https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/173/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/might-as-well-jump-a-leap-of-faith-comp-for-the-2023-cubs-lineup-r11/With so many moving parts and matchup guys populating the rest of the roster, the Cubs won’t use the same lineup from the cleanup spot downward very often in 2023. The same isn’t true at the top, though. If Nico Hoerner is healthy, David Ross wants him in the leadoff spot. If Dansby Swanson is h...11Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:00:53 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-nico-hoerner-extension-is-less-than-we-dreamed-but-more-than-it-seems-r10/Nico Hoerner was already under the Cubs’ control through 2025, and he and the team agreed to a contract for just over $2.5 million for 2023 back in January. This new deal, worth $35 million over three years, extends that team control by one season, and that makes it pretty unusual. Let’s talk ab...10Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:14:22 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-hoerner-agree-to-3-year-35-million-extension-r9/The 2023 season will be Nico Hoerner's fifth season in the big leagues. He won't turn 26 for about six weeks. However, he just guaranteed financial security for him and his family for a lifetime.  In mid-January, Hoerner and the Cubs agreed to a $2.525 million contract to avoid arbitration....9Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:53:06 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-deal-zach-mckinstry-to-tigers-for-minor-league-arm-r8/What was your favorite Zach McKinstry moment in a Cubs uniform? The 27-year-old played around the infield for the Cubs in the second half of the 2022 season was traded to the Detroit Tigers on Monday. In return, the Cubs received 24-year-old pitcher Carlos Guzman.  Coming into the spring, M...8Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:26:43 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-michael-fulmer-and-the-cubs-found-a-dream-they-can-agree-on-r6/Once an All-Star starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and a much-rumored Cubs trade target, Michael Fulmer had a hard fall from those heights beginning in 2018. He had never missed bats like a true ace, and that season, the league found a way to exploit that fact more consistently than they h...6Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:23:48 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-you-both-should-and-shouldnt-worry-about-dansby-swansons-spring-r4/In one sense, the answer is easy: no. Don’t ever put too much stock in outcomes in Arizona (or in Florida, for that matter), and always remember that the fundamental reasons for which the Cubs wanted Swanson and paid him so handsomely remain valid. That Swanson didn’t hit for average or even gen...4Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:17:18 +0000