Cubs (Wicks) vs Cardinals (Liberatore): 5/31/26, 6:20pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Out of curiosity, do you, as a Cubs fan, dislike the Cardinals or Brewers more? I assume most of you dislike the Cardinals the most, but I'm curious.

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Trent Thornton	0	0	22	0	0	22
Ryan Rolison	32	0	0	0	0	32
Phil Maton	0	22	0	15	0	37
Jacob Webb	0	17	0	0	19	36
Hoby Milner	20	0	21	2	0	43
Ethan Roberts	0	15	0	22	0	37
Daniel Palencia	14	0	0	0	13	27
Caleb Thielbar	0	17	27	0	0	44

[Gjfificifjdej]

That answer probably depends on someones age right? Like yeah the Cardinals have had good seasons recently too, but other than 2015, St Louis and the Cubs haven’t really been good at the same time. If you’re under 25, the Brewers have been dunking on the Cubs for a greater portion of your life than anybody else. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

Let me put it this way, if Manfred moves the Brewers AND the Cardinals to the AL Central for say....K.C. and Minnesota, I would be a happy dude..

[BKHoo]

We have a 16+ ERA pitcher going and Vegas has us as slight favorites??!!!!

[Stratos]

53 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Out of curiosity, do you, as a Cubs fan, dislike the Cardinals or Brewers more?

Yes.

[Bertz]

4 of the next 5 opponent SPs are lefties, so hopefully Alcantara gets a little bit of run.

[Geographyhater8888]

1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Out of curiosity, do you, as a Cubs fan, dislike the Cardinals or Brewers more? I assume most of you dislike the Cardinals the most, but I'm curious.

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Trent Thornton	0	0	22	0	0	22
Ryan Rolison	32	0	0	0	0	32
Phil Maton	0	22	0	15	0	37
Jacob Webb	0	17	0	0	19	36
Hoby Milner	20	0	21	2	0	43
Ethan Roberts	0	15	0	22	0	37
Daniel Palencia	14	0	0	0	13	27
Caleb Thielbar	0	17	27	0	0	44

For me, Brewers. The peak era of Cubs success began in 2015 and since 2018, the Brewers are constant pests with overlapping success. The Cubs just sucked during the peak of the cardinals rivalry and was rooted in tradition more than the Cardinals being an October roadblock to anywhere near the degree of Milwaukee.

It was also easier to rationalize the Cardinals success with players like Pujols, Rollen, Edmonds, Wainwright etc than a team that pumps out 90+ wins every season with an 82 win roster on paper, adding to the frustration. That and the Packers connection.

Edited 2 hours ago by Geographyhater8888

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

12 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

For me, Brewers. The peak era of Cubs success began in 2015 and since 2018, the Brewers are constant pests. The Cubs just sucked during the peak of the cardinals rivalry and was rooted in tradition more than the Cardinals being an October roadblock to anywhere near the degree of Milwaukee. Their fans root for the Packers too. 

Well said 

[Brian707]

All of the above.

[Outshined_One]

Remind me again how many rings the Brewers have and how many the Cardinals have.

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, BKHoo said:

We have a 16+ ERA pitcher going and Vegas has us as slight favorites??!!!!

Fanduel has the Cardinals a slight favorite. -116, Cubs -102. Cardinals also slight favorites on draftkings and bet 365. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Rcal10

[gflore34]

In a season where most everything has gone wrong for the Cubs it'd be awfully nice if Wicks could step up.  If he string together several good appearances maybe, with Boyd' and Cabrera' returns. Taillon could be shot into the Sun?

[Rcal10]

Just now, gflore34 said:

In a season where most everything has gone wrong for the Cubs it'd be awfully nice if Wicks could step up.  If he string together several good appearances maybe, with Boyd' and Cabrera' returns. Taillon could be shot into the Sun?

That would be incredible. Undoetunalty pretty unlikely. As it is, one good thing that came out of all the injuries is Brown looks like a  near TOR starter. If Boyd and Cabrera come back healthy and pitching like last year at least they have 3 quality starters. Got to get Shota back to early season form and then trade for a starter. 

[gflore34]

3 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

That would be incredible. Undoetunalty pretty unlikely. As it is, one good thing that came out of all the injuries is Brown looks like a  near TOR starter. If Boyd and Cabrera come back healthy and pitching like last year at least they have 3 quality starters. Got to get Shota back to early season form and then trade for a starter. 

When you think about it this may be it for Wicks.  He'll never have a better opportunity, if can't take advantage of this situation the Cubs may be done with him. 

[Geographyhater8888]

It’s be nice to take 2/3 in a series for the first time in 3 1/2 weeks.