With a big thanks to the White Sox, the Cubs’ magic number to clinch the top Wild Card spot dropped to four last night. The White Sox beat the Padres, so even though the Cubs lost to the Reds, they still moved the ball forward a bit.
The homers last night were the story, with three off of Shōta Imanaga and two off of Porter Hodge. In the latter case, as we discussed in the EBS, it continues an alarming trend for Hodge this season – flashes of the guy he was last year, followed by the kinds of ugly performances you just cannot justify risking in the postseason. I’m not quite yet ready to say Hodge definitely won’t make the postseason roster at all, but I will say that I can’t envision a scenario where I’d want to see him getting the ball in a high-leverage spot in October right now if most of the bullpen was rested. Speaking of the bullpen group, by the way, there was a report that Daniel Palencia was in Iowa with the expectation he could pitch in last night’s game, continuing his extremely aggressive and rapid return from the shoulder injury. Palencia did not in fact wind up appearing in last night’s game. I have no info on why that was, or whether the initial report was erroneous. We’ll just have to see if he appears sometime this weekend. Ryan Brasier did appear, however, and he’s someone to keep on your mental radar given how good he was in May, June, and July (essentially between the two injury issues). Miguel Amaya, who’d been DH’ing at Iowa, played catcher in that one. So he must be getting close to a return from that ugly injury at first base that looked, at first, like a clear season-ender. Back to the homers of last night, with Imanaga, I just don’t have a strong take. He allows a ton of fly balls. That’s a ballpark that is exceptionally friendly, especially to righties who can pull it, and some dingers were likely. It’s not good to allow so many home runs, but we know this is part of the trade with Imanaga – you hope they’re mostly solo shots, you hope he gives up almost nothing else, and you hope there are a lot of strikeouts. © Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Not exactly a promising update on Kyle Tucker’s calf:Craig Counsell hopes Kyle Tucker will start running next week at Wrigley Field. pic.twitter.com/jMa1PpqBBw
— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) September 19, 2025 It’s essentially a lot of words to say “we’ll see what happens next week.” You don’t need to tell me that the Cubs’ hopes in the postseason drop a good bit if they don’t have a healthy and effective Kyle Tucker anchoring the lineup. So, yeah. This continues to be concerning. Cade Horton might start game one of the playoffs for the Cubs. Meanwhile, All-Star Jacob Misiorowski:The Brewers will weigh the possibility of pitching Jacob Misiorowski out of the bullpen during the final week of the season, Pat Murphy said. They’re trying to find the right playoff role for him and “he’s not doing great on the front end here.”
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) September 20, 2025 Uh, this seems like a potentially serious issue with the playoffs coming:You bought tickets to the baseball game. They're in your MLB Ballpark app. This month, scammers might have swiped them from your account and sold them. MLB acknowledges the problem, which picked up around Labor Day. News: t.co/1Gdvhzbxvs
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