https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/33/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jordan-in-cleats-shohei-ohtani-continues-to-mirror-career-arc-of-his-only-real-comp-r2288/The list of comparable phenomena in the history of sports is short. Shohei Ohtani is the best baseball player ever, without a close or serious rival, and the way he's swept up the sport—advancing it as a global interest while simultaneously wrapping the whole apparatus around himself, becoming t...2288Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:52:11 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/miguel-amaya-unlikely-to-achieve-super-two-eligibility-this-winter-easing-path-to-playing-time-r2287/The offseason is right around the corner, and Miguel Amaya is poised to enter it with 2 years, 130 days of MLB service. That's very close to the cutoff for Super Two eligibility for arbitration in recent years, but according to a review of the players who make up the pool of candidates for that...2287Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-arbitration-decisions-projections-justin-steele-r2286/SP Justin Steele Age on Opening Day 2026: 30 Service Time: 4.1 years 2023 salary: League Minimum 2024 salary: $4,000,000 2025 salary: $6,500,000 2026 projected salary: $6,550,000 Background: Justin Steele was drafted by the Chicago Cubs out of high school way back in 2014. A m...2286Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:58:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-pete-crow-armstrongs-second-half-answered-one-of-cubs-historys-biggest-what-ifs-r2285/For Cubs fans of a certain age, there are a host of haunting 'what-if' scenarios attached to the team's 2003 season. On the whole, that was a great year, featuring the team's first division title in 14 years and almost as many postseason games (12) as they'd played from 1945 through 2002 (13). I...2285Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:29:18 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/splitters-are-suddenly-everywhere-do-cubs-need-to-throw-more-of-them-r2284/If you’re anything like me, you’ve been watching a lot of playoff baseball. Whether the Cubs are involved or not, it’s just something I do every October, like clockwork. Something I really enjoy doing, while watching, is trying to spot the small things that the two World Series teams are doing t...2284Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:59:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/news-nico-hoerner-wins-fielding-bible-award-at-second-base-cubs-win-inaugural-team-award-r2283/Nico Hoerner became the second Cubs second baseman to win a Fielding Bible Award Thursday, claiming the 2025 honor over Toronto Blue Jays star Andrés Giménez. Although center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong lost out to Red Sox counterpart Ceddanne Rafaela, the Cubs also eked out the win for the firs...2283Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:38:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-need-to-emphasize-right-handed-power-rather-than-lefties-like-kyle-tucker-r2282/  Since 1947, there have been 28 player-seasons in which a right-handed Cubs batter hit at least 35 home runs. That's a respectable number, though obviously, it's a bit inflated by the presence of two men: Sammy Sosa and Ernie Banks. Sosa had 10 35-homer seasons in a Cubs uniform; Banks had...2282Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-arbitration-decisions-projections-eli-morgan-r2278/Eli Morgan - Relief Pitcher Age on Opening Day 2026: 30 Service Time: 3.1 years 2023 salary: League Minimum 2024 salary: League Minimum 2025 salary: League Minimum 2026 projected salary: $1,100,000 Background:  Eli Morgan was acquired from the Cleveland Guardians last offseaso...2278Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:36:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/contract-option-decisions-will-lend-early-insight-on-cubs-offseason-pitching-plans-r2281/As the Cubs gear up for a pivotal winter, the first three major decisions they'll need to make are about the three pitchers on whom they hold club options. We've already talked at length about the complex, layered options in Shota Imanaga's deal, whereby the team has to either exercise a three-y...2281Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/vibe-check-chemistry-took-the-cubs-far-but-stability-will-take-them-further-r2276/After the baseball world witnessed its brightest star, Shohei Ohtani, make history with his 10-strikeout, three-homer performance over the weekend, something still felt like it was missing. What is it? Might I offer an answer? It's a stadium called Wrigley Field and the brand of baseball they pl...2276Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:49:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grading-the-2025-chicago-cubs-outfielders-r2280/The outfield figured to be the Chicago Cubs’ strongest position group coming into the season, and believe it or not, they did perform as such. The group’s 122 wRC+ was second in baseball behind the Yankees, and they posted 14.3 WAR, which was third, according to FanGraphs.  It makes sense....2280Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:53:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/after-standing-firm-on-mois%C3%A9s-ballesteros-at-trade-deadline-will-cubs-install-him-full-time-in-2026-r2279/At the 2025 MLB trade deadline, the big hang-up the Cubs kept running into was simple: everyone wanted Moisés Ballesteros. The Nationals were interested in a package of Matt Shaw and Cade Horton in exchange for controllable southpaw MacKenzie Gore, but if Chicago wasn't willing to give up both o...2279Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:38:01 +0000