https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/29/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/can-nico-hoerner-and-alex-bregman-hold-onto-the-improvements-they-made-in-2025-r2511/As any veteran of the baseball industry will tell you, the hardest tool to scout is the feel to hit. There's so much reactivity, so fragile a balance in it, that it's hard to gauge what a hitter can do over just a few games. It's hard to project how a player who can dominate at one level might d...2511Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:17:08 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/michael-busch-deserves-the-importance-of-no-2-hole-in-cubs-lineup-r2506/Despite the rest of the division jockeying for pole position in the NL Central, the Chicago Cubs have one of the most lethal offenses in professional baseball, capable of setting the tone in the Senior Circuit. Michael Busch, the North Side's powerful yet underrated first baseman, impressed insi...2506Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-2026-opening-day-roster-projection-v-30-r2509/  It’s officially the final month without regular season baseball, and thus, it’s time for another Cubs opening day roster projection. Besides, there have been important changes lately. The North Siders have made a pair of seismic moves for Edward Cabrera (trade) and Alex Bregman (free agen...2509Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:50:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/justin-steeles-eventual-return-to-health-will-present-cubs-with-good-problem-to-have-r2508/He doesn't have to answer this question for a while, but at some point, Craig Counsell will need to make the call: Who will be bumped from the Chicago Cubs' rotation when Justin Steele is ready to come back from elbow surgery? Steele is, in his words, "ahead of schedule" and moving "full st...2508Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:02:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chronicling-the-1918-cubs-part-8-the-great-hippo-vaughn-r2507/  Welcome to part eight of North Side Baseball’s offseason series covering the 1918 Chicago Cubs. You can find the first seven parts here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Today, we’ll be doing another player profile,...2507Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:58:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/breaking-down-the-cubs-bullpen-battle-the-lefties-r2502/  Earlier this week, we discussed the many, many candidates for not-so-many spots in the Cubs' Opening Day bullpen, focusing on the right-handed hurlers in the mix. Today, let's tackle the lefties vying for the few open spots, and the way the team will utilize those who don't make the cut....2502Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:31:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-absurdity-of-nico-hoerners-mlb-top-100-exclusion-r2499/Over the weekend, MLB Network announced their annual list of the Top 100 players in Major League Baseball. The Chicago Cubs were well-represented on the list, with their four names — Alex Bregman, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Busch, and Seiya Suzuki — tied for the fourth-most on a given roster....2499Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-chicago-cubs-will-play-113-games-before-the-2026-mlb-trade-deadline-r2501/Barring rainouts that are made up late in the season, the Chicago Cubs will play 113 regular-season games before the 2026 MLB trade deadline, which the league officially set this week for August 3. In a recent collective bargaining agreement, the league and the players union changed the rules ar...2501Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:00:58 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/its-time-for-the-cubs-to-win-the-nl-central-r2492/Featuring their most complete roster since the end of the Theo Epstein/Joe Maddon era, the Chicago Cubs enter the 2026 campaign with aspirations of their first full-season division title since 2017. Standing in their way are the scrappy, overachieving, endlessly capable Milwaukee Brewers. Though...2492Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-finally-have-the-perfect-roster-to-suit-colin-rea-r2496/Colin Rea was always meant to be a swingman with the Chicago Cubs. He possesses the ideal skill set and a modest history of amicably filling such a role. The issue is that the fortunes of the 2025 didn't allow it.  If you recall, there was a battle for the fifth spot in the Cubs' rotation l...2496Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:54:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-is-the-point-of-tyler-austin-r2497/Nobody in baseball quaked when the Cubs signed Tyler Austin, bringing him back to the States after a half-decade in Japan. The 34-year-old did have some impressive stats (.287/.372/.554, in 1,796 plate appearances), but he hasn't been tested by the deeper staffs of power arms in the U.S. since 2...2497Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:29:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-right-field-a-viable-place-to-put-matt-shaw-r2491/  The Chicago Cubs offseason started out slower than most Cubs fans had hoped for, but in a loud one-two punch earlier this month, they changed the narrative, trading for Edward Cabrera to bolster the starting rotation and signing All-Star Alex Bregman to buttress the everyday lineup. Specu...2491Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:13:01 +0000