https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/27/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-best-path-to-necessary-improvement-sign-a-slugging-third-baseman-trade-matt-shaw-for-pitching-r2274/If the Cubs were as good at scouting and player development as they keep telling fans (and themselves) they are, they'd have a pretty simple offseason ahead. They'd have amassed better homegrown pitching depth, and wouldn't be so obviously starved for swing-and-miss arms. They'd be in a position...2274Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:11:42 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grading-the-2025-chicago-cubs-bullpen-r2269/Pitching out of the bullpen is one of the more difficult things to quantify because they have the smallest sample sizes of almost any player, allowing for more wild swings in data, both year to year and month to month. There are also scoring rules that can hide poor performance, or instead, magn...2269Sat, 18 Oct 2025 11:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-much-extra-money-will-young-cubs-stars-make-based-on-new-mlb-rules-and-playoff-shares-r2270/As part of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (which took effect in 2022), players throughout the majors who are not yet eligible for salary arbitration have some extra ways to accrue bonus pay and service time. Winning (or placing highly in the voting) for certain awards nets automatic...2270Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:56:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grading-the-2025-chicago-cubs-infielders-r2266/There are three components that make the infield collective of the Chicago Cubs perhaps the most stable aspect of their franchise ahead of 2026. The first is on the defensive side, where they succeeded at virtually every position in '25. As a collective, their work with the leather is some of th...2266Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-much-money-did-chicago-cubs-make-because-of-their-playoff-run-r2268/It was an extremely lucrative year for the Ricketts family, the owners of the Chicago Cubs, and there's a promise of more to come. The team hiked season-ticket prices, but still saw average attendance rise by over 1,200 fans per game. They got a windfall from the league in the form of reimbursem...2268Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:15:59 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grading-the-2025-chicago-cubs-catchers-r2265/That the Chicago Cubs ended up with one of the best catching groups in all of baseball in 2025 isn't a surprise. How they got there, however, certainly qualifies as one.  Despite very mild rumblings about the team seeking to upgrade the position in 2024 and into the subsequent offseason, la...2265Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:53:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/priority-no-1-for-cubs-offseason-extend-nico-hoerner-r2267/Nico Hoerner's maturation as a hitter was one of the best stories of the Cubs' 2025 season. Hoerner, 28, made myriad adjustments in the penultimate season of the contract extension he signed in March 2023. Already an excellent contact hitter, he reduced his punchout rate to 7.6%, the best of his...2267Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/which-arbitration-eligible-cubs-will-be-tendered-contracts-next-month-r2254/Often, teams enter the winter knowing that decisions about whether to offer arbitration to eligible players will be crucial to their plans. This off-season, however, that will be a relatively small part of the Cubs' planning. They have only four arbitration-eligible players. None project to be h...2254Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:08:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/michael-buschs-october-legacy-is-just-getting-started-r2262/Getting their first taste of playoff success in eight long years, the whole Chicago Cubs organization from top to bottom viscerally experienced how satisfying and cinematic October baseball really is. For nearly a fortnight, Michael Busch was the lead actor in the film. And what a picture it was...2262Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:52:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-mandate-this-winter-build-a-pitching-staff-that-misses-bats-finally-really-r2264/Chicago Cubs pitchers walked batters at a lower rate than any other staff in baseball in 2025. They made use of a great team defense and pitched to contact, forcing opponents to beat them (if they could) with solo home runs. It often worked; that's how the Cubs won 92 games. In the NLDS, though,...2264Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:45:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-lost-the-division-title-and-eventually-the-division-series-on-the-margins-r2263/  By most measures, the Chicago Cubs had a successful season. Any season that results in 92 wins and a Wild Card victory can be considered a job well done. But this specific season, this postseason and the way it all played out, feels unsatisfying. The issue was the front office and manager...2263Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:48:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-north-siders-eliminated-from-postseason-by-milwaukees-team-of-destiny-r2261/And just like that, the Chicago Cubs' 2025 campaign has concluded. Securing their first playoff victory since 2017, the Cubs got to play eight additional games, past the standard 162. They're heading into their shortest offseason since 2020, and yet, it feels as though it's starting too soon. Wa...2261Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:14:00 +0000