https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/161/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jordan-montgomery-free-agent-spending-luxury-tax-payroll/Instead of acting like they have no money, the multi-billionaire Ricketts family should spend on talent to make the Chicago Cubs a winning ballclub for 2024 and beyond. The competitive balance tax structure specified in baseball's collective bargaining agreement is unique in major American p...657Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:23:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/podcast-this-is-not-a-rebuild-were-back-r656/The Cubs podcast you barely knew existed and assumed had ceased to exist still exists, baby!   After an accidental hiatus of a few weeks, the gang is back together and TINAR rides again. We spent our return episode discussing myriad Chicago Cubs topics, including: -The return of Co...656Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:37:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/second-base-preview-nico-hoerner-madrigal-morel-shaw-projections/If shortstop is the most settled position the Chicago Cubs have entering the 2024 season, it's likely that second base follows closely behind. Nico Hoerner will hold things down most of the time, but what does the rest of the position look like--and what might the Cubs do in the event of an inju...653Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:21:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/miguel-amaya-vs-yan-gomes-projections-defensive-skills/This offseason has been filled with a lot of opinions and debates, right or wrong, on what should, could, or would change on the Cubs roster. Who could play third base? Who should play first base? Who would they sign? Who is the 5th starter? And so on, and so on. One thing that most people have...650Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/christopher-morel-third-base-fielding-percentage-global-rates/We've all spent much of the spring trying to get ahold of out-of-context, odd-angle videos of Christopher Morel playing third base. Maybe we'd get a better perspective by zooming out--way out. At this point in the timeline, it appears that Christopher Morel will be the Chicago Cubs Opening D...651Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:31:04 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2024-chicago-cubs-positional-preview-shortstop-r649/The hair. The glorious hair.  Ok. I promise I'm done swooning. In an infield with corners of uncertainty, the Cubs will see a welcomed production floor at the shortstop position for 2024 and beyond.  When I volunteered to write the positional preview for shortstop this year, I had great...649Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agency-market-durability-vs-dominance-swanson-montgomery-glasnow-ohtani-garver/For at least 120 years, building winning baseball teams has been an exercise focused on finding sufficient pitching. To attain October glory, you need to get through the long, long season with something left in the tank, and that means prioritizing innings. Workhorses matter. Uhh... right? T...523Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/patrick-wisdom-strikeout-problem-platoon-matchups-madrigal-morel/The Chicago Cubs have one great defensive third baseman, one great offensive third baseman, and one very handsome, very nice Irish fella who doesn't deserve this level of marginalization. Let's find a better way to use him. It might be hard to believe, but Patrick Wisdom is one of the longes...648Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:18:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/monday-morning-north-sider-introductions-more-brennen-davis-injuries-early-returns-on-owen-caissie-r647/A new weekly series at North Side Baseball begins! Let’s take a look at the Cubs’ past week (and some other fun topics). I hope this will be the genesis of a weekly column here at North Side Baseball. Peter King - he of Monday Morning Quarterback fame - just retired from doing his weekly col...647Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:44:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/keegan-thompson-40-man-roster-injury-splits-struggles/Once the Cubs’ most reliable reliever, Keegan Thompson has quickly fallen out of favor in Chicago. Does he have any hope of reclaiming his past glory? A third-round pick in the 2017 MLB Draft, Keegan Thompson initially moved quickly through the Cubs’ farm system, reaching Double-A Tennessee...645Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:28:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2024-cubs-camp-storylines-christopher-morels-position-r646/As one of the best bats in the Cubs’ lineup, the team has every incentive to find Morel a permanent defensive home during the 2024 season. Christopher Morel is a known quantity with his bat. He proved his major league bona fides by posting an .826 OPS in 429 at-bats last year, a big improvem...646Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-fifth-starter-preview-javier-assad-hayden-wesneski-jordan-wicks/Barring any injury or shocking meltdown, the Top Four options for the Chicago Cubs starting rotation appear set. But in a league where it's rare to use fewer than eight starting pitchers in a season, who fills the gaps? As previously noted, we’ll see Justin Steele, Kyle Hendricks, Jameson Ta...644Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:12:01 +0000