The best position players in baseball. The worst pitching staff in baseball. One fundamentally flawed Chicago Cubs team. The 2026 Cubs finished with 34.5 WAR from position players (1st in MLB) and…
89 wins. A playoff appearance. A historic season from Pete Crow-Armstrong. And just like that... it's over. The Cubs went to San Diego needing two wins. They came home without one. One run in two…
October feels different. The baseball isn't. The Cubs are officially playing postseason baseball, and every pitch suddenly feels heavier. A leadoff walk feels like a crisis. A runner on second feels…
The regular season is over. The Cubs are in. And now? Nothing else matters. Chicago stumbled down the stretch, finished as the 5 seed, and now heads to San Diego for a best-of-three Wild Card series.…
162 games gave us the answers. Now October changes the questions. On Episode 30 of Club 1:20, we're putting the regular season on trial, pulling out some receipts, and deciding exactly what success…
For 156 games, a win is a win. Opening Day. A random Tuesday in June. A huge series in August. They all go into the same column. But with six games left, the value of one game has changed. The Chicago…
Hungry: The Cubs Are In… Now What? | The Pulse Ep. 10 The last time we checked the Pulse, the Cubs felt broken. Three weeks later? The Chicago Cubs are going to the playoffs. But making October isn't…
10 games left. Magic number 10. The Cubs have spent an entire season putting themselves in this position. Now it's time to finish the job. Season 2, Episode 29 of Club 1:20 looks at PCA's historic…
PCA is chasing history. The playoffs are getting closer. And the Cubs still have some things to figure out. Season 2, Episode 28 of Club 1:20 is all about balancing the final weeks of the regular…
What if the Cubs’ pitching problem isn’t nine innings long? What if it’s just one? All season, we’ve watched the same scene play out. Leadoff walk. Single. Bad pitch. Blooper. Home run. Suddenly a…
