https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/97/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ranking-the-likelihood-of-all-12-qualifying-offer-free-agents-signing-with-cubs-r1251/Early this offseason, there are nothing but pessimistic sounds coming out of Cubs media, in terms of how much they might spend in free agency to make material progress and leave behind the unhappy medium space in which they've lived for the last two-plus years. At the GM Meetings at the beginnin...1251Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:56:21 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/what-exactly-does-tyler-zombro-bring-to-the-cubs-pitching-support-staff-r1247/Tyler Zombro has been working for Tread Athletics in Charlotte, NC. Tread is similar to the more established and famous Driveline Baseball, in that they use science and technology to unlock athletic potential. Zombro will fill a role for Chicago as a special assistant and will be involved in all...1247Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-add-owen-caissie-ben-cowles-cut-brennen-davis-and-adbert-alzolay-r1250/The no-brainer add was Owen Caissie, the 34th-best prospect in all of baseball, per MLB Pipeline. Caissie finished the year in Triple-A Iowa and was a top candidate to be promoted to Chicago. His contact skills come and go, but the raw power is unreal. On top of that, his defense has significant...1250Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:02:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/youre-the-cubs-gm-plotting-my-moves-time-to-go-big-or-go-home-r1229/This series of articles is a primer for the release of our new "You're The Cubs GM!" tool, where you play the role of Jed Hoyer and build your own Cubs offseason. Please visit the tool here and join in on the fun! As I start my fever dream of being in charge of the Chicago Cubs' 2024-2025 o...1229Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-free-agent-target-tracker-max-fried-r1249/Much like our breakdown of Corbin Burnes’ fit with the Cubs, I’m going into this piece operating under four assumptions: the Cubs want to add a high-level starter from outside the organization; they’re willing to accept any qualifying offer penalties associated with said starting pitcher; they w...1249Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:33:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/free-agent-targets-kelly-jansen-higashioka-diaz/If there’s a guarantee this winter for the Chicago Cubs, it's this: they will make an addition behind the plate. Look no further than the current projected depth charts at major outlets to see how ineluctable this is. Behind Miguel Amaya, FanGraphs projects Moises Ballesteros for 24 percent of t...1248Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-arizona-fall-league-prospect-wrap-up-r1245/The Arizona Fall League came to its official close over the weekend, with the Salt River Rafters besting Surprise in Saturday’s championship game. Unfortunately for the Chicago Cubs’ contingent, the Mesa Solar Sox didn’t factor into the end of things. They were left out of even a chance to compe...1245Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:13:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-chances-to-sign-roki-sasaki-posting-system/It was just last year that Yoshinobu Yamamoto left Nippon Professional Baseball and became the most coveted free agent in the sport. He was the most-hyped Japanese import since Shohei Ohtani, who had made the trek to MLB seven years ago. Notably, Yamamoto signed for 12 years and $325 million as...1244Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:05:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/non-tender-deadline-alzolay-madrigal-thompson-kilian/How overstuffed are the Cubs with fringy big-leaguers? So much so that, by my rough and very unofficial count, they have a whopping 17 candidates for non-tender at the end of this week. That's especially crazy, given that they only have a dozen arbitration-eligible players, and the principal rea...1243Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:47:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-cubs-ace-shota-imanaga-earns-second-team-all-mlb-honors-r1242/Though it's increasingly difficult to comprehend with each passing season, The Friendly Confines once served as home of the Chicago Bears, who just renewed their historic rivalry with the Green Bay Packers. Maybe that's why it feels (odd, yet) familiar to see two of the Big Ten's most storied pr...1242Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:12:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-trade-candidate-breakdown-nico-hoerner-r1238/First things first: Nico Hoerner is a good baseball player. Semantics aside, he probably borders on being a very good baseball player. Over the last two seasons, Hoerner has been the fourth-best second baseman in baseball according to fWAR, checking in with 8.6 wins above replacement. He ranks a...1238Sat, 16 Nov 2024 18:05:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-trade-candidate-breakdown-cody-bellinger-r1233/Cody Bellinger has a well-chronicled salary situation. He's locked into 2025 at $27.5 million and has the option to play 2026 at a $25 million salary. With a 109 WRC+ last season, the Cubs certainly hope he can revert to the 136 number he posted in 2023. Steamer's 2025 projection basically mirro...1233Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:53:02 +0000