https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/80/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-trip-7-three-towns-nine-games-nine-nights-r1462/Washington Nationals - June 3-5 Nationals Park - Capacity 41,339 2024 Attendance: 1,967,302 (Averaged 24,287, ranked 13th out of NL parks and 22nd overall) The Cubs swept their way into and out of the nation's capital in late-August of 2024, winning two close games before clubbin...1462Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/with-no-alex-bregman-theres-no-safety-net-beneath-matt-shaw-and-the-cubs-r1501/1501Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:10:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/will-ben-brown-be-the-swiss-army-knife-of-the-2025-cubs-pitching-staff-r1497/One of the key questions about this team revolves around the fifth spot in the starting rotation. Shota Imanaga, Justin Steele, Jameson Taillon and Matthew Boyd figure to have the top four spots locked in, perhaps in that order. The final spot is a lot more fluid, and one intriguing option is Be...1497Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:08:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/alex-bregman-got-a-last-minute-buy-it-now-offer-from-red-sox-what-do-cubs-do-now-r1498/Alex Bregman agreed to a monstrous deal with the Boston Red Sox Wednesday night, giving him the ability to earn $120 million over three years or opt out following either of the first two years. The money is evenly spread across the deal, in terms of base salary, although there are significant de...1498Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:52:48 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kevin-alc%C3%A1ntara-and-the-art-of-making-the-26-man-roster-40-players-deep-r1496/If the season started today, the Cubs' backup center fielder would unequivocally be Kevin Alcántara. In theory, the toolsy Gage Workman and the out-of-options slugger Alexander Canario could stand in center for a handful of innings at a time, but the team will need to evaluate them all spring an...1496Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:19:21 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/alex-bregman-might-be-in-decline-or-not-but-his-bat-speed-shouldnt-worry-you-r1493/  Baseball Savant is out with a new batch of data Wednesday morning, adding the swing speeds for hitters from the second half of 2023. That information was collected during a debugging phase for that aspect of player tracking, and it wasn't initially released when Statcast began to publish...1493Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:25:18 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/with-shelves-clearing-and-camp-opening-cubs-options-come-into-focus%E2%80%94and-risks-grow-r1492/In a flurry of moves throughout the league, several possible fits for minor roles with the Cubs—could-be backup center fielder Michael A. Taylor, could-be platoon first baseman Ty France, could-be relief reinforcement Kenley Jansen—agreed to deals Tuesday to join other clubs. Chicago has already...1492Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:07:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/two-under-the-radar-non-roster-invitees-to-watch-in-cubs-camp-r1491/It's not like Antonio Santos will be asked to fill in for Javier Assad. It's not even clear that Assad would make the Opening Day roster, should his oblique muscle injury turn out to be mild and he be ready when the season begins next month. If he did have to be replaced, it would be by Colin Re...1491Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:22:09 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-can-the-cubs-reasonably-expect-from-jameson-taillon-in-2025-r1490/By the relatively low standards of this moment in baseball history, Jameson Taillon is a workhorse. He takes the ball, weathers early trouble when it comes, and usually gets fairly deep into games. He's been consistently available to the Cubs over his first two seasons of a four-year deal, even...1490Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:42:30 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2025-chicago-cubs-roster-projection-v-20-r1489/Obviously, many Cubs fans are still hoping for further reinforcements of the current roster. Even as things stand, though, they look poised to contend. Here's the group most likely to break camp and head to Japan next month, if nothing changes between now and then. Pitchers (13) SP:...1489Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:03:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ok-but-seriously-are-the-2025-cubs-not-going-to-have-a-backup-first-baseman-r1488/If the season started tomorrow, the Chicago Cubs' backup first baseman would be whichever of Miguel Amaya or Carson Kelly wasn't catching on a given day. The team has also talked about being open to using infielder Jon Berti in that role, but Berti is a light-hitting speedster with experience al...1488Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-the-cubs-could-help-brad-keller-help-the-cubs-in-2025-r1486/It will be an uphill climb for Brad Keller to make the Cubs this spring. He became a minor-league free agent after being outrighted by the Red Sox at the end of 2024, on the heels of an ugly campaign in which he had a 5.44 ERA with the White Sox and Boston—and spent just as much time at Triple A...1486Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:24:01 +0000