https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/page/41/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/justin-turner-we-hardly-knew-ye-best-free-agent-backup-options-for-michael-busch-r4309/For the Chicago Cubs, when it comes to first base, Michael Busch will start for the next five years, health and skills permitting. After a tremendous 34-homer, 94-RBI season, we should expect him to man the position for the foreseeable future. The only nit to pick is his stats against left-hande...4309Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:51:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/shota-imanaga-expected-to-decline-qualifying-offer-from-cubs-r4303/It sounds like the back-and-forth between the Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Shota Imanaga and Naga will continue. After the team declined their option to extend Inaga for a fifth year, he declined the player's option that was triggered after that. While most thought that was the end of it, i...4303Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:20:05 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-brad-keller-could-get-back-together-for-two-years-but-probably-not-for-three-r4300/The Cubs enjoyed a major free-agent success in each department of their roster in 2025. They signed Matthew Boyd to a two-year deal in late November 2024, and watched him emerge as their co-ace for much of the season. They picked up Carson Kelly in mid-December, and enjoyed his best season as a...4300Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:08:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/the-cubs-should-give-their-3-top-hitting-prospects-jobs-next-season-instead-of-spending-on-a-hitter-r4297/With Kyle Tucker officially a free agent and little early indication that the Cubs intend to chase after him with $300 million in hand, the unrest has already begun to percolate. At the GM Meetings in Las Vegas, Jed Hoyer seemed to hint that his focus this winter would be on adding pitching—pres...4297Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:12:49 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/seven-starts-that-defined-the-professors-cubs-legacy-r4293/On Monday, another member of the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 championship team decided to hang it up. The Professor, Kyle Hendricks, will no longer be schooling hitters with his pinpoint accuracy and looping curveball. The 35-year-old pitched 12 seasons in the big leagues, 11 with the Cubs, accumulating...4293Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:09:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/bob-nightengale-names-chicago-cubs-hot-stoves-biggest-sleeper-r4284/The Chicago Cubs finished a once-promising 2025 season below expectations. While the team has mostly disappointed fans in previous offseasons, that may not be the case this year. In a recent column, Bob Nightengale of USA Today named the Chicago Cubs the "hot stove's biggest sleeper" this o...4284Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:56:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/celebrating-pete-crow-armstrongs-sterling-defense-even-though-he-didnt-go-platinum-r4271/Over the weekend, MLB announced the annual winners for their "Platinum Glove" award, which highlights the single best defensive player in each league. While the Chicago Cubs took home the MLB's team award, they did not have a winner for the individual award; instead, this award for the National...4271Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:06:11 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/chronicling-the-1918-cubs-part-1-world-war-1-grover-cleveland-alexander-r4258/This offseason, we’re going to get in a time machine back to 1918. I’ll be doing a series of articles examining the 1918 Chicago Cubs. I’ll have game recaps, player profiles, summaries of major events, and all sorts of stuff in between. I plan on doing these chronologically, so you can feel like...4258Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:13:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/want-to-become-the-cubs-general-manager-our-2026-%E2%80%9Cyoure-the-gm%E2%80%9D-payroll-tool-has-released-r4257/Every offseason, we offer our You’re The GM! tool to build your ideal Cubs roster. This year, we’ve updated and streamlined the tool a bit to improve the experience. The idea behind this feature is to give fans a chance to play the role of General Manager (or CBO or PoBO… you get the idea)...4257Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:16:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cade-horton-officially-one-year-closer-to-free-agency-after-rookie-of-the-year-voting-r4250/Cubs right-handed pitcher Cade Horton placed runner-up the 2025 BBWAA Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year Award, the league announced Monday night. Horton pitched 118 innings of sparkling ball for the Cubs, with a 2.67 ERA, and he blossomed into their ace in the second half. By fi...4250Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:14:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/the-night-kyle-hendricks-was-perfect-r4245/That Kyle Hendricks started Game 7 of the 2016 World Series—that it was he who first scooped up the baseball for the Cubs on the night that 108 years of waiting finally ended—is just trivia, really. It didn't have to be. Joe Maddon could have trusted him more, if he'd so chosen, and Hendricks wo...4245Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:41:50 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/four-under-the-radar-relievers-cubs-should-pursue-to-rebuild-bullpen-r4232/One of the strengths of the 2025 Chicago Cubs lied in their bullpen, despite it being entirely redone on the fly. Finishing with a top-five ERA after May 1, the unit provided a foundation for the Cubs and gave them a good chance to close out any early lead they could secure. However, by way of h...4232Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:53:01 +0000