https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/23/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/breaking-shota-imanaga-accepts-qualifying-offer-will-stay-with-cubs-for-22025-million-r2330/Shota Imanaga might have miscalculated a bit. He didn't think the Cubs would extend him the qualifying offer, so he turned down $15 million for 2026 with the right to earn either $15 million more in 2027 or $42 million more from 2027-28. Then again, the Cubs might have miscalculated, themselves....2330Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:04:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-wide-open-40-man-roster-will-fill-up-in-a-hurry-tuesday-r2328/It's Decision Day for Shota Imanaga, to whom the Cubs extended the qualifying offer two weeks ago. He doesn't currently count as a member of the organization, but if he accepts the offer, he'll go right back onto the 40-man roster. Right now, there's lots of room for him, but while he makes a de...2328Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agency-ranger-suarez-cubs-pitching-philosophy/If you'd gone looking for a distinctly Cubs-coded starting pitcher in the free-agent class two winters ago, you might well have come up with Shota Imanaga as tops on the list. He was a veteran starter with an elite walk rate and sneaky athleticism. Though not a strikeout artist, he showed the ab...2322Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:37:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ian-happ-the-cub-vs-ian-happ-the-trade-candidate-r2319/Ian Happ is so much more than just the longest-tenured member of the Chicago Cubs. He's now a four-time reigning Gold Glover in left field, a remarkable achievement considering the team had no idea where to put him for the first five seasons of his career. He's also got a career 116 wRC+ and 20....2319Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:06:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-will-play-for-team-usa-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-r2321/Fueled by his friendship with Seiya Suzuki and his eye-catching fashion choices, Pete Crow-Armstrong became an international star when the Cubs went to Japan to open the 2025 regular season. Next March, he won't have to endure as long a flight to experience the same global spotlight. He has acce...2321Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:40:56 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/tatsuya-imai-might-be-the-pitcher-the-cubs-break-the-free-agent-bank-for-r2291/The Chicago Cubs ended their 2025 campaign with a game started by Drew Pomeranz. There was a time (before the Covid-19 pandemic) when that sentence wouldn't have seemed crazy, but that was also the last time that it wouldn't have. Since then, Pomeranz has transitioned from a starting pitcher to...2291Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/justin-turner-we-hardly-knew-ye-best-free-agent-backup-options-for-michael-busch-r2316/For the Chicago Cubs, when it comes to first base, Michael Busch will start for the next five years, health and skills permitting. After a tremendous 34-homer, 94-RBI season, we should expect him to man the position for the foreseeable future. The only nit to pick is his stats against left-hande...2316Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:51:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-brad-keller-could-get-back-together-for-two-years-but-probably-not-for-three-r2318/The Cubs enjoyed a major free-agent success in each department of their roster in 2025. They signed Matthew Boyd to a two-year deal in late November 2024, and watched him emerge as their co-ace for much of the season. They picked up Carson Kelly in mid-December, and enjoyed his best season as a...2318Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:08:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-should-give-their-3-top-hitting-prospects-jobs-next-season-instead-of-spending-on-a-hitter-r2317/With Kyle Tucker officially a free agent and little early indication that the Cubs intend to chase after him with $300 million in hand, the unrest has already begun to percolate. At the GM Meetings in Las Vegas, Jed Hoyer seemed to hint that his focus this winter would be on adding pitching—pres...2317Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:12:49 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/seven-starts-that-defined-the-professors-cubs-legacy-r2315/On Monday, another member of the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 championship team decided to hang it up. The Professor, Kyle Hendricks, will no longer be schooling hitters with his pinpoint accuracy and looping curveball. The 35-year-old pitched 12 seasons in the big leagues, 11 with the Cubs, accumulating...2315Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/celebrating-pete-crow-armstrongs-sterling-defense-even-though-he-didnt-go-platinum-r2309/Over the weekend, MLB announced the annual winners for their "Platinum Glove" award, which highlights the single best defensive player in each league. While the Chicago Cubs took home the MLB's team award, they did not have a winner for the individual award; instead, this award for the National...2309Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:06:11 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chronicling-the-1918-cubs-part-1-world-war-1-grover-cleveland-alexander-r2308/This offseason, we’re going to get in a time machine back to 1918. I’ll be doing a series of articles examining the 1918 Chicago Cubs. I’ll have game recaps, player profiles, summaries of major events, and all sorts of stuff in between. I plan on doing these chronologically, so you can feel like...2308Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:13:02 +0000