North Side Bound Mailbag – Which Affiliate Will Be the One to Watch in the Spring?
Sometimes, the mailbag can be a loaded question. By that, no matter how we answer, somebody’s not...
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The Weekly: A Prospect List, a New Draft Prospect List, New Pages, and Checking It Out
Screw it! “The Weekly” was the Sunday staple at Cubs Central for years. I missed...
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New Affiliate Pages Go Up
Up until Friday, our affiliate pages were just links to articles about the affiliates. That’s all...
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Cubs Bring Back Ildemaro Vargas and Dixon Machado on MiLB Deals
The Cubs are bringing back some familiar faces. The Cubs announced they re-signed infielders...
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North Side Bound Position Rankings: 2022 Could Be a Big Year for Lefty Relievers
Burl Carraway – Picture by Todd Johnson Over the past few years, the Cubs really stocked up...
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Cubs Sign Mark Leiter, Jr. to a MiLB Deal
The Cubs announced that they signed 30-yearold RHP Mark Leiter to a minor league deal today. And...
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The Sunday Column – Affiliate To-Do Lists, Transactions, Assorted News, and a Rainy Day Jam
We will get to the news in a little bit… Todd’s Affiliate To-Do-List for 2022 Every Tuesday or...
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Rule 5 Draft – Cubs Have Some Juggling to Do Beforehand
It’s been a pretty slow week news wise as the lockout continues. Today, however, things should...
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Cubs Sign Big Lefty Stephen Gonsalves to a MiLB Deal
The Chicago Cubs announced this morning that they have signed LHP Stephen Gonsalves to a minor...
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Cubs Re-Sign PJ Higgins and Jonathan Holder to MiLB Deals
PJ Higgins- Picture by Todd Johnson While the MLB squad is currently shut down from signing free...
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Cubs Sign St. John to a MiLB Deal
At a time when all the big league clubs were signing some relatively big named free agents, the...
Read MoreMiLB Free Agency Kicks Off as Cubs Steal Narciso Crook from the Reds
via Reds Minor Leagues.com In a quiet move, the Cubs began minor league free agency today by signing OF Narciso Crook who had been in the Reds’ system since he was 17, He was originally born in the Dominican and came to...
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