Entering the 2025 season, the Chicago Cubs were a few years removed from their most recent postseason appearance. Prior to that, they’d made the 2020 MLB playoffs as a National League Wild Card team following the 60-game regular season.
MLB’s Opening Day is almost here as a new season is on the horizon. For the Chicago Cubs, they are coming off a season in which they earned a berth to the Wild Card round, beating the San Diego Padres before falling to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Alex Bregman is viewed as the consummate baseball professional, a supremely talented player who embraced the grind from an early age and has gone from brash phenom to respected veteran.
It’s the dawn of a new Chicago Cubs season, with a clean slate and many possibilities ahead. Expectations are high with the sole goal of a World Series championship.
No game Wednesday. Today is of course Opening Day. We have plenty of videos to watch and some good articles. Get you some coffee like the Cubs do, and enjoy.
As Spring Training opens for 2026, all 30 teams have high hopes and big questions. These are the storylines to follow for each team heading into Opening Day.
The Chicago Cubs begin the 2026 regular season when they host the Washington Nationals on opening day on Thursday. The Cubs are coming off a solid spring training in Mesa, Ariz., with the goal of getting back to the playoffs for the second straight season.
The Chicago Cubs are in a position where they are expected to be one of the top teams in the sport. As a result, manager Craig Counsell is expected to lead the team to a lot of wins.
Chicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman is kicking off the new MLB season by partnering with Throne SPORT COFFEE. Bregman joins a star-studded group of partners, including Patrick Mahomes and Breanna Stewart, as one of the faces of the premium, better-for-you coffee brand revolutionizing the ready-to-drink coffee space.
The Chicago Cubs made one of the biggest signings of the Major League Baseball off-season by inking Alex Bregman to a five-year $175 million contract. While adding his bat will help ease the loss of outfielder Kyle Tucker, and his glove is good enough for the best defensive infield in baseball, it did leave Chicago with a big question.
Fantasy baseball 2026 draft season is just about over, but many 12-team leagues left talented players like Moisés Ballesteros, Coby Mayo, Cole Young, Mick Abel, Logan O’Hoppe (especially in 2-catcher formats), and Matthew Liberatore undrafted.
The Cubs’ acquisition of Alex Bregman in January was arguably the team’s most impressive signing this offseason. A two-time World Series champion and 2024 Gold Glove third baseman, Bregman is a huge addition to the organization, but he also brings a wealth of knowledge and impressive leadership skills.
The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.
A year ago, many were skeptical that the Chicago Cubs could be a postseason contender, even after the acquisition of Kyle Tucker, a genuine star. A year later, the Cubs did make the postseason and extended the Brewers to five games in a tightly-fought division series.
The Chicago Cubs are marking the 10th anniversary of their 2016 World Series season throughout 2026, with a team reunion planned for July 18 after having already held one back in January.
The Chicago Cubs have heightened expectations this year, and much of that optimism stems from the team’s offseason in which the front office added a brand new superstar to the lineup in third basemanAlex Bregman.
The Chicago Cubs have put the finishing touches on their roster to begin the season ahead of Opening Day at Wrigley Field, making several expected transactions that locked things in.
The Cubs announced that left-hander Justin Steele has been placed on the 60-day injured list and right-hander Jack Neely has been designated for assignment.
All-Star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong agreed to a six-year, $115 million contract extension Tuesday to remain with the Chicago Cubs through his age-31 season.
The Cubs are going to select outfielder Dylan Carlson to their roster before Opening Day, reports Jordan Bastian of MLB.com. Carlson will unlock the $2MM salary on his deal by getting the call.
The Chicago Cubs franchise is one of the oldest, most beloved, and similarly, most cursed. The team's history is marked by 108 years of falling shy of a World Series title, a streak that finally ended in 2016.