The Chicago Cubs are heading back to the MLB postseason, and they will open October with a familiar opponent. The Cubs will face the San Diego Padres in the National League Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Sept.
The end of the 2026 season has been a rocky road for the Chicago Cubs. September was one of two months that saw them post sub-.500 marks on the season with an 11-13 record.
The San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs are running it back in the National League Wild Card Series, but this time the Cubs come to Petco Park. San Diego
Veteran baseball insider Ken Rosenthal delivered a blunt assessment Monday of the Chicago Cubs’ chances in this week’s National League Wild Card Series, saying he does not expect them to advance past the San Diego Padres.
How many of the pitchers in MLB's Live Ball era (since 1920) with five or more 200-strikeout seasons under their belt can you name in five minutes?
As we await the Cubs playing starting tomorrow in a Wild Card series against the Padres, let’s take a look back at the team’s long Modern Era postseason history.
The 2026 season has been headlined by young players emerging, but some wily veterans have also had their day. As we head toward the end of the regular season, these 30 players stand out as the biggest surprises on their teams.
In a wild-card series that nearly came down to the final game of the season to determine home field advantage, the Chicago Cubs will be traveling out west for a rematch of a 2025 NLWCS matchup against the San Diego Padres.
Tomorrow afternoon, the Chicago Cubs will travel to San Diego as they begin their postseason. A three-game series will decide whether or not the Cubs move on to the Divisional Round or get ready for the winter.
Back on September 20, when Alex Bregman took a fluke foul ball to the face while in the on-deck circle, it seemed almost perfectly normal for the kind of injury-filled, misfortune-heavy season the Chicago Cubs were having.
I’m thinking of a baseball team. With a little more than a week to go in the season, they were comfortably in a wild card spot, having gotten there with multiple long winning streaks.
The Chicago Cubs were aggressive at the trade deadline this year, making moves to address starting rotation issues in anticipation of a playoff run. They added veteran starters Kevin Gausman and Clay Holmes—along with Braxton Garrett and reliever Ryan Zeferjahn—to beef up a postseason-bound team.
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The good news is that the Cubs allowed only 20 runs in the six games over the past week, and six of those were in the 12th inning on Tuesday. So in general, the pitching staff did its job.
The Chicago Cubs closed the regular season on a winning note Sunday, defeating the Boston Red Sox 6-2 and locking in a Wild Card meeting with the San Diego Padres that begins Tuesday night in California.
Kevin Gausman still does not know if he will start Game 1 of the Chicago Cubs’ Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres. Gausman threw a “normal-ish” bullpen session Sunday, calling it a step in the right direction.
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Well, it’s official. Game 162 is done and dusted, and the playoff matchups are set. The Cubs, who locked up the second Wild Card spot late Saturday night, will now head to San Diego to begin a three-game series against the Padres at Petco Park.
Just one week after Bregman experienced a scary injury, he marked a tremendous comeback by hitting two no-doubt home runs against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
The Chicago Cubs added pitching depth Saturday by claiming right-hander Julian Aguiar off waivers, a move that arrived while the club was in the middle of a series against the Boston Red Sox.
The Chicago Cubs are traveling anything but the easy road to get to the National League postseason.
Pete Crow-Armstrong is going to win the National League MVP. At this point, that is almost the least interesting part of his season. There is a difference between being the best player in a given year and producing the type of season that deserves to be discussed long after that year is over.
Taylor McGregor is heading to ESPN, full-time. The popular sideline reporter, who covers college football for ESPN, has also served as the dugout reporter for the Chicago Cubs on the Marquee Sports Network.
He's just the seventh player all-time to reach the milestone.
If the Chicago Cubs want to host a game in the National League Wild Card round, they will not only have to beat the Boston Red Sox this weekend on the road, but also overcome Mother Nature.
At this point, it seems that Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is going to run away with the National League MVP award. On Wednesday, MLB insider Jon Heyman even had a bold prediction regarding Crow-Armstrong’s MVP case, saying he should be the unanimous winner.
The Chicago Cubs entered play on Monday tied with the San Diego Padres for the top National League wild-card position.
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