Question of the week: what's your biggest postseason concern?

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Cubs are heading to the playoffs. When they get there, what's your biggest concern that could hold the team back from advancing?

[mk49]

There are many.

- Will the Cubs get the HFA?
- Will the offense get better, at least a little better?
- Cade Horton injury?  I think he'll be fine, though.
- Tucker's availability, and how well he would hit, if he returns.
- Imanaga and especially, Boyd.  Are they going to keep struggling, like they have been for a while?  

 

 

Edited September 24, 2025 by mk49

[Soul]

Just the disappearing offense syndrome.  At least put up a fight and post some crooked numbers.

[I owned a Suzuki]

Fernando Tatis going 11 for 15 with 4 HRs and Padres bullpen being elite as we lose 2 out of 3 with scores like 5-4

[UMFan83]

There are so many concerns:

-Health/potential rust from Tucker

-Seiya has 2 HRs post ASB and doesn't seem to be snapping out of it

-PCA also has stopped hitting HRs

-Horton is injured

-Boyd has bounced back a little but has struggled in Aug/Sept

-Shota giving up a lot of HRs lately

-Bullpen hierarchy

-Shaw might disappear to help fight of ANTIFA or something

-Will Craig play young guys like Mo Balla or go with a Willi Castro instead?

 

Other teams have issues too but those are the things that concern me off the top of my head.  can't really rank which one is the worst worry.  Maybe Cade, but I think he'd only impact 5 innings of the WC round even if healthy

[Outshined_One]

Cade Horton

End of list.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Change my vote to rotation

[Old Style]

The safety of right wing podcasters. 

[Bull]

So is there anything yet beyond "the chatter on Horton MRI is not good?"

[PackLandVA]

That the other team will use a pitcher, and not a positional player, to face the Cubs lineup.  

[soccer10k]

10 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

-Shota giving up a lot of HRs lately

That's 9 straight games he's given up at least 1 HR and 20 HRs allowed in his last 12 starts.

[Connor McConnor]

Lack of offense.   

[squally1313]

It's the pitching. It's always been the pitching. 

[Derwood]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

It's the pitching. It's always been the pitching. 

Bullpen imploding, giving up lots of homers, etc.

[chibears55]

All the above...

September hasn't been all that great with injuries, pitching, hitting, and defense.

These two games against the Padres can be a swift kick in the nuts with embarrassing losses for the cubs

[squally1313]

5 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

 

September hasn't been all that great with injuries, pitching, hitting, and defense.

I don't disagree from the eye test, but we're 5th in overall (ie including defense) offensive fWAR in September somehow. Do not ask about the pitching.