Brewers (Henderson) vs Cubs (Gausman): 09/03/26, 6:15 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

Gausman gets the ball for the Cubs tonight at Wrigley Field as Chicago hosts Henderson and the Brewers.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	TOT
Tyler Ferguson	0	0	0	37	0	37
Trent Thornton	0	13	0	0	23	36
Ryan Zeferjahn	19	0	0	17	0	36
Ryan Rolison	20	0	12	0	19	51
Jacob Webb	0	18	0	0	7	25
Daniel Palencia	0	0	0	12	13	25
Colin Rea	26	0	29	0	8	63
Caleb Thielbar	0	12	0	19	11	42
Aaron Civale	0	15	0	0	0	15

[Tryptamine]

I just hope they make the playoffs at this point.

[Tryptamine]

Kind of amazing that the Cubs are dead last in the majors for pitching fWAR. Ben Brown, who hasn't pitched in how many months now, is double the fWAR of the 2nd highest pitcher Shota who is 1.0. This is just a remarkably bad group of pitchers and thank god for Clay Holmes and to a lesser extent Kevin Gausman. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

This'll be the game where we get great pitching and just get shut down at the plate, like game 5 last year. 

[UMFan83]

In 2023 with 22 games remaining the Cubs reached their high water mark for playoff odds at 93%. They were 12 games over .500 and in WC2, 3.5 games ahead of the Marlins for WC3 and 4 games ahead of the DBacks and Reds for the playoff cut line. 
 

Today with 22 games remaining the Cubs playoff odds are 98.5%. They are 16 games over .500 and in WC2, 4.5 games ahead of the DBacks for WC3, 5 games ahead of the Padres for the playoff cut line.