https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/66/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/week-in-review-cubs-arrive-in-japan-with-their-work-cut-out-for-them-r1597/After an early start but (still) an abbreviated buildup to regular-season baseball in their respective spring training camps, the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to square off in their special two-game series. First, though, both clubs took the field in exhibition play against teams...1597Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:08:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jed-hoyer-and-failure-to-work-effectively-in-the-margins-r1590/The first margin Jed Hoyer struggles to fill is which prospects to trade. In obtaining Kyle Tucker, he traded Cam Smith, one of the few prospects in the system with true star potential. Smith is competing this preseason for a starting job in Houston less than a year after being drafted. If Tucke...1590Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:16:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/gage-workman-is-the-superior-option-to-vidal-bruj%C3%A1n-versatility-be-damned-r1593/The Chicago Cubs entered the spring exhibition slate with a steady backlog of bench options. This jam was the result not of legitimate options holding Major League track records, but of light-hitting, at-one-point-possessing-offensive-upside, versatile names sprinkled throughout the spring invit...1593Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:56:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2025-nl-central-preview-st-louis-cardinals-r1594/Last Year Although they weren’t terrible — playing above .500 ball in five of the six months of the 2024 season — the Cardinals just didn’t have enough horsepower to keep up in the division. St. Louis finished tied for second with the Chicago Cubs with an 83-79 record, 10 games behind Milwauke...1594Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:03:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-will-break-out-in-2025-regardless-of-the-naysayers-r1592/Pete Crow-Armstrong may never be the Chicago Cubs’ “best” player. But it probably doesn’t matter. In his time with the Cubs, there were two occasions in which Javier Báez led the team by various Wins Above Replacement metrics. But in the organization’s previous era, he hardly would’ve been...1592Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:56:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-have-had-recent-contact-with-lance-lynn-but-deal-not-imminent-r1591/  Right-handed pitcher Lance Lynn and the Cubs have had recent talks about a one-year deal, on the eve of a season that the team hopes will stretch more than seven full months, a source said. That (apparently) confirms a report from USA Today's Bob Nightengale, although Nightengale's report...1591Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:07:09 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2025-nl-central-preview-pittsburgh-pirates-r1588/Last Year The Bucs finished dead last in the NL Central in 2024 with a mark of 76-86 under skipper Derek Shelton, seven games behind the Cubs and 17 games behind the division-winning Brewers. They climbed as high as second in the standings on July 30, but lost 12 of 13 games to drop them out o...1588Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:05:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/keegan-thompson-looks-likely-to-be-roster-victim-when-cubs-activate-matt-shaw-r1589/Matt Shaw made it onto the plane to Tokyo, but he hasn't yet (officially) made it onto the Chicago Cubs' 40-man roster. Presumably, that move will come soon, because as important to the team's future as he is, Shaw hasn't earned a place within the organization sufficiently prominent to have gott...1589Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:02:17 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/only-the-cubs-can-keep-the-cubs-out-of-the-postseason-r1584/You can pick any number of reasons as to why hope for Craig Counsell's 2025 ball club is soaring: they've got tremendous pitching depth, a balanced lineup, and most importantly (for now), they're healthy. What strikes me more this year than in previous campaigns is the eyebrow-raising maturity o...1584Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2025-nl-central-preview-milwaukee-brewers-r1582/Last Year Milwaukee left division foes in the dust in 2024, taking the division by 10 games over the Cubs and the Cardinals. The Brewers had only one losing month and had a scintillating winning percentage of .679 in August to pull away from the pack. They moved into the division lead the l...1582Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-newest-statcast-leaderboard-should-boost-your-confidence-in-kyle-tuckers-fit-with-cubs-r1586/Every month or so, Baseball Savant rolls out something new and fun—another set of interesting data, or a new way to break down what was already available. This week, it's a new Batted Ball Profile leaderboard, which shows how each hitter's array of batted balls breaks down, not just by trajector...1586Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:04:20 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-2025-position-analysis-center-field-r1583/Even with the addition of Kyle Tucker, the middle of the Chicago Cubs’ 2025 outfield trio has the potential to be the most thrilling component of a very solid roster. This is, of course, due to the second-half emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong. Crow-Armstrong doesn’t just represent upper-90s...1583Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:37:10 +0000