Here are the Cubs' playoff chances, standings in season's home stretch

Exploring Cubs playoff scenarios with 22 games left in the regular season

Too much is up in the air for the Cubs (80-60) to start lining up their postseason rotation just yet.“It's just not a thing that you think about right now,” manager Craig Counsell said last weekend in Colorado. “I think it's a mistake to go there for us, for the team right now, for me to think about that right now, because there's enough baseball games left.”Entering Thursday, with three and a half weeks to go in the regular season, no team had …

Here are the Cubs' playoff chances, standings in season's home stretch

The Chicago Cubs haven’t reached the playoffs since 2020, but they’re hoping to change that as they hit the home stretch of the 2025 campaign. With a day off Thursday, the Cubs find themselves with a strong chance of erasing that playoff drought, but they still have plenty of work to do if they hope to do so via a division title, rather than one of the National League’s three wild card spots. ‘ Even with a loss by the Brewers on Thursday, the Cu…

Cubs Playoff Push: 22 Games Left – Archyde

Archyde Cubs’ Playoff Puzzle: Navigating Uncharted Territory for Postseason Success The Chicago Cubs stand at a fascinating crossroads. With the regular season winding down and their postseason berth all but assured,… You can read the full story here: Cubs Playoff Push: 22 Games Left.

Chicago Cubs hoping for a PCA “reset” as they tiptoe to playoffs

The Chicago Cubs are playoff-bound. Well, to be precise, the odds-making experts give them over a 99% chance of making the postseason. The team is acting accordingly, erring on the side of caution when it comes to their top playoff assets– that includes rising star/slumping star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. On most teams, it would be a no-brainer to bench a guy hitting .160 in a crucial late-season month, with a MLB-worst OPS and wRC+ amo…