https://northsidebaseball.com/rss/11-north-side-baseball-news-analysis.xml/The article-only feed for the site.enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/could-cubs-and-padres-link-up-on-catcher-trade-r3473/The Chicago Cubs enter the 2026-27 offseason with clear needs in the rotation and the outfield, but a quiet one also lurks behind the plate. While Miguel Amaya remains a part of the projected roster, the likely departure of Carson Kelly in free agency means that the team will have to cover roughly a...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/could-cubs-and-padres-link-up-on-catcher-trade-r3473/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:09:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-the-cubs-be-in-the-ty-france-sweepstakes-r3471/Few ballplayers are more universally well-liked in clubhouses than Ty France. A tenacious competitor who also has one of the game's funniest, most varied, least safe-for-work repertoires of barbs for dugout jockey work, he keeps every team of which he becomes a part accountable, but he also keeps th...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/should-the-cubs-be-in-the-ty-france-sweepstakes-r3471/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:25:52 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-free-agent-starting-pitching-target-trevor-rogers-r3469/Tarik Skubal will be the hotness, for however long his free agency lasts. Wherever he eventually signs, he'll break the record for total guaranteed dollars and annual average value for a starting pitcher, because he brings all the things teams look for in their aces. His raw stuff is at the top of t...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-free-agent-starting-pitching-target-trevor-rogers-r3469/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:33:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-chicago-cubs-should-sign-tarik-skubal-and-not-just-for-the-obvious-reasons-r3462/"The Chicago Cubs should sign the best player on the market" feels like a pretty obvious statement. "Yeah, no [duh], Sherlock" may go through your head when you read that, and it's a fair thought, On the surface, it isn't really much of a hot take. But give me a little space here, because I think th...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-chicago-cubs-should-sign-tarik-skubal-and-not-just-for-the-obvious-reasons-r3462/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:40:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-free-agency-wish-list-adrian-morejon-invites-endless-intrigue-at-a-steep-cost-r3463/As far as relief pitchers go, Adrian Morejon represents the best the free-agent market has to offer. It isn't difficult to see why the Chicago Cubs could have interest here during the offseason. An actual pursuit of the former San Diego Padres set-up man in a way that's considered legitimate, howeve...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-free-agency-wish-list-adrian-morejon-invites-endless-intrigue-at-a-steep-cost-r3463/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:52:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-will-set-a-pre-arbitration-bonus-pool-earnings-record-this-month-r3466/When the Cubs and Pete Crow-Armstrong agreed on a lucrative six-year contract extension this spring, Crow-Armstrong received a $5-million signing bonus. The deal technically begins in 2027, though, so rather than having his salary boosted significantly this year, he played his MVP-caliber breakout s...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/pete-crow-armstrong-will-set-a-pre-arbitration-bonus-pool-earnings-record-this-month-r3466/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:06:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/how-cubs-prospect-kade-snell-reinvented-himself-and-became-a-fall-star-r3461/Everyone has a dream growing up, and Kade Snell's dream was to play baseball at Auburn University. When Snell was informed he was being cut, he had a decision to make: quit and pivot entirely or find another way to get to the professional ranks. Now, just a few years later, he holds one of the...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/how-cubs-prospect-kade-snell-reinvented-himself-and-became-a-fall-star-r3461/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-chicago-cubs-should-explore-a-pillow-contract-with-jazz-chisholm-jr-r3459/Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a tough final season with the New York Yankees. The svelte second baseman stole 41 bases, but his strikeout rate climbed, his OPS dropped by over .100, and when the campaign ended, the Yankees elected not to extend him a qualifying offer. A year or two ago, he looked like one o...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-chicago-cubs-should-explore-a-pillow-contract-with-jazz-chisholm-jr-r3459/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:38:24 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/my-offseason-blueprint-for-the-cubs-big-moves-to-suit-big-ambitions-r3457/I've become a broken record on this: the Cubs are a big-market team with big-market dreams, and they should be held to a standard befitting that status. That means they should spend big money each offseason to make their club better, and as they head into an offseason chock-full of big decisions, it...