vs Minnesota Twins
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Pitching matchup: Matthew Boyd - 5-1, 4.50 ERA · Taj Bradley - 9-3, 3.59 ERA
49-49 · 3rd in AL Central
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Chicago Cubs
Chicago · National League · NL Central
Current standings, schedule, team quality, and the stories shaping the season.
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At a glance
2026 Regular season
- Record
- 54-43
- Division position
- 2nd in NL Central
- Wild Card
- WC1 · +2.5
- Run differential
- +49
No. 5 MLB
Standing
2nd in NL Central
Division: 6.0 GB · Wild Card: WC1 · +2.5
Next game
Latest team news
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Schedule
Recent and upcoming games
Results and the next official games, shown in your local time.
Recent games
vs Minnesota Twins
Jul 18 · Final
WP: Ober · LP: Rea · SV: Gómez
Notable: Rea: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR · L
at Cincinnati Reds
Jul 12 · Final
WP: Boyd · LP: Petty · SV: Webb
Notable: Boyd: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR · W
at Cincinnati Reds
Jul 11 · Final
WP: Pomeranz · LP: Garcia · SV: Thornton
Notable: Assad: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 HR · ND
at Cincinnati Reds
Jul 10 · Final
WP: Greene · LP: Imanaga
Notable: Imanaga: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR · L
at Baltimore Orioles
Jul 9 · Final
WP: Wells · LP: Ferguson · SV: Kittredge
Notable: Peterson: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HR · ND
Upcoming games
vs Minnesota Twins
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Matthew Boyd vs Taj Bradley
49-49 · 3rd in AL Central
vs Minnesota Twins
Jul 19 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Shota Imanaga vs Zebby Matthews
49-49 · 3rd in AL Central
Analytics
How this team has performed
Reliable team context, rankings, strengths, and weaknesses using the data available for MLB.
Team Quality
Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.
- Record
- 54-43
- Run differential
- +49
- Runs/game
- 5.0
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.5
- Expected record
- 54-43
- Actual vs expected
- +0.4 wins
No. 5 MLB
No. 5 MLB
No. 5 MLB
No. 17 MLB
Based on runs scored and allowed.
Offense
Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.
- Runs/game
- 5.0
- OPS
- .745
- OBP
- .336
- SLG
- .409
- AVG
- .243
- Home runs
- 121
- BB%
- 11.0%
- K%
- 21.4%
- Hits/game
- 8.3
No. 5 MLB
No. 4 MLB
No. 4 MLB
No. 12 MLB
No. 16 MLB
No. 10 MLB
No. 1 MLB
No. 11 MLB
No. 12 MLB
Pitching and Run Prevention
Pitching staff results and opponent production.
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.5
- ERA
- 4.33
- WHIP
- 1.28
- Strikeouts
- 758
- Walks
- 299
- K/9
- 7.9
- BB/9
- 3.1
- HR allowed
- 149
- Opp AVG
- .246
- Opp OPS
- .740
No. 17 MLB
No. 21 MLB
No. 13 MLB
No. 25 MLB
No. 10 MLB
No. 25 MLB
No. 10 MLB
No. 29 MLB
No. 18 MLB
No. 23 MLB
Basic Defense
Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.
- Errors
- 38
- Fielding %
- .989
- Double plays
- 73
No. 4 MLB
No. 3 MLB
No. 11 MLB
Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.
Sources
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