2026 Chicago Cubs season

The 2026 Chicago Cubs season is the 155th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 151st in the National League, and the Cubs' 111th season at Wrigley Field. They are members of Major League Baseball's National League Central division. They began the season on March 26 against the Washington Nationals and will finish the season on September 27 against the Boston Red Sox.

Previous season

The Cubs finished the 2025 season 92–70 to finish in second place in the NL Central division, five games behind the Milwaukee Brewers. They finished with the best record of non-division winners in the National League, securing the top wild card sport. They defeated the San Diego Padres two games to one in the National League Wild Card Series. They lost to the Brewers in the Division Series, losing the best of five series three games to two.

Offseason

Transactions

October 2025

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November 2025

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December 2025

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January 2026

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February 2026

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March 2026

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Regular season

Opening day lineup

Game log

|-style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || March 26 || Nationals || 4–10 || Lord (1–0) || Boyd (0–1) || — || 39,712 || 0–1 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || March 28 || Nationals || 10–2 || Horton (1–0) || Mikolas (0–1) || — || 34,834 || 1–1 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || March 29 || Nationals || 3–6 || Irvin (1–0) || Imanaga (0–1) || Beeter (1) || 33,559 || 1–2 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 4 || March 30 || Angels || 7–2 || Cabrera (1–0) || Johnson (0–1) || Rea (1) || 36,702 || 2–2 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || March 31 || Angels || 0–2 || Soriano (2–0) || Maton (0–1) || Romano (2) || 26,288 || 2–3 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 1 || Angels || 6–2 || Boyd (1–1) || Kikuchi (0–1) || — || 25,125 || 3–3 || W1 |-style="background:#;" | 7 || April 3 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 8 || April 4 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 9 || April 5 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 10 || April 6 || @ Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 11 || April 7 || @ Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 12 || April 8 || @ Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 13 || April 10 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 14 || April 11 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 15 || April 12 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 16 || April 13 || @ Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 17 || April 14 || @ Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 18 || April 15 || @ Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 19 || April 17 || Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 20 || April 18 || Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 21 || April 19 || Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 22 || April 20 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 23 || April 21 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 24 || April 22 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 25 || April 23 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 26 || April 24 || @ Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 27 || April 25 || @ Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 28 || April 26 || @ Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 29 || April 27 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 30 || April 28 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 31 || April 29 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — ||

|-style="background:#;" | 32 || May 1 || Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 33 || May 2 || Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 34 || May 3 || Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 35 || May 4 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 36 || May 5 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 37 || May 6 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 38 || May 7 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 39 || May 8 || @ Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 40 || May 9 || @ Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 41 || May 10 || @ Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 42 || May 12 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 43 || May 13 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 44 || May 14 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 45 || May 15 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 46 || May 16 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 47 || May 17 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 48 || May 18 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 49 || May 19 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 50 || May 20 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 51 || May 22 || Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 52 || May 23 || Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 53 || May 24 || Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 54 || May 25 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 55 || May 26 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 56 || May 27 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 57 || May 28 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 58 || May 29 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 59 || May 30 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 60 || May 31 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — ||

|-style="background:#;" | 61 || June 2 || Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 62 || June 3 || Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 63 || June 4 || Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 64 || June 5 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 65 || June 6 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 66 || June 7 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 67 || June 9 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 68 || June 10 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 69 || June 11 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 70 || June 12 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 71 || June 13 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 72 || June 14 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 73 || June 15 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 74 || June 16 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 75 || June 17 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 76 || June 19 || Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 77 || June 20 || Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 78 || June 21 || Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 79 || June 22 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 80 || June 23 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 81 || June 24 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 82 || June 25 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 83 || June 26 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 84 || June 27 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 85 || June 28 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 86 || June 29 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 87 || June 30 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — ||