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/my-offseason-blueprint-for-the-cubs-big-moves-to-suit-big-ambitions-r3457/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:00:18 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-offseason-trade-target-steven-kwan-is-the-nico-hoerner-of-left-fielders-r3452/Following Steven Kwan’s career over the past five seasons, I have never quite shaken the feeling that he was going to somehow join the Chicago Cubs someday. For better or worse, small-market teams often look to deal good players in their arbitration years as they get expensive, both to avoid paying...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-offseason-trade-target-steven-kwan-is-the-nico-hoerner-of-left-fielders-r3452/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:52:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-extend-qualifying-offer-to-seiya-suzuki-decline-to-do-so-for-ian-happ-matthew-boyd-r3455/Seiya Suzuki can't leave the Cubs for nothing. Though the team will only receive a low-level draft pick if Suzuki signs elsewhere as a free agent this winter, they will, at least, receive some compensation for the loss. They extended Suzuki a one-year, $23.15-million qualifying offer ahead of Monday...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-extend-qualifying-offer-to-seiya-suzuki-decline-to-do-so-for-ian-happ-matthew-boyd-r3455/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:04:57 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-claim-right-handed-reliever-eric-orze-off-waivers-from-twins-r3454/The Chicago Cubs claimed right-handed reliever Eric Orze off waivers from the Minnesota Twins Monday, the team announced. For Minnesota, waiving Orze was a matter of early-offseason roster cleanup, after he finished the season at Triple-A St. Paul. He'll be out of options next spring, so if the Cubs...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-claim-right-handed-reliever-eric-orze-off-waivers-from-twins-r3454/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:53:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-jacob-webb-agree-on-new-one-year-deal-with-team-option-for-2028-r3453/In an echo of a larger deal they made with Colin Rea last November, the Cubs averted an outright decision to decline or exercise their club option on right-handed reliever Jacob Webb Monday, a source with knowledge of the deal said. Webb, 33, would have been due $2.5 million for 2027 under the terms...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-jacob-webb-agree-on-new-one-year-deal-with-team-option-for-2028-r3453/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:24:09 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/starters-gun-cubs-crucial-offseason-begins-monday-afternoon-r3450/The Chicago Cubs have watched several key players officially become free agents over the last handful of days. None of them were surprise cases. Even though options could technically have kept Carson Kelly, Matthew Boyd and/or Clay Holmes around on their existing deals for 2027, that they would inst...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/starters-gun-cubs-crucial-offseason-begins-monday-afternoon-r3450/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:38:14 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-offseason-rotation-primer-an-injury-plagued-group-begging-for-reinforcements-r3449/In 2026, the Chicago Cubs’ starting rotation battled through injuries and ineffectiveness, but they still had enough to land a postseason spot. They finished in the bottom third in xERA (22nd), K/9 (22nd), HR/9 (28th) and fWAR (28th). They did finish tenth in innings pitched, but that says more abou...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-offseason-rotation-primer-an-injury-plagued-group-begging-for-reinforcements-r3449/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:03:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-offseason-primer-the-remarkable-stability-of-the-infield-r3448/The Chicago Cubs are entering the offseason needing to fill their roster in many spots. The organization stands to lose a bevy of free agents, including Seiya Suzuki, Ian Happ, Shota Imanaga, Matthew Boyd and plenty of others. The one thing most of the players have in common, though, is that they ei...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-offseason-primer-the-remarkable-stability-of-the-infield-r3448/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:09:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/offseason-primer-the-state-of-the-chicago-cubs-outfield-r3444/With the World Series officially in the rearview, Major League Baseball's offseason is upon us. The lockout looms, but as we act under the assumption that we'll still get some level of baseball next season, the Chicago Cubs will need to reconstruct their roster to try and keep pace with the new cham...