Published for Cubs fans — October 2026
By Toxlay Sports Editorial Team · Last updated October 19, 2026
🐻 Cubs Fans — Fly the W in 2027!
89 wins, the 40-40 kid, and the All-Star Game coming home to Wrigley for the first time since 1990 — real fans don’t just watch the summer of the Cubs, they wear it. Grab a Chicago-style pinstripe jersey with your favorite star’s number and rep the Friendly Confines everywhere you go.
The Club
The Chicago Cubs are baseball’s most beloved contradiction — a charter member of the National League, founded in 1876, playing in the most romantic ballpark on earth, Wrigley Field, in blue and red, with a fanbase that treats Opening Day like a religious holiday. The trophy case holds three World Series titles — 1907, 1908 and the immortal 2016, the one that ended 108 years of waiting and broke a curse in extra innings of Game 7. This is the franchise of the ivy, the seventh-inning stretch, day baseball, and a neighborhood that shuts down when the team is good. And in the summer of 2027, the whole sport is coming to Clark and Addison: the All-Star Game is at Wrigley for the first time since 1990.
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Last Season (2026): The Fun Team That Ran Out of Arms
89-73. Second in the NL Central, 14 games behind a Milwaukee Brewers machine that won 103 — and a season that felt like three different teams wearing the same uniform. The Cubs opened the year on fire, rattling off the first of two separate 10-game winning streaks (with a 10-game losing streak wedged between them, because of course), scored more runs than any team in baseball, played the best defense in the league, and authored 13 walkoff wins plus a 20-3 stretch that felt like 2016 all over again. Then September came, home-field advantage in the Wild Card round slipped away, and San Diego happened: the Padres swept the Cubs 2-0 at Petco Park (8-0 on September 29, 4-1 the next night), the bats going silent at the worst possible moment. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alex Bregman — so hot in the second half — couldn’t buy a hit, and the pitching that had been held together with duct tape all year finally gave out. Worst postseason exit in nearly 20 years. The talent was real. The ending was brutal.
Best Players Right Now (2027 Roster)
Pete Crow-Armstrong, 24, Center Field — The superstar. A 40-40 season, a cycle, an MVP-caliber year — PCA joined the 40-40 club with a stolen base in the first inning of the game that clinched the playoff berth, and he’s the most electrifying Cub since peak Javy Báez. The face of the franchise for the next decade.
Seiya Suzuki, 31, Right Field (#27) — The professional hitter. His homer helped clinch the postseason berth, and his all-fields power makes him the lineup’s most reliable run producer.
Nico Hoerner, 29, Second Base — The steady hand. Fresh off a contract extension, Hoerner’s RBI single was part of the clincher, and his defense-and-contact game sets the table for everything.
Alex Bregman, 32, Third Base — The big swing. The winter’s marquee signing, and his second-half surge carried the offense for weeks. Playoff-tested, October-proven — the Cubs paid for exactly that pedigree.
Dansby Swanson, 32, Shortstop — The leader. Gold Glove defense up the middle and the clubhouse voice that holds the infield together.
Ian Happ, 31, Left Field — The switch-hitting staple. Patient, powerful from both sides, and a Wrigley fixture who keeps delivering quiet 25-homer seasons.
Michael Busch, 28, First Base — The thump. Lefty power that plays perfectly to the right-field bleachers.
Justin Steele, 30, Starting Pitcher — The ace when right. Frontline stuff and a bulldog mentality; the rotation goes as he goes.
Shota Imanaga, 32, Starting Pitcher — The craftsman. Deception, command, and a knack for big starts at Wrigley.
Edward Cabrera, 28, Starting Pitcher — The live arm. Acquired for his electric stuff, and when the command is there he’s unhittable.
Ryan Zeferjahn, 27, Reliever — The clincher hero. Got the final three outs to punch the playoff ticket — the kind of bullpen arm October is built on.
Manager: Craig Counsell — The highest-paid skipper in the game navigated a pitching staff held together by injuries and still won 89 games. Now the expectations match the paycheck.
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Star Spotlight: Stories You Should Know
The 40-40 kid. September 24, Wrigley Field, first inning: Pete Crow-Armstrong swipes second base and joins the 40-40 club — 40 homers, 40 steals — in the same game the Cubs clinched their playoff berth. He’d already hit for the cycle that summer. At 24, PCA put together one of the great individual seasons in franchise history, the kind that gets your number talked about for the rafters someday.
