https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/85/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kyle-tucker-shifts-the-entire-narrative-around-jed-hoyer-the-cubs-r1315/Friday’s trade for Kyle Tucker certainly changes things.  Kyle Tucker is an elite baseball player. Since 2021, only a dozen players have been worth more fWAR than Tucker’s 19.1. Only nine feature a better wRC+ than Tucker’s 145. His K% (15.1) is among the 30 best out of more than 300 qualif...1315Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:51:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-and-michael-busch-earned-2024-bonuses-r1317/In 2023, three pre-arbitration Chicago Cubs earned performance-based bonuses. In 2024, just two players earned that same bonus. With some very exciting prospects on the cusp of the big leagues, they could have several recipients in a year. However, let's discuss this season's recipients.  M...1317Sat, 14 Dec 2024 04:46:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/three-free-agent-relievers-cubs-should-target-this-offseason-r1312/Tanner Scott Coming off of a career year in 2024, Scott would be a welcome addition to a Cubs bullpen that has felt like it needed a left-handed flamethrower for years.  Scott uses just two pitches 99.9% of the time, with those pitches being a fastball and a slider. He throws the fastball...1312Sat, 14 Dec 2024 01:42:16 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/its-happening-cubs-to-acquire-outfielder-kyle-tucker-from-astros-r1310/After multiple days of heavy rumors, the Cubs and Astros finally wound their way to an exchange on which they could agree. The Cubs will receive All-Star right fielder Kyle Tucker, set to turn 28 in January, on the heels of four seasons in which Tucker batted .280/.362/.527, made three All-Star...1310Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:40:53 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kyle-tucker-trade-rumors-keep-swirling-is-taking-on-ryan-pressly-a-win-win-way-to-bridge-gaps-r1309/Although the reports are just confused and confusing enough to leave everyone bickering about the real nature of the demands, all indications are that the Astros want both Seiya Suzuki and Isaac Paredes in a trade for Kyle Tucker, whom the Cubs would then control for just one season before he hi...1309Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cody-bellinger-trade-rumors-a-breakdown-of-yankees-pitching-prospect-will-warren-r1308/It's become clear, over the last two days, that the Cubs' major focus is to complete a trade for Houston Astros right fielder Kyle Tucker. They have sidelined multiple negotiations with free agents for the time being, hoping to get a deal done and have more clarity about their roster before need...1308Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-are-cubs-division-rivals-up-to-this-offseason-r1303/Cincinnati Reds The Reds have cast a wide net this offseason, looking to improve on their disappointing 2024. They're big-game hunting in the rotation and in the outfield. Like the Cubs, they lost out on Garrett Crochet, who landed with the Red Sox, but they might call the White Sox right back...1303Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:06:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-dylan-cease-trade-could-make-sense-for-the-cubs-but-which-version-would-be-best-r1306/It's not time to break up the Padres just yet. They have a championship-caliber core, and they intend to continue leveraging it, chasing and pressuring the Dodgers. There's a problem, though: they don't have Dodger money, and right now, they have nearly Dodger-level financial commitments on the...1306Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:58:09 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-pick-up-a-bizarre-nick-madrigal-miles-mastrobuoni-patrick-wisdom-megazord-in-2024-mlb-rule-5-draft-r1304/The Cubs found a market inefficiency, here. Ever since the players union got its butt kicked in the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement for the 2007 season and eligibility for the Rule 5 Draft was pushed back a year for all players, it's been virtually impossible to find honest-...1304Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-take-quick-stock-of-cubs-payroll-situation-including-considering-what-it-means-for-a-kyle-tucker-trade-r1302/Firstly, and this is not an estimate the team has put out publicly but I've talked to several people and am comfortable giving this general range: the Cubs intend to spend between $220 million and $235 million on their total payroll for 2025. They also want to stay below the competitive-balance...1302Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:29:47 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-mlb-draft-lottery-has-been-unkind-to-the-cubs%E2%80%94but-theyve-also-been-unkind-to-themselves-r1301/The third-ever MLB Draft Lottery was held Tuesday afternoon in Dallas, and the Cubs got no help, again. For the third year in a row, they were in the mix to slide up and claim a lottery pick, but instead, they'll end up drafting 17th, after picking 13th in 2023 and 14th in 2024. Meanwhile, after...1301Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:21:39 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/so-far-the-winter-meetings-have-raised-as-many-cubs-questions-as-theyve-answered-r1300/We got some newfound clarity about the options box the Cubs are trying to unpack this winter on Tuesday—but all we learned was that they enjoy no real clarity or simplicity at all. Seiya Suzuki's agent, Joel Wolfe of Wasserman, spoke to reporters and revealed that the team has already approached...1300Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:28:11 +0000