In the real world, I teach US History, Geography, and World History and I write about prospects in my spare time. I am also into photography and you will see those pics from time to time on this site. I live about 20 minutes SW of Rockford with my wife Anne and our four pups.
Recent Articles from Todd Johnson
Pete Crow-Armstrong - Picture by Todd Johnson Welcome to the first article in what we like to call our "Preseason Extravaganza.:" Over the next three weeks, North Side Bound is going to be getting ready for the 2023 minor league baseball season. The first three...
This next week is going to be a busy one here at North Side Bound. We will begin our preseason extravaganza on Monday with some predictions for statistics for hitters in the Cubs system. Tuesday will see starting pitcher stat predictions and Wednesday is all about...
Owen Caissie - Pic via MLB.com Some days I surprise myself. I didn’t think I had any kind of interest in watching the World Baseball Classic. None whatsoever. Then last weekend my wife and I started watching it just for something to have on for background noise....
Cam Sanders - Picture by Scott Changnon/Marquee Sports Network With opening day just 2 and 1/2 weeks away, the Cubs continue to work on their 26-man roster. There are not that many spots open but with injuries there are more than originally thought as the Cubs look to...
We have hit that point in spring training where I am ready for actual games to start. Unfortunately, we still have 2 1/2 weeks before that happens Over here at North Side Bound we began planning our preseason extravaganza where we roll out a bunch of content starting...
Hayden Wesneski - Kamil Krzaczynski/USA TODAY Sports As of tomorrow, the Cubs will complete their second week of spring training games. It’s going by quickly. The Cubs have just a little over two weeks left to make roster decisions about who heads back to Chicago. No...
Ben Brown - Pic by Micah Manuel/Tennessee Smokies My mind works in weird ways sometimes. Part of it might be from the fact that I have attention issues, part of it might be I am in the middle of my busy season at school, and part of it might be that I am getting...
In just about 4 months, Major League Baseball will hold its annual amateur draft. D1 baseball has been rolling for 3 weekends now and our own Greg Zumach has done his Top 100 list and 1st round mock draft, Me, on the other hand, I am still in my busy season at school...
Lots of things were going down this week. There were baseball games being played out in Arizona, there was a prospect list from MLB Pipeline, a farm ranking from BA, and there were lots of minor league players arriving in Mesa on Instagram. Let’s start with the games....
Drumroll please……….. And the final offseason mailbag question is… Who is your affiliate to watch this year? CubsCentral08 on Twitter Yes, it is from me. But it’s a good one. North Side Bound will be rolling out our affiliate previews in less than a month’s time. Each...
