Catch the Bears game last night? If not, don’t bother going back to it. What began almost impossibly good (in all the best possible ways) turned into an epic late collapse (in all the worst possible ways). And although that’s a FAR cry from how this Cubs season has unfolded — this team is a lock for the playoffs, let’s not be too dramatic — I couldn’t help but notice one particular similarity: the evaporization of fun.
The Cubs started the year off HOT, featuring particularly epic performances from their new star outfielder, Kyle Tucker, and their next star outfielder, Pete Crow-Armstrong. Meanwhile, Seiya Suzuki was hitting more dingers and plating more runs than ever, Michael Busch was the most underrated offensive player out there, Miguel Amaya was breaking out offensively, the team was stealing bases like their life depended on it, and the comebacks were frequent and awesome (and often unnecessary).
Bottom line? A Cubs team that was routinely scoring 6+ runs a game was battling for the best record in baseball and was not so infrequently ranked as the top team in the NL (and even MLB). It was awesome. It was fun. There was energy at Wrigley Field, and it felt like the Cubs were BACK-back.
And then it all just kind of stopped.
Fresh off the heels of three straight losses, the 2025 Chicago Cubs are now an even 24-24 in the second half of the season and are only two games over .500 over the last three months (41-39 since June 8).
On an individual level, Jameson Taillon has spent a lot of time on the IL. Matthew Boyd has shown understandable cracks as the innings mount. Seiya Suzuki has a 78 wRC+ in the second half. Kyle Tucker imploded, showed some life, and is teetering on an IL stint. Pete Crow-Armstrong has been two homers away from 30 for about three years. Miguel Amaya worked his way back from a big injury only to immediately sustain another injury. Michael Busch can’t hit. Daniel Palencia is on the IL. And so on.
And they’re also not really playing for anything right now.
With just 18 games to go, the Cubs are 7.5 games out of first place and 8.0 games up in the Wild Card race. The only thing they’re currently “playing for” is the top Wild Card slot, which would ensure homefield advantage for the three-game series that begins September 30 (an important advantage, yes, but not anything worth living and dying over from game to game).
It just sorta feels like no-man’s land.
Collectively, this team is in preservation mode. And individually, we need almost everyone to turn their seasons around in the next two to three weeks if we hope to have any shot come October.
Obviously, this is nothing a good postseason run can’t fix, but right now, for a playoff Cubs team with one of the better records in baseball, it’s just not very fun. Maybe I’m just languishing in the dog days of a long season. Or maybe I’m just riding the waves too much. But I don’t really think that’s the case. Instead, I think the highs of the first drive (excuse me, first three months of the season) reminded us all how great it can be, making this, by contrast, look positively dull and defeating as we limp into the postseason.
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