https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/90/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/remember-some-cubs-jason-heyward-the-current-record-holder-of-the-biggest-contract-in-cubs-history-r1327/Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of Jason Heyward’s time with the Cubs, I want to note that this article (and others like it) is done in conjunction with North Side Baseball’s Chicago Cubs Players Project. It’s a wiki-style project that anyone—including you, dear reader—can contribute to. Th...1327Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ghosts-of-trade-deadlines-past-what-if-ryan-dempster-hadnt-blocked-his-trade-to-atlanta-r1348/Exploring different "what-if" scenarios is not a unique idea, but this was somewhat inspired by the Disney+ series that explores the ripple effects of small decisions or actions within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Of course, in this series, we’ll be looking at small decisions or actions in Chi...1348Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:33:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-dominoes-fall-throughout-mlb-this-under-the-radar-trade-target-should-be-cubs-priority-r1347/When I ran down a list of possible players the Cubs could target to bolster their starting rotation in the wake of a Jesús Luzardo trade falling apart last week, the name of Rockies righthander Ryan Feltner drew raised eyebrows. He's much, much less of a brand name than hurlers like Luis Castill...1347Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:43:36 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/updating-the-cubs-outfield-logjam-after-cody-bellinger-kyle-tucker-trades-r1344/To recap: since the Winter Meetings, the Cubs have brought in right fielder Kyle Tucker and traded away outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger. Also, Seiya Suzuki (via his agent) has informed the team that he has no interest in being a full-time designated hitter. On top of that, top prospects...1344Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:28:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-extra-dimensions-and-earlier-successes-of-sammy-sosa-r1346/As we approach the end of December, there’s still work to be done for the 2025 Chicago Cubs roster. But it’s hard to label what’s unfolded thus far this winter as anything less than a success. In terms of the current team, you’ve got the addition of the legitimate star the team has lacked for a...1346Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:20:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-bellinger-to-bronx-bombers-rotation-sights-set-higher-sosa-back-in-fold-r1345/Through playing the long game, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has the Cubs positioned for immediate postseason success. The latest evidence of this was in this week's inevitable trade of outfielder Cody Bellinger to the New York Yankees. In two seasons with the Cubs, Bellinger c...1345Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:23:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/previewing-the-2025-nl-central-are-cubs-favorites-with-kyle-tucker-r1342/Since 2017, when the Cubs won the National League Central with a 92-70 record, there have been seven seasons, four of which ended with the Brewers atop the division. Only once since then have the Cubs finished the year in the top spot, and that was in the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign (which doe...1342Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-group-the-2025-chicago-cubs-will-go-to-war-with-r1335/In a recent podcast, Patrick Mooney of The Athletic made a comment about Isaac Paredes that was quite interesting. "He's more good at accumulating WAR than actually playing baseball," Mooney said. Is this a problem with the Cubs as a whole? Does their WAR reflect their true value on the fi...1335Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:07:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-cubs-engage-rays-on-shane-mcclanahan-or-shane-baz-r1343/Coming into this offseason, the Rays knew they needed to clear some payroll, and that the most sensible way to do so would be by trading from their pitching surplus. They traded Jeffrey Springs to the Athletics in a package trade several days ago, but they might still need to reconfigure their r...1343Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:24:32 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/sammy-sosa-admits-he-used-performance-enhancing-drugs-i-made-mistakes-and-i-apologize-r1341/Out of the blue, on a cold Thursday afternoon in December, Sammy Sosa struck like a lightning bolt—just as he did on so many warmer, semi-soporific summer weekdays throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He issued a statement that, if Tom Ricketts can be bothered to keep his word to Cubs fans, will pave...1341Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:38:20 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/mlbs-study-on-pitching-injuries-and-what-it-tells-us-about-cubs-offseason-r1338/It's all very interesting, and you can read all about the findings from Jeff Passan, David Adler of MLB.com, and basically any website that covers baseball at all. They have done a great job of explaining it, but what has this done to affect the Cubs and their offseason planning? The Cubs h...1338Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:48:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-challenge-before-matt-shaw-is-now-the-cubs-too-r1339/There was a point (roughly a week ago) where it looked like the Chicago Cubs might have to rely on multiple prospects to serve as an all-important “X-factor” for 2025. That term, of course, refers to a specific component of the roster that could yield important production despite not being one o...1339Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:15:39 +0000