https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/91/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-trade-candidate-breakdown-seiya-suzuki-r1223/Seiya Suzuki hasn’t been a disappointment since signing a five-year, $85 million deal with the Cubs in March 2022, with an OPS that has climbed every year he’s been in the majors and topped out at .848 in 2024. Outside of a strikeout rate that climbed to 27.4% this past season, Suzuki has improv...1223Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:53:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-clubs-free-agent-picture-no-clearer-after-gm-meetings-r1226/Most things seem to be bigger in Texas, but immune from that list, apparently, is Jed Hoyer's offseason aggression. How could the de facto face of this franchise, which crushingly missed the playoffs the past two seasons, show even a whiff of complacency? Part of it can justifiably be attributed...1226Mon, 11 Nov 2024 03:07:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/two-star-free-agents-are-willing-to-play-second-base-and-cubs-should-be-first-in-line-r1221/In separate reports coming from the General Managers Meetings in San Antonio this week, both Willy Adames and Alex Bregman expressed a willingness to move off the positions that have defined their careers to this point. In a piece at The Athletic by Katie Woo and Will Sammon: And directly...1221Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:19:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-should-trade-or-non-tender-mike-tauchman-and-sign-one-of-these-minor-league-free-agents-instead-r1219/Just after the end of the MLB season, players who ended the season off the 40-man roster and who have been in pro baseball for at least six years can elect free agency. We saw the Cubs go through this process on Monday, when they allowed several players to become free agents, although they subse...1219Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:06:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/are-we-all-underestimating-the-odds-of-an-ian-happ-trade-this-winter-r1217/Over the last few months, even those of us who were formerly big believers in the need to trade Ian Happ or Seiya Suzuki to vault the Chicago Cubs forward have come to our senses. Suzuki's lack of durability and defensive value remain daunting, in certain ways, but he stayed healthy enough to sh...1217Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:07:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/farewell-kyle-hendricks-a-cubs-fans-tribute-to-the-professor-r1215/This one is tough. If you have read my writing on this site, or listened/watched my content on Bricks Behind the Ivy, you may be aware that I have a soft spot for Kyle Hendricks. Baseball analysts would even call it a blind spot. I would agree. Per Jon Heyman, Hendricks has agreed to a one-...1215Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:05:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-rumors-taylor-ward-batted-ball-data-bellinger/One of the first noteworthy, non-procedural moves of the fledgling MLB offseason was a trade between Atlanta and the Angels, the day after the World Series concluded. Jorge Soler, who can't stop being shipped across the country lately, landed in Orange County, with inconsistent starting pitcher...1216Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:16:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/juan-sotos-free-agent-saga-wont-include-the-chicago-cubs-r1212/One year after the most famous free agency saga of all time, Juan Soto is heading into the land of unclaimed superstars expecting to incite a bidding war of his own.  Now, Soto isn't exactly the player that Shohei Ohtani is. He's an all-time great hitter who marries power with patience in a...1212Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-astros-trade-rumors-bregman-paredes-pedro-leon-miguel-ullola/To best understand the conundrum the 2025 Cubs face, let's sketch their projected Opening Day lineup. With the team's incumbent right fielder locked back in after exercising his player option for next year, there aren't any low-friction ways to shake up this group, but this group is going to loo...1213Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:19:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/3-new-free-agent-hitters-show-up-on-cubs-offseason-radar-r1211/The fits aren't perfect; this will be a winter of imperfect fits. However, a pair of free-agent outfielders became marginally more plausible as Cubs targets Monday, when their teams elected not to extend qualifying offers that would have made them cost draft picks and international free-agent sp...1211Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:19:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-outfielder-seiya-suzuki-nominated-for-silver-slugger-award-r1209/A day after learning that Ian Happ won his third straight Gold Glove, his outfield counterpart Seiya Suzuki was announced as a Silver Slugger Award finalist. The Silver Slugger Award is given to each position's best hitter, with one award per league. Jackson Chourio, Teoscar Hernández, Jackson M...1209Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:14:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-rumors-joey-bart-henry-davis-endy-rodriguez/The Pittsburgh Pirates look like they’ll be cautious buyers this offseason, with a young core that features center fielder Oneil Cruz, left fielder Bryan Reynolds, and a trio of aces in Paul Skenes, Jared Jones, and Mitch Keller. However, Bob Nutting is a notoriously cheap owner, and the Pirates...1204Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:21:01 +0000