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The Cubs’ season came to an unceremonious end on Wednesday. Chicago was easily swept out of the Wild Card Series by San Diego. They lost by a combined 12-1 margin over the two contests. President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer met with reporters (including ESPN’s Jesse Rogers and Vinnie Duber of The Chicago Sun-Times) as […]
Cubs president Jed Hoyer made pitching acquisitions his top offseason priority after Chicago was swept by the Padres in the wild card round.
Hoyer took responsibility for assembling a below-replacement-level bullpen
The Milwaukee Brewers are set to play the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series. Milwaukee finished the regular season with the best record in all of baseball. However, San Diego played well to end the season and the team currently has momentum after defeating the Chicago Cubs in the NL Wild Card […] The post Brewers’ Pat Murphy says obvious truth out loud about Padres series appeared first on ClutchPoints .
In one of the least surprising revelations of the still-early offseason for the Chicago Cubs, president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer knows they need to improve their pitching staff going into 2027.
The Chicago Cubs picked the worst possible time for their offense to disappear, posting a historically bad number in their playoff exit.
Fixing the rotation tops Hoyer’s winter to-do list.
The San Diego Padres made quick work of the Chicago Cubs, but the next assignment comes with a much higher degree of difficulty. The Milwaukee Brewers await in the NLDS, with Games 1 and 2 in Milwaukee before the series shifts to Petco Park. San Diego enters with an offense that looks capable of carrying […] The post 4 bold predictions for Padres-Brewers NLDS clash appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Well, that was not the Wild Card round we wanted. This Cubs team provided the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in 2026. We’ll think of this as the year of the walkoff, brought to you in no small part by a pitching staff that was decimated by injuries. Pete Crow-Armstrong notching the […]
The Chicago Cubs’ playoff run came and went after falling 2-0 in the Wild Card series against the San Diego Padres. With the team out of the postseason, President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer revealed where he failed the roster this season. During his end-of-year press conference, Hoyer admitted his moves to improve the bullpen […] The post Cubs’ Jed Hoyer reveals where he did ‘poor job’ with roster construction appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Jed Hoyer held his annual postseason press conference on Friday afternoon, which the Cubs’ media release somewhat hilariously listed as October 1, and the content was just about as exciting as wet cardboard. It’s really not even worth covering, but I didn’t have anything better to do than watch Marquee — which I plan to … The post Jed Hoyer: Pitching Must Improve, Home Playoff Games Are Good appeared first on .
You know how you felt about this year’s Chicago Cubs. They had a great offense, tops in many categories in Major League Baseball. They had a great defense, leading MLB in almost every category The pitching, yikes, it was pretty bad. I’ll have more to say tomorrow when I post my final 2026 Cubs pitcher […]
The Chicago Cubs’ season ended after an ugly two-game stomping at the hands of the San Diego Padres in the opening Wild Card series at Petco Park. More News: Chicago Cubs need to target these free agent San Diego Padres While people may wax poetic about the Cubs’ 2026 run, noting how they battled through [...] The post Chicago Cubs won’t even try to land big fish free agent, per insiders appeared first on ChiCitySports .
The Chicago Cubs turned in a miserable collective performance in the Wild Card series against the San Diego Padres and, as a result, were eliminated in two games. Unfortunately, given the pitching woes of this year’s team, the disappointing end to the season wasn’t exactly unexpected. More News: Chicago Cubs rout in San Diego offers [...] The post Chicago Cubs need to target these free agent San Diego Padres appeared first on ChiCitySports .
Hopefully you all follow along and have seen the Game 162 Heroes and Goats and you already knew how the final standings ended up, at least at the top and bottom. Kudos to you if you knew by the end of the first inning on Sunday that Alex Bregman had likely secured the Rizzo. In […]
Entering the playoffs, the Chicago Cubs were expected to be led by their offense. But those plans didn’t come to fruition as they were outscored 12-1 by the San Diego Padres, getting swept out of the Wild Card Series. One of Chicago’s biggest culprits was Pete-Crow Armstrong. He is the favorite to win NL MVP [...] The post Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong drops somber take on early playoffs exit appeared first on ChiCitySports .
It’s time to look back at Chicago Cubs player performances over the 2026 season. For the purposes of this exercise, the regular season is all I’m going to consider. I don’t think the clear underperformance of two postseason games moves the needle on any of these players. A reminder that these grades are 100 percent […]
The San Diego Padres rode their momentum from a strong finish in the regular season to a two-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the National League Wild Card Series at Petco Park. The two teams met a season ago and engaged in a three-game series that saw the Padres score just five runs. San […]
The Cubs fail to do anything right in the Wild Card round and exit the 2026 season quietly. Cotton and Rockett spin the B-Clock Wheel with Special Guest “Boomer” Bill Sugas. Brought to you by Penguin Imprints, Fanarchy and our Patreon supporters. Subscribe free at any of these fine podcasting establishments: Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Watch us … The post Son Ranto: Fly the Big Fat L appeared first on .
After a wild 162 game season that saw its ups and downs for the Chicago Cubs, the team had a quick exit in the MLB playoffs. They were eliminated in two games, losing both to the San Diego Padres. Just as fast as the playoffs began, they were over for Craig Counsell’s team. Now, they [...] The post REPORT: Chicago Cubs don’t want to get into bidding war for free agent outfielder appeared first on ChiCitySports .
Happy Friday, everyone. I know this week hasn’t gone the way we had hoped, and that October baseball is now over for the Cubs, but the postseason rolls on, and we’ll still be keeping an eye on its progress as the month goes on. Today, we look at how the Astros fans turned on their […]
The Houston Astros ' season ended Wednesday in a sweep, and the question hanging over the franchise now is whether Jeremy Pena becomes the next Kyle Tucker. Houston fell 7-3 to the Chicago White Sox in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series, getting swept out of the playoffs at Daikin Park. The Houston Chronicle raised the comparison in its postmortem on the season. Pena is entering his final season of club control, the same spot Tucker was in before Houston traded him to the Cubs two w...
The Cubs have a ton of holes after their early postseason exit, and ownership won't go to extreme lengths to change that.
Dave Rosello, who played nine MLB seasons for the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, died Sept. 30 in Kissimmee, Florida. He was 76. A native of Puerto Rico, Rosello was mostly a backup infielder, known more for his fielding prowess…
It’s time for the Brewers’ 2026 playoff campaign to begin! Anyone who wanted to see a second straight year with a testy intra-division NLDS matchup between the Brewers and Cubs had their hopes quickly dashed on Tuesday and Wednesday as the Padres, one of the hottest teams in baseball, utterly demoralized the North Siders with […]