Thirteen walkoffs. No team in baseball broke hearts — the other team’s — like the 2026 Cubs. Thirteen walkoff wins, a 20-3 summer tear, two 10-game winning streaks: on the good nights, Wrigley felt like 2016 again, the bleachers bouncing and the seventh-inning stretch shaking the old ballpark. That’s the thing about this team — the ceiling is a parade.
The Petco nightmare. Then came the floor. Two games in San Diego, two losses, nine total runs allowed and one measly run scored — the worst Cubs postseason showing in nearly two decades, with instant echoes of the 2007 and 2008 sweeps, when great regular seasons also died in the first round. Jed Hoyer was aggressive all year — the Bregman signing, the extensions, the Cabrera trade, a busy deadline — and it still wasn’t enough. The 2027 mission starts there.
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Next Season (2027): The All-Star Summer
Here’s the good news: the core is locked in, the kids are a year older, and the farm keeps producing. PCA is 24. The lineup that scored more than anyone is back intact. The rotation — Steele, Imanaga, Cabrera and friends — needs health more than anything; if the arms that spent 2026 on the injured list stay on the mound, this is a 95-win team. The front office has to find bullpen certainty and one more reliable starter, because October exposed exactly where the roster thins out. And yes, the elephant in the room: the collective bargaining agreement expires December 1, and a lockout could delay everything. But if baseball is played on time — and the Cubs schedule says it starts March 25 — Chicago gets a season with a real prize at the midpoint: the All-Star Game at Wrigley, the eyes of the sport on the North Side, and a team built to still be playing in October.
Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Games to Watch
Wondering when the Cubs play? The Cubs schedule for 2027 is out — and it starts at home, earlier than ever. Grab your Cubs tickets early for these:
- March 25 — vs Cleveland Guardians (Opening Day, Wrigley Field): The earliest Opening Day in club history, at home for the second straight year. Bring blankets — March baseball at Clark and Addison is not for the soft.
- May 29-31 — at St. Louis Cardinals (Memorial Day weekend): The rivalry, on a holiday weekend, in St. Louis. It doesn’t get better than this in May.
- June 22 — at San Diego Padres (scheduled doubleheader): Circle it twice. The first trip back to Petco since the Wild Card sweep — payback doubleheader in the middle of a West Coast swing.
- July 13 — All-Star Game (Wrigley Field): The Midsummer Classic returns to Wrigley for the first time since 1990. Expect a small army of Cubs in the National League dugout — PCA starting in center wouldn’t surprise anyone.
- September — vs Los Angeles Dodgers (Wrigley Field): A late-season weekend series with the defending champs at the Friendly Confines. If the division race is tight, this is where it’s decided.
Biggest Rivalries — The Wars
1. St. Louis Cardinals — THE rivalry. The best rivalry in the National League, full stop. Two historic franchises, two fanbases that genuinely can’t stand each other, and a Memorial Day weekend series that always delivers.
2. Milwaukee Brewers — The new kings. They won 103 games and buried the Cubs by 14 in 2026. Until Chicago knocks them off, the road to the NL Central crown goes through Milwaukee — and the Brewers know it.
3. Chicago White Sox — The Crosstown Classic. Same city, two tribes. The South Siders and North Siders only meet a few times a year, which is exactly why every pitch matters for a full calendar of bragging rights.
4. San Diego Padres — The fresh wound. They ended the Cubs’ season in two joyless nights at Petco. The June doubleheader is circled, underlined, and highlighted.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are the Cubs hosting the 2027 All-Star Game?
Yes. The Midsummer Classic comes to Wrigley Field on July 13, 2027 — the first All-Star Game at the Friendly Confines since 1990.
When the Cubs play at Petco Park in 2027, what are they avenging?
The June 22, 2027 doubleheader is their first trip back to San Diego since the Padres swept them 2-0 in the 2026 Wild Card Series, holding Chicago to one run over two games.
Who are the best Cubs players right now?
Pete Crow-Armstrong, the 24-year-old 40-40 star; Alex Bregman, the winter’s marquee signing; and Seiya Suzuki, the lineup’s most reliable run producer.
What happened in the Cubs’ 2026 Wild Card Series?
The Padres swept the Cubs 2-0 at Petco Park on September 29-30 (8-0 and 4-1) — the club’s worst postseason exit in nearly 20 years, after an 89-win season.
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Fly the W — 2027 is the summer the All-Star Game comes home to Wrigley.
