Brock Beauchamp

That is not an earnest attempt. An earnest attempt is offering $400m when the Yankees offered $420m. Or not going to 13 years. Something like that.

At this point, it's compensatory pick, sign Tucker, or bust. If the Cubs lose Tucker to the Mets or Yankees but made a compelling offer, that's just how it goes. If the Cubs don't make an earnest attempt to sign him at all, shame on the Ricketts and maybe Hoyer.

There is no team 99% destined to reach the World Series, not even the Dodgers. The key is to get there and then roll the dice.

That’s just an option we have for any thread. I don’t use it often, that’s why you’re like. “What the hell is that?” Brandon must be featuring the game threads.

Bowaaaaaa.

As we gear up for another season of Cubs baseball, it's time to look at the community members who made North Side Baseball great over the winter. Hello, Cubs fans! Twice a year, I sit down and find the most popular posts and blogs on North Side Baseball and their creators receive prizes for their contributions to the ever-growing NSBB. After a busy Cubs offseason, there was a lot to talk about. We look at the most popular posts and most popular blogs created by our users. Let's dive into the most popular content of the offseason. Most Popular Post This is why I love modernizing legacy communities and keeping them going into their third decade. In this thread about the winter meetings, @UMFan83 dredges up an ancient thread from 2007 to illustrate a point. Talking about a trade for an entire 48 hours isn't a big deal when you have the memory of rumors lingering foreverrrrrrrr. For this very enjoyable post, your prize is this very cool box of 1988 Topps cards! Will you pull something exciting like a prized... *checks notes*... Vance Law card? Let us know! In the meantime, private message @Brock Beauchamp your mailing address so I can ship this thing out to you! Most Popular Post Runner-Up Taking pot shots at other posters is always a good time. We generally frown upon it but also acknowledge it can be really fun. In this thread about whether NSBB should continue using Twitter links, @entbird79 makes a joke that went over very well with the community. Sorry, you win no prize, just the accolades thrown your way by the community. Still, well done. Most Popular Blog Post @ryanrc was busy over the winter, blogging like crazy. Their most popular entry was "How good is Michael Busch?", gathering hundreds of reads in January. Thanks for all the contributions, Ryan! Please accept our gift of a Seiya Suzuki bobblehead! Private message @Brock Beauchamp and let me know your mailing address so I can get this over to you! If you feel the need to write long-form Cubs content, start your own blog on NSBB! It's open and available to all community members. Most Prolific Poster You know the type. They're always here. They're always posting. They're usually snarky af. They're the prolific posters. Over the winter, no poster on NSBB garnered more reputation points than @Sammy Sofa. This likely comes as a surprise to absolutely no one here. Sammy, you win no prize for this, just our enduring gratitude that we are allowed to breathe the same air as you. That's all we have for the offseason, everyone! Once again, thank you to all the members of this community who keep it vibrant and hopping 365 days a year. And here's to a successful campaign for the 2025 Cubs! View full article

Only rivaled by his mouth.

All it takes is the hitting acumen of... *checks notes* Martin Maldonado.

I assumed the other H was Handsome but okay.

LOL watching the San Diego feed and both the announcers look like Arctic explorers. San Diegans are such wimps.

Oh hey, I didn't realize it was Shota going against the Pads today. Lucky me!

We will update this roughly once a week through the draft. Instead of trying to create yet another mock draft board, our draft expert Jamie Cameron has taken the route of averaging out popular draft boards, trying to reach a "consensus" slot for a player in the aggregate. Additionally, Jamie has a pretty detailed write-up for each draftee. Right now, we have roughly one round of picks up but this will expand every week as Jamie adds more draft slots and write-ups. http://northsidebaseball.com/mlb-baseball-mock-draft-order-2025-chicago-cubs

Here is a good piece on Twins Daily about them. Bombs Away: Torpedo Bats are Taking Over Major League Baseball - Twins - Twins Daily TWINSDAILY.COM Coming out of left field, torpedo bats are all the rage right now. The bowling pin-shaped bat is a shift from tradition, and is being credited with producing more power. Is the hype real? Who on...

I usually hate April Fools stuff but this one was so low key I found it amusing. Plus, I hate football so watching three sites get annoyed about it pleases me.

I did it to all of you. The Brewers site got the Bears, the Twins site got the Packers.

Joe Girardi.

Actually, Matt was right. The Cubs saved $22.5m by trading Bellinger. The Cubs traded for Ryan Pressly ($14m) and Brasier ($4.5m), then signed Justin Turner ($6m) and Colin Rea ($1m). That's $25.5m.

Yep, Amora.

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Welcome to NSBB!

And if anyone has a great idea for a question to add to the poll, @Brandon Glick any time and let him know (he's mostly going to be running the polls here on NSBB).