https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/99/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-alex-bregman-really-worth-it-r1467/Alex Bregman has had a long and productive career with the Houston Astros. He peaked in 2019, with 8.7 wins above replacement and a 167 wRC+. Without factoring in the sign-stealing scandal in which he admits to having played a part, there has been a decline offensively in the past three years. H...1467Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:29:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/trade-cubs-acquire-right-handed-reliever-ryan-brasier-from-dodgers-r1469/Ever since the Dodgers were forced to cut Ryan Brasier to accommodate Kirby Yates last week, the Cubs have made sense as his landing place. Brasier, 37, is on the second year of a very affordable two-year, $9-million pact he signed with the Dodgers on this very date last year. He'll join Ryan Pr...1469Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:53:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/sources-with-alex-bregman-negotiations-intensifying-cubs-have-made-creative-multi-year-offer-r1468/As I wrote Sunday, the Cubs have to proceed carefully, if they really do intend to reel in Alex Bregman to close out their impressive offseason. They have just over $35 million in remaining wiggle room beneath the lowest threshold of the competitive-balance tax, which is one of two distinct hard...1468Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:52:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kyle-tucker-is-really-slow-is-that-a-problem-r1466/The greatest of several great things about Kyle Tucker, at least until now, is that he's good at so many things—and that he really doesn't have a notable weakness. Tucker, 28, is a tremendous hitter (90.9 runs better than average at bat for his career, according to Baseball Prospectus's Deserved...1466Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:34:33 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/i-can-tell-you-exactly-to-what-extent-the-cubs-will-stretch-out-nate-pearson-r1464/Nate Pearson always wanted to make it work as a starting pitcher, which is part of why he never figured things out and established himself with the Toronto Blue Jays. When he finally moved to the bullpen full-time in 2023, he began to figure things out, and after the Cubs snatched him up last Ju...1464Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:36:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-can-and-will-have-a-breakout-2025-campaign-r1459/A native of Southern California, Pete Crow-Armstrong enjoyed a 2024 campaign which saw him go from awaiting a call-up in Triple-A Iowa to being a mainstay center fielder with astonishing range, making jaw-dropping plays for Craig Counsell's ball club. Crow-Armstrong has some of the most useful s...1459Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:15:02 +0000https://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 +0000