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/offseason-primer-the-state-of-the-chicago-cubs-outfield-r3444/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/forum-friday-non-cub-playoff-talk-pre-offseason-discussion-offseason-plans-afl-2026-r3445/The North Side Baseball forums remained active as fans turned their attention to the postseason and the Cubs' future. This week's Forum Friday highlights four threads: discussions on the Brewers' playoff run, debates over the Cubs' potential free-agent and trade targets, analysis of the team's offse...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/forum-friday-non-cub-playoff-talk-pre-offseason-discussion-offseason-plans-afl-2026-r3445/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:25:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/time-to-catch-up-after-brewers-win-world-series-cubs-have-their-assignment-r3441/The Brewers are absolutely never stagnant. That's the greatest lesson the Cubs can learn from their chief rivals, as they attempt to recover from a decade-long stretch of domination by Milwaukee that culminated in a championship Wednesday. Jed Hoyer's greatest shortcoming as a team builder is an ins...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/time-to-catch-up-after-brewers-win-world-series-cubs-have-their-assignment-r3441/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:52:55 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/offseason-primer-a-state-of-the-union-on-the-cubs-bullpen-r3439/With the World Series rapidly coming to a close, the offseason is upon us. Despite a looming lockout and the possibility of some lost ballgames, there is a very strong likelihood that the 2027 MLB season will still happen. The Cubs will need to look to build and rebuild, as they hope to not only mak...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/offseason-primer-a-state-of-the-union-on-the-cubs-bullpen-r3439/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:38:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-cubs-consider-buying-low-on-a-bat-these-5-names-stand-out-r3440/It's an unfortunate reality, but an urgent one: the Cubs have more to do with this winter than they have with which to do it. They're a good team, but not a great one—not good enough, to be sure, to challenge the mighty Brewers without major upgrades. They have a bad farm system, so the solutions to...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/as-cubs-consider-buying-low-on-a-bat-these-5-names-stand-out-r3440/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-alex-bregmans-arrival-brought-dansby-swanson-back-to-the-shortstop-upper-crust%E2%80%94for-now-r3438/What Alex Bregman can do on the field—the statistical contribution he can make when it's his turn to bat and when the ball is hit his way—is plenty valuable. By the end of the 2026 season, that was obvious. Bregman was one of the best hitters in baseball from mid-July onward, and he won the Fielding...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-alex-bregmans-arrival-brought-dansby-swanson-back-to-the-shortstop-upper-crust%E2%80%94for-now-r3438/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:34:43 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/corner-outfield-conundrum-what-to-do-with-ian-happ-and-seiya-suzuki-r3435/On May 13, 2017, Ian Happ (the ninth overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft) homered in his debut with the Cubs, the only team he has ever known. There are only eight players who made their debut before Happ and are still with the same team. That list is almost entirely future Hall of Famers or multi-ti...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/corner-outfield-conundrum-what-to-do-with-ian-happ-and-seiya-suzuki-r3435/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:04:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-arizona-fall-league-week-in-review-dominick-reid-jhon-cabral-flash-impressive-stuff-for-solar-sox-r3437/Week 3 of Arizona Fall League Action is in the books! The Mesa Solar Sox are 6-9 through the first 15 games, leaving them as one of just two teams currently under .500. You can find recaps of both Week 1 and Week 2 here. Every Chicago Cubs prospect got into at least one of the five games this w...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-arizona-fall-league-week-in-review-dominick-reid-jhon-cabral-flash-impressive-stuff-for-solar-sox-r3437/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/it-might-not-feel-like-it-but-the-2026-cubs-had-a-good-season-r3434/Depending on when you're scrolling through this article, there are only a handful of baseball games remaining in 2026. Whether the Brewers or Rays win the Fall Classic, a prolonged lockout looms, putting "wait 'til next year" in some question. It's an uneasy time for Cubs fans, who are digesting a m...https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/it-might-not-feel-like-it-but-the-2026-cubs-had-a-good-season-r3434/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:06:00 +0000