https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/79/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/breaking-cubs-to-sign-first-basemandh-justin-turner-to-one-year-deal-r1510/The Chicago Cubs are finalizing an agreement to sign first baseman and DH Justin Turner, a source confirmed Tuesday morning. Patrick Mooney of The Athletic broke the news. Turner, 40, will be a valued bench bat and a backup to Michael Busch, the team's primary first baseman. He can al...1510Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:49:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/if-you-missed-cubs-jed-hoyer-being-in-a-protracted-hot-stove-staredown-youre-in-luck-r1508/After signing Nick Pivetta and Kyle Hart last week, San Diego Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller told reporters he intends to keep Dylan Cease as the leader and linchpin of the team’s starting rotation for 2025. He got extremely creative with the deals to which he signed Pivett...1508Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:25:55 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/spring-training-questions-how-will-the-cubs-catcher-timeshare-play-out-r1507/After a winter dedicated to creating more clarity and upgrading depth throughout the roster, there isn’t a whole lot for the Chicago Cubs to settle this spring. Matt Shaw and the third base spot notwithstanding, the positional side of the exhibition season will be about building up and staying h...1507Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-interesting-details-and-complex-implications-of-cubs-upcoming-shota-imanaga-decision-r1506/Remember, though it's nominally worth $53 million over four years, Shota Imanaga's deal has a huge wrinkle in it. Imanaga made $10 million ($9 million in base salary, plus a $1-million signing bonus) in his first year Stateside, and will make $13 million this year. So far, so simple. After this...1506Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/make-or-break-players-on-the-2025-cubs-matt-shaw-r1504/Yes, it may seem like a lot to put the team's success on the back of Matt Shaw, a player who will probably make his MLB debut in just over a month, but he is a bit of an outlier. The hype around Shaw's emergence is extremely real, and the expectations will be higher than normal for the beginning...1504Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/understanding-deferrals-right-totally-recasts-cubs-alex-bregman-debacle-r1505/Let's get one thing clear, right off the bat: Alex Bregman didn't get $40 million per year in his new deal with the Red Sox. That that number survived, more or less, as the widely accepted annual average value (AAV) of Bregman's contract is a damning indictment of sports media's ability and dedi...1505Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-alex-bregman-snub-focuses-spotlight-on-matt-shaw-gulp-r1503/  Jed Hoyer and his braintrust made a competitive, "creative" offer, but Alex Bregman ultimately chose a different, even more unusual one. You feel dejected by it, as you should. It's clear how badly the Cubs wanted to make this happen. It's clear that new Cubs Kyle Tucker and Ryan Pressly...1503Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-trip-9-from-the-twin-cities-to-the-bronx-r1470/Minnesota Twins - July 8-10 Target Field - Capacity 38,544 2024 Attendance: 1,951,616 (Averaged 24,094, ranked 10th in AL parks, and 23rd overall) The Cubs last entered Target Field in May of 2023, dropping the series two games to one. After impressively winning the opener, they go...1470Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:18:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jon-berti-will-be-a-big-x-factor-off-the-cubs-bench-in-2025-r1500/Jon Berti signed a one-year, $2 million deal to don the pinstripes, or the guitar-themed powder blue uniforms if that's your style. Injuries marred his 2024 season. Leg ailments shelved him from June into September, and after making his way on the Yankees' postseason roster, he suffered a hip fl...1500Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-2025-spring-training-newbies-how-did-they-get-here-r1502/The 2025 Chicago Cubs feature no shortage of new faces. While they might not have pursued the extent we would have hoped in building up the newest iteration of their roster, they addressed several areas of need and increased their depth in crucial spots. The names below represent those new names...1502Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:55:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-trip-8-beer-and-orange-juice-r1463/St. Louis Cardinals - June 23-26 Busch Stadium - Capacity 44,383 2024 Attendance: 2,869,783 (Averaged 35,872, ranked 6th out of 15 NL parks, 7th overall) In 2024, the Cardinals and Cubs ended with the same record, but on the road at Busch Stadium, the home team stayed supreme, with...1463Sat, 15 Feb 2025 14:13:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-have-six-players-ranked-on-mlbs-top-100-players-list-r1499/Here is the complete list of MLB's Top 100 Players. Dansby Swanson: Rank - 93 Swanson has fallen out of good graces with the folks who make this list, as he was ranked No. 39 just two seasons ago, and he now finds himself almost entirely off the list. Swanson has struggled with injuries s...1499Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:57:02 +0000