https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/85/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ranking-10-ways-chicago-cubs-can-spend-their-available-money-after-not-landing-tanner-scott-r1423/It's always important to remember that spending money is not an end unto itself, unless you're trying to get rid of many so people stop asking you hard questions. (Hello, Marlins and A's.) The Cubs won't throw money around just to say they did so, but they're far below the budget number Tom Rick...1423Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:43:35 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-road-map-to-improvement-at-bat-for-chicago-cubs-pete-crow-armstrong-r1408/Pete Crow-Armstrong is aggressive. He's incredibly aggressive chasing fly balls. The dirt on many infields is churned due to his spikes. What serves him so well in other areas of the game, however, can shoot him in the foot when he's at the plate. Extremely aggressive at the plate, Crow-Arm...1408Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:25:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-cubs-convention-shifts-tone-brings-flurry-of-front-office-sound-bites-r1418/Look, if you're seeking a juggernaut baseball team that scoops up every marquee name under the sun while doling out more money than Lloyd Christmas in "Dumb and Dumber", become a Dodgers fan. That's not the type of team Tom Ricketts and Jed Hoyer run, and for better or worse, they're sticking to...1418Mon, 20 Jan 2025 01:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ranking-chicago-cubs-bullpen-ace-options-after-missing-out-on-tanner-scott-r1422/All winter, I've exhorted readers not to get anxious or angry too soon. The Cubs have already added Kyle Tucker, Matthew Boyd, Colin Rea, Caleb Thielbar, Eli Morgan and Carson Kelly, and they fully intend to spend more money and add more talent this winter. However, the team has to come in for s...1422Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:52:23 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-trip-2-warm-and-winning-r1404/The Cubs don't get to return to Wrigley Field until April 4th. In the meantime, they must finish spring training, take on an upstart Diamondbacks squad in a grueling four-game opening series, and be one of the first to face off against whatever the Athletics are now in their new-to-them minor le...1404Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-should-start-the-season-with-a-six-man-rotation-its-all-the-rage-r1415/There are several reasons why a six-man rotation would benefit Chicago, with the main one being that it will be extremely important to keep arms fresh for the back half of the season. Here is what a six-man rotation could look like for the Cubs. 1. Justin Steele 2. Shota Imanaga 3. Jame...1415Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/sources-cubs-have-made-multi-year-offer-to-free-agent-closer-tanner-scott-r1417/As we told you they would be last month, the Cubs are heavily involved on Tanner Scott, to the extent that they've made him an offer one source called "substantial"—meaningfully larger than the three-year, $43-million Craig Kimbrel deal that currently stands as the biggest investment the team ha...1417Sun, 19 Jan 2025 12:02:12 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-the-milwaukee-brewers-or-the-chicago-cubs-be-the-2025-nl-central-favorite-r1414/After 162 games, to finish in the double digits ahead of your closest divisional competitor would signify a hefty gap to close. The Brewers have lost one of their stalwarts from 2024, Willy Adames, while the Cubs have added a top 10 offensive player in Kyle Tucker. Amidst various other moves and...1414Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:33:56 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-top-20-chicago-cubs-player-assets-of-2025-part-4-1-5-r1410/Our intro post provides a full explanation of the parameters used to develop this list. Still, the short version is this: We're answering the question: Which current players in the organization are most indispensable to fulfilling the vision of building a champion? To rank Cubs players and prosp...1410Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:56:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-unveiled-a-new-alternate-uniform-are-they-any-good-r1412/I'll get this out of the way at the top - I'm not someone who thinks the Chicago Cubs need an alternate look. The Cubs are one of the more classically dressed teams to begin with, and they could easily get away with pinstripes at home and their road grays only. That said, we must understand that...1412Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:13:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-top-20-chicago-cubs-player-assets-of-2025-part-3-nos-6-10-r1406/You can get a full explanation for the parameters used to develop this list in our introductory post, but the short version is this. We're answering the question: which current players in the organization are most indispensable to fulfilling the vision of building a champion? To rank Cubs player...1406Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:31:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/you-can-all-calm-down-now-chicago-cubs-sign-kyle-tucker-to-one-year-deal-worth-165-million-r1411/This, like the non-news that preceded it, means almost nothing. By and large, we should not care whether players make $16 million or $17 million, so we certainly need not care that the Cubs and Kyle Tucker agreed to a deal Thursday to pay him $16.5 million for 2025. That deal does obviate the ne...1411Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:19:47 +0000