Image Courtesy of the Chicago Cubs It was almost 4 months ago to the day that the Cubs tore apart the roster and made a series of moves that we shaved the entire direction of the organization. In came a plethora of prospects. Shortly after that dismantling of the...
At a time when all the big league clubs were signing some relatively big named free agents, the Cubs signed 28-year-old lefty reliever Locke St. John to a MiLB deal. Basic InfoAge - 28Throws - LeftHeight - 6-foot-3Weight - 18032 round pick 2014 out of South Alabama by...
Tyler Schlaffer - Picture courtesy of Stephanie Lynn @SRL590 The winter is always a good time to take stock of what’s going on in the organization. It’s also good time to take questions from you. A while back, I received about 40 questions on Twitter and email and I...
Two New Toys for You One of the things I’m enjoying most about this site is that we actually have some static pages for you to refer to for informational purposes. A while back, I built the International Free Agency Database along with making some depth charts for...
Today is going to be a fun post for you. One of the things we have found out here at North Side Bound is that we like talking about baseball together. We did three pieces together at Cubs Central together (1, 2, 3) before North Side Bound opened for business. We did a...
Chase Strumpf - Photo by Todd Johnson There is a reason that second and third base are at the back end of the position rankings. A lot of it has to do with uncertainty about the positions. The Cubs really haven’t been big on drafting third baseman. They tend to stick...
Ed Howard - Photo by Stephanie Lynn @SRL590 Ed Howard‘s first year was quite the roller coaster. Then 19-year-old shortstop had to overcome not playing competitive baseball for almost a year and a half and then injuries while playing at an advance level for his age....
What I’m Reading • Caleb Kilian put together quite possibly the best pitching performance in AFL history. No exaggeration. Read the full rundown from Greg Zumach right here at NSB. https://twitter.com/nsidebound/status/1462415757606678531?s=21 • We often get caught up...
Tommy John surgery (TJS), also known as Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction, is a fear more commonly associated with pitchers. It is so commonly seen in pitchers that the consistent recovery time means that pitchers coming off TJS can still...
The news came down on Tuesday morning from MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian — Cubs top catching prospect Miguel Amaya will undergo Tommy John surgery. North Side Bound’s No. 15 prospect played just the first month of the 2021 campaign before going down with a forearm strain...
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