-and-a-half months of 2023. However, it is fun to look back at the 2023 Cubs season through this lens. What were the p...519Wed, 27 Dec 2023 12:27:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-free-agency-rumors-tyler-glssnow-yoshinobu-yamamoto-jed-hoyer-approach/This is a companion piece to another I wrote regarding the Cubs’ modus operandi of sticking close to their internal player valuations. There, I was fair and holistic, analyzing how the organization-wide patience has both helped and hurt the Cubs in the past and present. This follow-up, however,...520Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:12:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/panic-cubs-free-agency-mlb-dylan-cease-tyler-glasnow-shane-bieber/The good news is that the Cubs aren’t the only team that has sat out the free agent market entirely so far; by mid-December, they are one of eight teams not to spend a guaranteed dollar on a free agent. It is worth noting, however, that many teams in that bunch have participated in the trade mar...517Mon, 25 Dec 2023 12:12:02 +0000