https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/170/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/nsbb-top-25-2023-cody-bellinger-nico-hoerner-dansby-swanson/Our first year of North Side Baseball in this format has been a lot of fun, and a huge learning experience. Hopefully you have enjoyed the journey of the season and offseason as much as we have. On fun way to look back at the year-that-was is to review our 25 most-viewed articles.  Before we...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/Jed Hoyer has a reputation for being patient. It often serves the Cubs well. This offseason, however, Jed’s greatest virtue might be betraying him and the team. This is a companion piece to another I wrote regarding the Cubs’ modus operandi of sticking close to their internal player valuatio...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 2023 offseason has been trudging along in earnest for some time now, and the Cubs have been patiently sitting on their hands. Though it left fans antsy for any news, Jed Hoyer and company have long prided themselves on being calculated rather than reactionary.  The good news is that the...517Mon, 25 Dec 2023 12:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-rumor-roundup-free-agent-teoscar-hernandez-twins-trade-candidates-r516/Things figure to be quiet over the next several days, both for the Cubs themselves and here on the site. Let's talk a little baseball before we go. I do want to invite you to swing back in and explore our forums in the coming days. There's always good conversation happening there. We'll also...516Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:39:24 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/yoshinobu-yamamoto-cubs-free-agency-shota-imanaga-jordan-montgomery-trade-candidates-pete-alonso-shane-bieber/Fairly late on Thursday night, the Dodgers agreed to a monstrous 12-year, $325-million deal with right-handed Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The big three dominos of this offseason have fallen. What now? Those scrappy Dodgers are really starting to put something together. It was tough to f...513Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:26:53 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/destination-the-show-episode-17-with-special-guest-matt-trueblood-r512/Draft tandem JD Cameron and Jeremy Nygaard team up for a new podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues. In this week we break down the Cubs MiLB system with North Side Baseball Managing Editor, Matt Trueblood. After reviewing the Twins system last week, the boys are back t...512Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:20:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/justin-steele-mississippi-fastball-slider-projections-2024/The Cubs' ace southpaw had a fascinating, two-act 2023 season. Comparing and contrasting his first- and second-half selves can help us understand the whole and feel out the right expectations for 2024. Despite an impressive close to his 2022 season, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who s...510Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:40:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/coaching-staff-darren-holmes-mark-strittmatter-craig-counsell-ryan-flaherty/In important news for the maximization of the value of new manager Craig Counsell, the Cubs completed their coaching staff Tuesday. They'll enter 2024 with, in some sense, three pitching coaches in uniform each day. Without a doubt, Craig Counsell has value all his own as a manager. He's mas...511Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:23:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cleveland-guardians-trade-candidates-shane-bieber-josh-naylor-emmanuel-clase-alexander-canario-christopher-morel/At this point, it's not the waiting game of Yoshinobu Yamamoto's free agency that is holding up the Cubs' winter. Rather, it's the long dance they're doing with the Cleveland Guardians, about multiple potential trades that could set the direction of their offseason. There's no question that...509Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:38:07 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/bonus-more-than-triples-justin-steeles-2023-earnings-r508/On Monday, Major League Baseball announced the recipients of their pre-arbitration bonuses. Cubs lefty Justin Steele received one of the largest bonuses handed out. Two other Cubs also got some bonus money to spend before the holidays. In the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the two...508Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:51:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/3-cubs-40-man-roster-cuts-brennen-davis-caleb-kilian-michael-rucker/Giving up on players willy-nilly is no way to do business, but a healthy pace of turnover and trade is vital to the sustainability of a competitive organization. The Cubs have three open spots on their 40-man roster right now, but they also have three players they need to jettison by February....507Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:33:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/projecting-the-cubs-2024-opening-day-roster-v-10-r506/With their offseason starting so slowly, the Cubs are far from a finished product for 2024. If the season were to begin today, though, how would they line up along the chalk lines? Let's take a look, to pinpoint what still needs to change. For the purposes of this exercise, we'll focus solel...506Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:01:53 +0000