|-style="background:#;" | 88 || July 1 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 89 || July 3 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 90 || July 4 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 91 || July 5 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 92 || July 7 || @ Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 93 || July 8 || @ Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 94 || July 9 || @ Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 95 || July 10 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 96 || July 11 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 97 || July 12 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | colspan="10" | 96th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, PA |-style="background:#;" | 98 || July 17 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 99 || July 18 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 100 || July 19 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 101 || July 20 || Tigers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 102 || July 21 || Tigers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 103 || July 22 || Tigers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 104 || July 24 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 105 || July 25 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 106 || July 26 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 107 || July 27 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 108 || July 28 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 109 || July 29 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 110 || July 30 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 111 || July 31 || Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — ||

|-style="background:#;" | 112 || August 1 || Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 113 || August 2 || Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 114 || August 3 || Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 115 || August 4 || Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 116 || August 5 || Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 117 || August 7 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 118 || August 8 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 119 || August 9 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 120 || August 11 || @ Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 121 || August 12 || @ Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 122 || August 13 || @ Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 123 || August 14 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 124 || August 15 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 125 || August 16 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 126 || August 17 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 127 || August 18 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 128 || August 19 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 129 || August 21 || @ Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 130 || August 22 || @ Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 131 || August 23 || @ Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 132 || August 24 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 133 || August 25 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 134 || August 26 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 135 || August 28 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 136 || August 29 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 137 || August 30 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 138 || August 31 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — ||

|-style="background:#;" | 139 || September 1 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 140 || September 2 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 141 || September 3 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 142 || September 4 || @ Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 143 || September 5 || @ Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 144 || September 6 || @ Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 145 || September 7 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 146 || September 8 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 147 || September 9 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 148 || September 11 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 149 || September 12 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 150 || September 13 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 151 || September 14 || Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 152 || September 15 || Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 153 || September 16 || Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 154 || September 18 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 155 || September 19 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 156 || September 20 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 157 || September 22 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 158 || September 23 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 159 || September 24 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 160 || September 25 || @ Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 161 || September 26 || @ Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 162 || September 27 || @ Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — ||

Season standings

National League Central

National League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Season summary

March

• March 12 – The Cubs announced that Matthew Boyd would be the Opening Day starting pitcher.
• March 23 – The Cubs announced the Seiya Suzuki will start the season in the injured list (IL) due to a knee injury suffered in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
• March 26 – The Cubs opened the season at Wrigley Field against the Washington Nationals. Matthew Boyd allowed six runs in 3.2 innings and the Nationals scored six runs in the fourth. Michael Busch had three hits and was on base four times while Pete Crow-Armstrong, after signing a new contract extension, had two hits and drove in two. However, it was not enough as the Nationals won easily 10–4.
• March 28 – After a scheduled off day, the Cubs resumed their series with the Nationals. Cade Horton pitched 6.1 innings and allowed only two runs as the Cubs blew out Washington 10–2. Ian Happ homered and drove in three runs while Miguel Amaya also homered and drove in two runs in the win.
• March 29 – In the finale of the three-game series against the Nationals, Alex Bregman hit his first two homers as a Cub and Happ homered for the second straight game. However, Shota Imanaga allowed four runs in five innings and Hoby Milner allowed two runs as the Cubs lost 6–3.
• March 30 – The Los Angeles Angels came to Wrigley the next day, but were shut down by new Cub Edward Cabrera who allowed only one hit and one walk in six shutout innings. Happ homered for the third straight game while Carson Kelly and Moisés Ballesteros each drove in two for the Cubs. Colin Rea pitched three innings and allowed two runs in relief to earn the save and pushed the Cubs 2–2 on the season.
• March 31 – In game two against the Angels, the Cubs were shut out 2–0. Jameson Taillon allowed no runs, but walked four in 4.2 innings of work. Phil Maton allowed two runs in the sixth to put the Cubs behind.

Transactions

March

Source

Roster

Statistics

Batting

Through March 31, 2026<br>

Note: G = Games played; PA = Plate appearances; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; TB = Total bases

Source

Pitching

Through March 31, 2026<br> Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Source

Farm system

On February 18, the team announced the minor league coaching staffs for their farm system.

References

External links

• Chicago Cubs 2026 Schedule at MLB.com
• 2026 Chicago Cubs at ESPN
• 2026 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference