For the first time in the 2026 season, Pete Crow-Armstrong will not be in the Chicago Cubs’ starting lineup. Manager Craig Counsell is giving his center fielder the day off ahead of Thursday’s series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field, ending a streak of 24 straight game starts to open the season.
The Phillies managed to come back today against the Cubs after trailing 6-2. But, have no fear, Seiya Suzuki is here. Suzuki blasted a solo home run to left field, his third home run in as many games.
Ian Happ has been scorching hot to start the season, and he’s keeping it going today. He just crushed his 7th home run of the season well onto Waveland Avenue.
The Chicago Cubs entered the 2026 MLB season with one of the best starting pitching rotations in baseball. Unfortunately, their rotation was dealt a severe blow when Cade Horton went down for the season due to an elbow injury.
Some things appear clear when it comes to Baseball Hall of Fame voting. The PED guys aren’t going to get in, or at least the hitters, and the rubric for starting pitchers has to be reconstructed on the fly.
The Chicago Cubs have been on fire as of late. They have won eight straight games and nine of the last ten. The Cubs have also taken three straight from the Phillies, and are looking for the sweep on Thursday.
The Chicago Cubs are riding high on an eight-game winning streak as of this writing and have pulled themselves up from the cellar of the NL Central Division into second place, just a half-game behind the surprising Cincinnati Reds.
The Chicago Cubs are one of the hottest teams in baseball right now, winning eight in a row headed into Thursday afternoon, and folks around the league are starting to take notice.
Catcher/designated hitter Moises Ballesteros has been a revelation for the Chicago Cubs this season. The 22-year-old has produced at the plate, batting .367 with a 1.010 OPS, three home runs and 11 RBI in 21 games.
Speed is more important than ever in MLB with recent rule changes promoting stolen bases. These were the 25 fastest players for the 2026 season, as recorded by the Statcast sprint speed metric.
Just for curiosity, I checked the math on flipping a coin and getting heads eight consecutive times. You’d expect to find four such sequences out of 10,000 flips, or about once every 2,500 times.
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) is in its first year, and I predict that the stats will be a big hit. They’re easy to calculate, needing only simple math, and have a nice little acronym borrowed from the automotive world.
The Cubs have found many different ways to win during their current eight-game winning streak. Blowouts (three straight games with 10+ runs). Extra-inning thrillers (over the Mets on Sunday).
Searching for a four-game sweep of the reeling Philadelphia Phillies, the host Chicago Cubs will have an opportunity to extend their winning streak to nine games on Thursday afternoon.
No, Charlie most likely isn’t the goose’s name. But he had to know he wasn’t going to get hit by a ball from Michael Busch at the moment. Strong performance from Shota Tuesday.
After starting the season 7-9 through their first 16 games, dead last in the National League Central, the Chicago Cubs have gone on an impressive winning streak, notching victories against NL East competition.
Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Seiya Suzuki connected on a two-run homer on Wednesday, helping the Chicago Cubs earn a 7-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, securing their eighth straight win.
It has been quite a week for the Chicago Cubs as they have propelled themselves from last in the NL Central to second, a measly half game back from the Cincinnati Reds, amidst a pitching crisis that no manager wants to deal with.
Phillies vs Cubs: The Philadelphia Phillies face the Chicago Cubs in Game 3 of their four-game series at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. Philadelphia will hope to stay alive in the series after losing 4-7 to Chicago on Tuesday night.
Owners of the longest current winning streak in the majors, the Chicago Cubs will look to continue their dominant starting pitching when they face the reeling Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.
If any Chicago Cubs player has played himself into National League MVP talks, it’s Nico Hoerner. Obviously, it’s still very early in the season. The Cubs’ 5-1 win Monday night came in just their 22nd game.
Lately, things are starting to pick up for the Chicago Cubs. After a slow start to the season, the Cubs are now on a six-game winning streak. On Monday, they picked up a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at home in the first game of a three-game series.
Mark McGwire used to punish baseballs with his power. His son, meanwhile, is dominating the game in his own way. Mason McGwire, the son of the 12-time All-Star, has been turning heads with his solid start to his 2026 season with the Chicago Cubs’ Single-A affiliate Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
The Cubs re-signed outfielder Dylan Carlson to a minor league contract after he was designated for assignment and elected free agency last week. The team never formally announced it, but Carlson’s deal is reflected on the MLB.com transaction log and he suited up for the team’s Triple-A Iowa club yesterday.
The New York Mets are a mess right now, and things went from bad to worse on Friday in a 12-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Not only did starting pitcher Kodai Senga get rocked by the Cubs, but the loss also extended the Mets' current losing streak to nine consecutive games.