https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/88/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2025-zips-projections-paint-chicago-cubs-path-to-being-elite-r1378/Chicago has had an active offseason thus far. At the midpoint of winter, let’s see where they stand, so we can understand the stakes of their efforts to make more key moves. ZiPS is in Love With the Cubs Lineup ZiPS is bullish on the Cubs lineup, valuing the balance of bats and elite defe...1378Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-ian-happ-can-help-us-all-understand-bat-tracking-data-better-r1381/A decade ago, we were living through the offseason between 2014 and 2015. Statcast data was not yet widely available, but it had been introduced. The system was implemented in select parks in the second half of 2014, and the league began to release (and attempt to contextualize) the incomplete b...1381Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:29:24 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-ha-seong-kim-makes-more-sense-than-alex-bregman-for-the-chicago-cubs-r1379/As Alex Bregman’s free agency continues on into the new year, his name has floated into close-ish proximity to that of the Chicago Cubs. It’s logical. The Cubs don’t technically have a third baseman and thanks to the Cody Bellinger trade, they do have some extra cash to spend. Bregman is a third...1379Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:29:08 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-2025-opening-day-roster-projection-version-10-r1371/With big-name free agents like Tanner Scott, Justin Verlander, Jurickson Profar and more still out there, it's a bit difficult to determine who will be on which rosters come Opening Day. We're going to try our best to predict the Chicago Cubs' 26-man Opening Day roster, though. Here's what it co...1371Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:14:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrongs-base-stealing-bravado-comes-from-the-most-aggressive-leads-in-baseball-r1377/Released just last month, Baseball Savant now has what they are calling the Baserunning Run Value Leaderboard. The headliner within this leaderboard is the Baserunning Runs metric, which combines both runs added via stolen bases and those added via extra bases taken, to give us one all-encompass...1377Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/heres-why-the-cubs-arent-waiting-on-roki-sasaki-even-as-they-hope-to-land-him-r1375/Although the new signing period for international amateur free agents begins in nine days, we could be as much as a fortnight from the resolution of Roki Sasaki's free agency. The famous 23-year-old Japanese righty is slowly paring down his options and considering further meetings with intereste...1375Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:53:59 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/caleb-thielbar-splits-cubs-bullpen-depth-chart-role/You might not have noticed it as you celebrated the holidays, but last week, the Cubs signed Caleb Thielbar to a one-year deal worth $2.75 million. This didn’t generate many headlines, but it addresses something that the team struggled with after the trade deadline. On Jul. 30, 2024,...1374Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:13:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-with-sasaki-decision-looming-cubs-pick-up-bullpen-help-r1373/Former Twins lefthander Caleb Thielbar switched from the American League Central to the National League Central this week. Both divisions were surprisingly crowded at the top, so it's possible that the 37-year-old veteran and newest Cub is capable of helping Craig Counsell's squad to once again...1373Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-travel-preview-r1368/The 2025 season brings new elements to Major League Baseball fan travel. The Athletics now play their “home” games at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA, and its 14,000 seats. The Rays will still play in Tampa but at George M. Steinbrenner Field, which has 11,000 seats. Granted, both jour...1368Sat, 04 Jan 2025 17:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/playersprojectsroundupsamardzijalakelarussa/What is the Players Project? It's a community-driven, wiki-style project focusing on Cubs players of all stripes. It's open to all North Side Baseball users, and we've had contributions from current players, past players, and players who never even made the major leagues but played in the Cubs’...1365Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:53:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/today-is-decision-day-for-possible-cubs-target-hyeseong-kim-r1370/Ever since the Cubs traded Isaac Paredes as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, there has been some speculation that they would pivot toward a compensatory reinforcement of their infield. On Thursday, one of their rumored targets, Josh Rojas, signed a one-year deal with the White Sox instead, but Fri...1370Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:54:50 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-quick-power-ranking-of-free-agent-relievers-with-whom-cubs-could-reunite-r1369/As the Cubs consider further upgrades to a bullpen already improved directly (a trade for Eli Morgan, this week's Caleb Thielbar signing) and indirectly (the Matthew Boyd signing, pushing more of their depth arms toward relief roles) this winter, it's worth pausing a bit to consider whether the...1369Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:52:44 +0000