https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/page/88/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/the-cubs-wide-open-40-man-roster-will-fill-up-in-a-hurry-tuesday-r4398/It's Decision Day for Shota Imanaga, to whom the Cubs extended the qualifying offer two weeks ago. He doesn't currently count as a member of the organization, but if he accepts the offer, he'll go right back onto the 40-man roster. Right now, there's lots of room for him, but while he makes a de...4398Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:07:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/ranger-su%C3%A1rez-is-exactly-jed-hoyers-type-is-that-a-pro-or-a-con-this-winter-r4377/If you'd gone looking for a distinctly Cubs-coded starting pitcher in the free-agent class two winters ago, you might well have come up with Shota Imanaga as tops on the list. He was a veteran starter with an elite walk rate and sneaky athleticism. Though not a strikeout artist, he showed the ab...4377Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:37:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/chicago-cubs-want-to-build-more-pitching-depth-at-the-top-of-the-rotation-r4353/If we follow the rumor trail, it seems as though the Chicago Cubs are going to be big players in free agency this offseason. They currently have a qualifying offer out to Shota Imanaga worth more than $22 million, though it's believed he will decline it. Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma are rep...4353Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:26:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/ian-happ-the-cub-vs-ian-happ-the-trade-candidate-r4338/Ian Happ is so much more than just the longest-tenured member of the Chicago Cubs. He's now a four-time reigning Gold Glover in left field, a remarkable achievement considering the team had no idea where to put him for the first five seasons of his career. He's also got a career 116 wRC+ and 20....4338Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:06:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/cubs-rumors-shota-imanaga-pitching-upgrades-franchise-direction-r4336/The Chicago Cubs sit on the precipice of their most important offseason in a decade, though their commitment to the short-term window remains a genuine question.View the full article4336Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:47:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/pete-crow-armstrong-will-play-for-team-usa-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-r4332/Fueled by his friendship with Seiya Suzuki and his eye-catching fashion choices, Pete Crow-Armstrong became an international star when the Cubs went to Japan to open the 2025 regular season. Next March, he won't have to endure as long a flight to experience the same global spotlight. He has acce...4332Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:40:56 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/north-side-baseball/tatsuya-imai-might-be-the-pitcher-the-cubs-break-the-free-agent-bank-for-r4313/The Chicago Cubs ended their 2025 campaign with a game started by Drew Pomeranz. There was a time (before the Covid-19 pandemic) when that sentence wouldn't have seemed crazy, but that was also the last time that it wouldn't have. Since then, Pomeranz has transitioned from a starting pitcher to...4313Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:06:01 +0000https://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 +0000