Bleacher Brothers

@WatchMarquee PCA, Caleb Williams, and Connor Bedard are going to run this city for the next 15 years.

@wtabbs23 This should be the new pledge of allegiance every morning in the Chicagoland area for the next 7 years

Who is Nico Hoerner? To the blind, he is the light. To the hungry, he is bread. To the sick, he is the cure. To the lonely, he is company. To the sad, he is joy. To the prisoner, he is freedom. For the poor, he is treasure. For me, he is everything.

Moíses Ballesteros has been one of your best hitters through 19 games. At some point you gotta give the kid freedom Yes I get the L/L matchup (this is nothing against Matt Shaw), but it's the leadoff spot in the 5th inning and you're up by 4 Why are we burning him so early

Nico Hoerner is so damn good at baseball

So, when did Nico Hoerner learn to put the ball over the fence?

Biggest concern here with Daniel Palencia is that oblique strains are rarely just going to be a 15-Day IL stint. Obviously depends on the grade but I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up as multiple 15 day stints and we don't see Palencia back for a bit.

Cubs now have 10 pitchers from their 40-man on the IL Matthew Boyd - 15 Hunter Harvey - 15 Phil Maton - 15 Ethan Roberts - 15 Jordan Wicks - 15 Daniel Palencia - 15 Justin Steele - 60 Shelby Miller - Late ‘26? Porter Hodge - Out ‘26 Cade Horton - Out ‘26 Please make it stop

@Cubskickass100 The perspective I always like is 162 can be split into 9 sets of 18 games If you can average 10-8, just one game over .500 every 18, that’s a 90 win team It’s a game of streaks and not much for this team to make that up at some point, .500 with the slow starts is fine

How is everyone feeling about the Cubs season so far?

@Cubies1986 @Cubs Yeah you're right, in 2-3 years we'll probably be calling it a steal instead of a bargain.

@bleacher_bros @Cubs I'll let you know in a few years. Currently it looks like a good deal. Who knows how it looks 2-3 years from now.

Woke up thinking about Nico's 5 RBI's this morning.

Shōta Imanaga is exactly what the Cubs needed him to be so far in 2026: NL Ranks: IP: 22 (14th) ERA: 2.45 (12th) K: 31 (2nd) WHIP: 0.77 (3rd) MLB Percentile Ranks: K %: 37.8% (Top 3%) BB %: 6.1% (Top 20%) Chase %: 42.4%(Top 2%) Whiff %: 33.8% (Top 15%)

Nico Hoerner’s last 100 games offensively for the Cubs: BA: .320 OBP: .372 SLG: .441 OPS: .813 124 H 30 XBH 46 RBI 0.83 BB/K Ratio 21 SB Obviously he’s off to a hot start in 2026 and we all hope it’s sustainable. But his last 100 games seem to indicate it may be…

I wish I could I enjoy the Cubs offense the last 2 nights but all I’ve been told and seen for the last 2 weeks is that they suck and that their season was over…

1. Death 2. Taxes 3. Nico knocks with RISP Nico Hoerner is worth every goddamn penny and thank god he’s a Cub for life

Nice of the Cubs and Phillies to both give each other a “Get Right” day offensively so far this series 6 Cubs had multiple hits last night: Nico: 2-6 Busch: 2-4 Bregman: 3-5 Happ: 2-5 Kelly: 2-4 PCA: 2-4 Find a way to get back to .500 tonight and let’s roll into Wrigley

Okay let’s try this again… Can you guess the Chicago Cub and Season based on their MLB percentile rankings? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Let’s play a game, guess the Chicago Cubs player ⬇️⬇️⬇️

At this point I need the entire Cubs pitching staff wearing a protective suit 24/7 I guess get it out of the way in April instead of September and October.

Cubs have obviously been underwhelming so far and have not looked great, but you gotta feel like this is a momentum shifting win. Down early, battled back, showed emotion, and finally get the big hit they’ve been waiting on for a few weeks from Carson Kelly. Now We Go.

6.0 IP O H 0 ER 9 K 1 BB Welcome back Shōta Imanaga