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We're into March; let's talk spring training performances! [...]

Some Cubs prospect notes for you today … Chicago Cubs prospects are set to face prospects from the Padres system at 7:05pm CT on March 21 at Sloan Park for their Spring Breakout game. Today, MLB announced the player pools for each organization, which is just kind of an initial [...]

No one outside the ballpark will be able to see it, but there could be a really cool father-son moment at Sloan Park today. That’s because Brady Counsell, the Diamondbacks’ 10th-round pick last summer out of Kansas, will be suiting up for the visitors against his dad’s Cubs. Though the [...]

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It's time to take a moment and thank all the users who made North Side Baseball great over the offseason! [...]

MESA, Ariz. — There’s growing hype around Cubs shortstop prospect Jefferson Rojas, and roughly two weeks into spring training games, it’s well-earned. Rojas’ home run swing is drawing some comparisons to the likes of Justin Upton, and he’s making plays up the middle that Nico Hoerner has described as “Dansby-esque.” This [...]

Over at ESPN, their baseball experts endeavored to rank the top-100 players in MLB right now, perhaps trying to take a little shine off the MLB Network exercise that did the same (and underrated the Cubs, I might add). At the top of the list, you don’t find too many [...]

A month remains before Opening Day, and it's been a quiet spring training for the Chicago Cubs. Short of an injury to Tyler Austin, things have been status quo [...]

It remains the case that, if Moises Ballesteros is going to make a significant impact on the 2026 Chicago Cubs out of the gate, it’s going to have to come from his bat. Not only is that where his most meaningful potential lives, but the Cubs are undoubtedly quite happy [...]

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There's work to be done, but top Chicago Cubs pitching prospect Jaxon Wiggins has the stuff to be a difference-maker at the big-league level in 2026. [...]

The Cubs spent big on Josiah Hartshorn in the 2025 MLB Draft. Today, we explore just what makes the team so excited about their newest teenage hitter. [...]

The Cubs were in Phoenix Wednesday to battle the Brewers on a sunny afternoon. New acquisition Edward Cabrera made his second appearance of the spring, and the road squad controlled things most of the day to pick up a win. Cabrera had a couple of base runners during his outing, but [...]

Chicago Cubs fan favorite David Ross may not have found another job as a manager, but he's returned to a fitting role as a baseball analyst at ESPN. [...]

Alex Bregman homered for the Cubs on Sunday. He homered for Team USA on Tuesday. And he just went deep yet AGAIN for Team USA today. Our dude is LOCKED in at the moment. Check out his latest blast, which came in an exhibition game against the Rockies this afternoon: [...]

Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene is battling an unclear elbow injury - which could give the Chicago Cubs a chance to get off to a hot start in the NL Central. [...]

The intuitive move for Team USA might be handing the ball to Paul Skenes in the World Baseball Classic championship game, if the U.S. gets that far. But tournament logistics and pitcher routines are steering things in a different direction. Team USA’s WBC Pitching Plan Taking Shape Instead, Mets rookie Nolan McLean [...]

As we watch Edward Cabrera look nasty out there against the Brewers and dream on him doing it in the regular season, we have also been treated to Moises Ballesteros working behind the plate (no easy feat trying to catch Cabrera!). And Ballesteros has been having some fun with the [...]

Like I said in the Bullets this morning, if there was public reporting of reliever Ben Heller re-signing with the Cubs earlier in the offseason on a new minor league deal, I either missed it completely or let it fall out of my brain between then and now. Because it [...]

The pre-season top-30 Chicago Cubs prospect list is now out at MLB Pipeline, and it always makes for a good conversation piece, as well as a good touchstone on the health of the farm system. Here's the @Cubs' 2026 preseason Top 30 Prospects list, led by Moisés Ballesteros and Jaxon [...]