CHICAGO – Ian Happ kept his small tradition going during the Cubs’ final home game of the regular season. As he has done in past years, the Cubs’ long-time outfielder wrapped a baseball in cash and threw it to the fans in Wrigley Field’s left-field bleachers. The first round of

CHICAGO – Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer spent much of his morning on Friday going through exit meetings with players at Wrigley Field. There were also conversations with coaches and staff, and parting words as those not based in Chicago prepared for travels home. This is not what

SAN DIEGO -- This was not how this Cubs’ season was supposed to end. This script offered the ballclub the same path through October as a year ago, giving the North Siders a shot at redemption after last fall’s postseason exit against the rival Brewers. This was the 10th anniversary

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres made sure this year was different. The 2025 iteration of this National League Wild Card Series in Chicago left a sour taste in San Diego’s mouth, and rightfully so. An already struggling lineup flatlined. There were virtually no big moments. They didn’t have a raucous

SAN DIEGO – If history tells us anything … this series isn’t finished. Not even close. The Padres and Cubs have met twice before in the postseason and both times -- the 1984 NLCS and last year’s NL Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field -- the series went the distance.

SAN DIEGO -- All the information that Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd consumed and studied leading up to Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series pointed to a probable outcome with Fernando Tatis Jr. leading off for the Padres. Tatis was going to swing. Boyd kept that in mind

SAN DIEGO -- This is why the Cubs traded for Kevin Gausman at the Trade Deadline this season. They wanted to add a pitcher who not only had experience at the front of a rotation, but had been through October and understood the mentality and approach in the postseason pressure

SAN DIEGO -- Last postseason, the Padres and Cubs staged a tense and dramatic Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field. They were separated by a single run across three games in the type of series that left you wanting more.

SAN DIEGO -- When the Cubs revealed their roster for the National League Wild Card Series on Tuesday morning, there were no big surprises. The entire five-man rotation made the list among the dozen arms included, and the position group featured the same players from September.

SAN DIEGO -- Fans are plenty familiar with the version of Pete Crow-Armstrong who took a seat in front of a microphone and the National League Wild Card backdrop on Monday at Petco Park. The Cubs star just authored one of the great individual seasons in baseball history and fielded

SAN DIEGO – Handing the ball to Matthew Boyd to begin a National League Wild Card Series against the Padres worked out well a year ago at Wrigley Field. The veteran lefty subdued San Diego’s lineup and put the North Siders on a path to the next round with an

CHICAGO -- The Cubs felt they left some unfinished business on the table last October, when a return to the postseason ended with a gut punch of a loss to the rival Brewers in the National League Division Series. Getting back into the playoffs this year was not merely a

ST. PETERSBURG – Cubs manager Craig Counsell likes to have as much information in hand as possible before announcing any plans for his pitching staff. That is true throughout the regular season, and it is especially the case when the stakes are raised in the playoffs. So on Sunday, as

ST. PETERSBURG – Even without any postseason implications on the line on Sunday, Alex Bregman told Cubs manager Craig Counsell that he wanted to be in the starting lineup. The third baseman felt it was important for him to get more at-bats ahead of the playoffs. “Alex really wants to

ST. PETERSBURG – In an odd twist in a season full of extremes for the Cubs, they will take the field against the Red Sox on Sunday at Tropicana Field to close out the regular season. It is a ballpark famous for Game 162 drama, but this time it will

BOSTON -- It has been a whirlwind two days for the Cubs, who popped champagne in a wild scene at Wrigley Field on Thursday before hopping on the team plane to jet to Fenway Park for a doubleheader with the Red Sox on Friday. And Chicago’s chaotic schedule is just

BOSTON -- The Cubs know they are in the playoffs as a Wild Card team on the National League side. The Red Sox have secured their place in the postseason as the second Wild Card in the American League. But there is one last wrinkle being thrown into the mix

BOSTON – No one really knew what the road back to the field would look like for Alex Bregman in the immediate aftermath of the scary scene on Sunday in Cincinnati. The Cubs’ star third baseman was struck in the left side of the face by a foul ball and

CHICAGO -- The Cubs fully expected to be back on the October stage this fall, but the team did not anticipate the kind of daunting, winding road it took to reach the clinching moment on Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

CHICAGO – Pete Crow-Armstrong has piled up the historic feats and footnotes throughout this season, compiling the type of campaign that Cubs manager Craig Counsell said fans will be telling their grandkids about someday. The star center fielder has added yet another exclusive club to the growing list. On Thursday

CHICAGO – Cubs starter Kevin Gausman called the diving tag he made on Miami’s Heriberto Hernández in the sixth inning on Wednesday night the best defensive play he has made in his career.

CHICAGO – The televisions around the Cubs’ clubhouse Wednesday night displayed the schedule for the following day. The game between the D-backs and Rockies was not over – meaning a postseason clinch was still possible for Chicago – but no one in the locker room was locked in on that

CHICAGO – Standing at his locker Wednesday afternoon, his left eye bloodshot and his cheek still swollen, Alex Bregman ran through his plans for the day. The Cubs' third baseman said he was going to hit off the high-velocity Trajekt machine and have a mostly normal workout ahead of the

BOSTON -- The start times for two of this weekend's three Cubs-Red Sox games at Fenway Park have been changed due to the threat of inclement weather. Sunday’s originally scheduled game will now be played on Friday at 1:05 p.m. ET (12:05 p.m. CT) as the first game of a

CHICAGO -- The Cubs are on the cusp of clinching their second consecutive trip to the postseason, but the champagne will need to be kept on ice at least one more night. The North Siders’ bullpen held the line for a long stretch before a six-run flurry by the Marlins