Chicago Cubs 2026

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EyeoftheIllini
Warren Carter Fanclub said:
It is way too early to tell but the Kyle Tucker trade might eventually make our list.
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Yeah, Cam having nice April after a rough March.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I still make that trade. Just don’t get the opportunity to get a guy of that quality for that price for a year. Tucker was exactly what Cubs needed last year. Unfortunately, he got hurt and didn’t work out like we would have liked.
 
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Emerson Bigguns
EyeoftheIllini said:
Yeah, Cam having nice April after a rough March.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I still make that trade. Just don’t get the opportunity to get a guy of that quality for that price for a year. Tucker was exactly what Cubs needed last year. Unfortunately, he got hurt and didn’t work out like we would have liked.
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Cam looked like a world beater the first couple of months last year too, then... not so much.

Bregman is has hit .346 over the past 7 days. Seeing some positive regression toward his career averages. He is too good of a hitter to have stayed down for long.

The offense in general seems to be starting to come around... although doesn't hurt that Philly appears to have forgotten how to play decent baseball.
 
#404      
IanKEvans2
Emerson Bigguns said:
Cam looked like a world beater the first couple of months last year too, then... not so much.

Bregman is has hit .346 over the past 7 days. Seeing some positive regression toward his career averages. He is too good of a hitter to have stayed down for long.

The offense in general seems to be starting to come around... although doesn't hurt that Philly appears to have forgotten how to play decent baseball.
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Also enjoy seeing Shota's velocity up about 2 mph yesterday. After a cold start, Dansby is picking it up late too.

Baseball is such a statistically dorky sport for regressions to the mean. Love it so much.
 
#405      
Emerson Bigguns
IanKEvans2 said:
Also enjoy seeing Shota's velocity up about 2 mph yesterday. After a cold start, Dansby is picking it up late too.

Baseball is such a statistically dorky sport for regressions to the mean. Love it so much.
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As Dansby goes, so goes the team... He is hitting .290 in wins and .100 in losses.

.300 for the last 7 days, though...
 
#406      
JSpence
The Cubs have the third best run differential in all of MLB.
The Cubs are alone in last place in their division.

WIld. It's early, but not THAT early.
 
#407      
EyeoftheIllini
JSpence said:
The Cubs have the third best run differential in all of MLB.
The Cubs are alone in last place in their division.

WIld. It's early, but not THAT early.
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Given that none of the eventual division winners last year were in first place as of this time last year (and two that were in first place didn’t even make playoffs), seems like it’s still early.
 
#408      
DeonThomas
JSpence said:
The Cubs have the third best run differential in all of MLB.
The Cubs are alone in last place in their division.

WIld. It's early, but not THAT early.
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It's still extremely early in the season. Barely 10% of all games thus far played.

9-9 record.

1.5 games out of first place.

But we're going to have to have 2 of our 3 best pitchers (Boyd & Steele) available for the final four months of the season. And then we'll still need to trade for a big-time starter at the deadline. The hitting will come around. Be we need more pitching!
 
#409      
bdutts
JSpence said:
The Cubs have the third best run differential in all of MLB.
The Cubs are alone in last place in their division.

WIld. It's early, but not THAT early.
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They pounded the Phillies the last two games which certainly helped that differential.

Still plenty early and with this division being mediocre, no need to panic unless the rest of the starting staff goes down.
 
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