https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/91/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/are-you-ready-for-this-the-chicago-cubs-rank-3rd-in-mlb-in-projected-wins-according-to-pecota-r1460/Baseball Prospectus just rolled out their full PECOTA projections for 2025, and it's going to surprise you—in a good way. According to PECOTA, the Cubs are not just favorites in the NL Central, but clear, even prohibitive ones. The system forecasts 90.6 wins for the Cubs across their 10,000 simu...1460Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:42:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-cubs-ink-a-duo-of-arms-to-minor-league-deals-r1458/Starter or reliever, an MLB hurler is much akin to an NFL quarterback. They're one of the first players to touch the ball on each play, and their success can often alleviate the pressure on struggling teammates. For the best evidence of this proposition, look to 2023 Justin Steele, and 2024 Shot...1458Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-ryan-brasier-could-be-the-key-to-cubs-pursuit-of-alex-bregman-yes-really-r1457/During 670 The Score's weekly baseball show Inside the Clubhouse, host and baseball insider Bruce Levine made an interesting comment that we should all hope was slightly off base. "From what I understand, they're talking to Brasier already, having been let go of by the Dodgers," Levine said...1457Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-the-chicago-cubs-definitely-wont-give-up-for-dylan-cease-r1456/There might not be a better-connected baseball reporter in the Chicago media sphere than Levine, of 670 The Score. That's no denigration of any of the other great beat writers covering the Cubs or White Sox, many of whom know their individual teams a bit better than Levine knows either one. It's...1456Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:02:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/lets-road-trip-cubs-2025-trip-5-taking-a-bite-out-of-the-big-apple-r1421/New York Mets – May 9-11 Citi Field: Capacity 41,922 2024 Attendance: 2,329,299 (Averaged 29,484, 10th in the NL and 17th overall MLB) The Cubs split a four-game series at Citi Field in April of 2024. The games were all decided by two or fewer runs except for the eleven-inning fi...1421Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:25:08 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-the-options-narrow-stay-cognizant-of-breadth-of-cubs-options-r1454/There's no time on the calendar when it's easy to consume baseball news in a measured, responsible way. That, alas, is not in the nature of our social media-driven world, and that world, in turn, was shaped by some bad media habits that emerged in the two or three decades before it. This time of...1454Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/projecting-what-a-dylan-cease-trade-package-could-look-like-r1453/One very important thing to remember is that Dylan Cease is in the final year of his contract and will be just a one-year rental. He seems inclined to head to free agency, and likely to command a truly humongous contract when he does so. That should knock down the price of Cease a little, but th...1453Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:53:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/after-an-inexplicable-crater-of-a-season-is-brandon-drury-a-rebound-candidate-on-a-dirt-cheap-deal-r1451/Ok, technically, 86 big-league batters came to the plate at least once and ended up with a worse OPS than the one Brandon Drury posted in bis age-31 season. Drury hit .169/.242/.228 in 360 plate appearances, though. The closest player to having that much playing time with that bad a batting line...1451Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:35:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-future-of-baseball-probably-doesnt-include-a-salary-cap-and-floor-r1449/This isn’t a space meant for belaboring what the Dodgers have been up to in recent offseasons. They may be the new “Evil Empire”, but they’ve merely taken that distinction from the New York Yankees, rather than inventing it. In a sport where the most valuable franchise is worth north of $7.5 bil...1449Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:20:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-fans-adore-ben-browns-upside-are-they-overlooking-his-downsides-r1448/If they keep him, the 2025 Chicago Cubs face a fascinating and fun dilemma with Ben Brown. He's demonstrated a certain capacity for dominating opposing hitters in the big leagues, and after walks were a problem for him in Triple A, he kept them under control in the big leagues. Yet, his relative...1448Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-not-done-yet-lets-hope-not-r1447/The Chicago Cubs have addressed multiple areas of need this winter. They acquired a catalyst for their lineup in Kyle Tucker. They acquired a true closer in Ryan Pressly. They shored up the middle and back of the rotation via the signings of Matthew Boyd and Colin Rea. They checked a lot of boxe...1447Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:49:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-cubs-loved-colin-rea-through-the-lens-of-new-baseball-prospectus-pitching-metrics-r1446/Though he's diligently worked his fastball up into a range that would have been impressive a decade ago, Colin Rea is not by any means a power pitcher. He sits around 93 miles per hour with his four-seam fastball, and even his 90th-percentile velocity is only 94.3. He doesn't have exceptional sh...1446Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:10:35 +0000