Regardless of what happens with the Chicago Cubs, Pete Crow-Armstrong had a historic season. While his numbers tell the story, additional numbers say even more, per Sarah Langs of MLB.com and Jon Heyman of The New York Post. According to Langs, Crow-Armstrong is in the 100th percentile in batting and fielding run value. He is also […]
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Cubs scored three runs in the first two innings at Fenway, then watched Boston tie it and take a 4-3 Game 1 win on Connor Wong's seventh-inning double.
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What a game. What a series. What a season. What a way for the San Diego Padres to clinch their spot in the 2026 postseason. The Friars sealed a series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night, earning a Wild Card berth and maintaining a one-game lead over the Chicago Cubs for the […]
The Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox will conclude the final regular-season game of the year at Tropicana Field — the home of the Tampa Bay Rays — due to a predicted Nor’easter storm that is due to hit Boston over the weekend. Saturday's game between the Red Sox and Cubs has been rescheduled […]
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MLB is moving the series finale between the Red Sox and the Cubs to Florida
The Boston Red Sox will be facing the New York Yankees in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. That matchup was assured Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs by a 4-3 score in the first game of a doubleheader Friday. "This is a HUGE problem for the Red Sox." Willson Contreras (3rd in MLB […]
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BOSTON — Connor Wong hit a tie-breaking double in the seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in a doubleheader opener on Friday that clinched the No. 5 seed in the American League playoffs. Boston will play its wild-card series for the second year in a row at the New York Yankees, who won last season’s best-of-three matchup 2-1. It will be the seventh Red Sox-Yankees postseason series. Wind knocked down flies toward the Green Monste...
Boston locked up the American League’s second Wild Card spot Friday afternoon, setting up a rematch with the Yankees in the best-of-three Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.A year after the Yankees ended Boston’s season in three games in the same round, the Red Sox will get another shot at their longtime rival.
The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs have a series with plenty of playoff implications this weekend, and Mother Nature isn't making things any easier.
It’s happening again! The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will face off in the 2026 MLB Wild Card Series for a second consecutive year, as Boston’s Friday afternoon victory over the Chicago Cubs secured its spot as the No. 2 American League wild-card seed; New York secured the No. 1 AL wild-card seed earlier in the week. Game 1 of the three-game set will come on Sept. 27, as the series takes place at Yankee Stadium, like last year when New York defeated Boston in three games. Here’s how th...
It’s been rumored for several days, but now it’s official: Game 162 for both the Cubs and Red Sox will be played Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m. Central time at the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Red Sox had already moved Sunday’s scheduled game to Friday afternoon, […]
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The Cubs’ chances for home-field advantage in the Wild Card took a big hit when they lost the first half of a doubleheader to the Red Sox at Fenway Park Friday afternoon. The road team went out in front early but could not maintain the lead and suffered a one-run defeat. Chicago got on the …
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Chicago Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong is having an historic year here in 2026, well on his way to winning the NL MVP award. The center fielder is not only one of the best defensive players in the game, but he’s figured it out at the plate as well. As his MVP season has gone one, [...]
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The Boston Red Sox (86-74) leave their series opener against the Chicago Cubs (88-72) with a guaranteed postseason date with the New York Yankees, and some more unwanted injury troubles. Summer meteorite Mickey Gasper exited Friday afternoon’s 4-3 comeback victory due to right biceps discomfort, per Tim Healey of The Boston Globe. An erratic lineup […]
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Alec Gamboa is not a starter. At least not at the Major League level caliber. But when the Red Sox needed someone to open a doubleheader on the last Friday of the regular season, they handed it to him anyway—and the Cubs made him pay for it quickly. Tyrone Taylor doubled in the first inning […]
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The Cubs took a nice early lead in this game, but then, as has been the case so many times in recent days, simply could not bring many baserunners in to score, going 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. (If it makes you feel any better — it didn’t for me — the Red Sox […]
Despite descending into a massive slump and serving a stint on the injured list, Shohei Ohtani could have still retained his National League MVP crown. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar’s 6.6 WAR is higher than plenty of past winners, but beyond that polarizing metric, voters place immense value on the sub-2.00 ERA he posted in […]
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Jesse Rogers is back on Inside the Friendly Confines after the Cubs officially clinched a playoff spot, breaking down what comes next as Chicago fights to secure home-field advantage heading into October. Jesse explains why the Cubs’ playoff formula may depend heavily on conditions at Wrigley Field, arguing that this team is better suited for warmer weather and the wind blowing out than a cold, low-scoring grind. He points to the Cubs’ struggles when scoring three runs or fewer and explains wh...
Shohei Ohtani is still baseball’s biggest seller. The Los Angeles Dodgers star has MLB’s most popular jersey for the fourth consecutive season, becoming the first player to accomplish the feat since the league began tracking sales in 2010. Ohtani leads a top five that includes New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge at No. 2, Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong at No. 3, Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. at No. 4 and San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. at No. 5. The rankings...
The start time for this game was moved up 30 minutes from what was originally scheduled, which is kind of silly considering they didn’t have to do a split doubleheader at all. While it would not have been fun for the Red Sox logistically, as they’d already moved Sunday’s season finale to Friday afternoon, they …
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I don’t really feel like putting any effort into examining this further, so here’s the media release… The AL and NL Wild Card Series presented by AbbVie begins Tuesday, Sept. 29 with many of MLB’s most popular players preparing to take center stage. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the …
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Alex Bregman’s bruised face was captured during his return to the Chicago Cubs lineup.
This has been reported all over the place, and we’ve mentioned it here in a couple other posts, so let’s keep this quick. The Cubs and Red Sox both have flights to Tampa/St. Petersburg scheduled for 10 and 10:20pm ET, respectively, and it feels close to inevitable at this point that they’ll have to play …
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