https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/page/55/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/how-one-game-in-the-cactus-league-gave-us-important-information-about-jefferson-rojas-r6321/In a key at-bat last September, Nico Hoerner sat on a fastball and got one in his wheelhouse. He had the advantage of being ahead 2-0 on the Rays' Bryan Baker, and there were two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the eighth inning. The score was 4-4. Never have all the incentives been more ali...6321Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:11:21 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/will-ben-brown-bounce-back-in-2026-r6410/While Ben Brown was hit around and struggled to control at-bats with a two-pitch mix in 2025, there are a few signals pointing towards a bounce-back campaign in 2026. If all goes to plan, and Brown expands his arsenal, Tommy Hottovy eluded that Brown could be a pivotal part of the future of this...6410Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:46:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/shota-imanagas-perilous-journey-from-overrated-to-underrated-r6296/The moment Shota Imanaga first took the mound in Chicago, there was an electricity in the air. On a cold night, with the help of the Wrigley wind, against a hapless Colorado Rockies lineup, Imanaga carved up hitters left and right. Through his first 53 innings in Major League Baseball, the left-...6296Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:08:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-spring-training-news-roundup-bregman-sets-tone-ricketts-shares-expectations-jamo-starts-cactus-league-opener-r6280/Seeing as the 2026 World Series will mark the 10-year anniversary of that championship, I don't feel it is a stretch to say that most of us would love to skip ahead to March 26 when the 150th version of this squad hosts the Washington Nationals on Opening Day. Lest one of you fine readers be Mar...6280Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:00:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cobbling-together-the-best-chicago-cubs-uniform-combinations-r6272/Uniforms are an integral part of sports. It may not have started out that way, but today, a team's uniform fleshes out an entire identity. Some teams are able to transcend on-the-field success into off-the-field relevancy simply because of the uniforms they have created (e.g., the Oakland/Los An...6272Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:54:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/3-cubs-non-roster-invitees-who-will-break-out-this-spring-r6261/Spring training is finally here, and the non-roster invitees for every big-league team see it as a prime chance to break into The Show. For the Chicago Cubs, there are three non-roster invitees who could be in line to make some extra noise and contribute on the north side of Chicago in 2026. ...6261Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:08:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/chronicling-the-1918-cubs-part-9-the-world-series-part-1-r6254/Welcome to part nine of North Side Baseball’s offseason series covering the 1918 Chicago Cubs. You can find the first eight parts here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 When we left off, the National League an...6254Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:04:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-spring-training-preview-new-faces-wbc-participants-r6411/The Chicago Cubs won't have Alex Bregman for most of spring training as he plays for Team USA in the WBC, but newcomer Edward Cabrera and others will finally make their organizational debut. View the full article6411Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:41:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-spring-training-preview-new-faces-wbc-participants-r6247/The Chicago Cubs won't have Alex Bregman for most of spring training as he plays for Team USA in the WBC, but newcomer Edward Cabrera and others will finally make their organizational debut. View the full article6247Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:41:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/one-thing-each-cubs-hitter-can-improve-upon-in-2026-r6242/The Chicago Cubs enter 2026 as a team that looks largely the same offensively. Some dynamics will shift, of course. Alex Bregman is replacing both Matt Shaw and Kyle Tucker, in two different ways. Moisés Ballesteros is likely to get the first shot as the team's designated hitter, and the platoon...6242Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:34:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/the-cubs-have-to-add-a-left-handed-bat-and-have-waited-too-long-already-r6237/For all the good Jed Hoyer does as the president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs, he makes some big mistakes, over and over. He's a good seeker of bargains in free agency and a tough negotiator. He's assembled an improved scouting and player development infrastructure. He assiduously...6237Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:08:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-bullpen-will-be-better-because-the-front-office-abandoned-their-usual-practices-this-offseason-r6228/As observers of the Chicago Cubs, we've all become accustomed to their standard process in building a bullpen. It's the waiver claims, the projects, and the last-chance veterans. Somehow, they've made it work. In the face of that success, though, Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins chose to revamp the...6228Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:08:45 +0000