June 2, 2026 Chicago Cubs Game Recap:

Not sure why anyone feels the need to make fake images with AI when this exists.

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Are the Chicago Cubs the best team in baseball? Many people are now asking.

The Chicago Cubs are just the fourth team in MLB history to post a one-game winning streak.

four teams have had two stretches like this at any point in the same season, the 2017 Dodgers, 1987 Brewers, and 1930 Cardinals. The Brewers also did it the same way as the Cubs (a 20-3 record followed by a 2-14)

The Cubs have had a 20-3 stretch immediately followed by a 2-14 stretch. How is that even possible?

Surely the Cubs will win a game *accidentally* at some point, right?

For the first time in a long time, the Cubs wake up out of a playoff spot.

The best version of the Chicago Cubs rotation this year would go: Cade Horton (injured) Justin Steele (injured) Edward Cabrera (injured) Matthew Boyd (injured) Shota Imanaga (bubble-wrapped)

Cubs batter when he sees ducks on the pond.

We are reaching "Performance Art" levels for certain players with runners in scoring position.

Today in cursed sentences:

The good news is that the Chicago Cubs are very unlikely to lose today.

If AI is so great, why do the Cubs keep losing?

At 0.8 WAR, Michael Conforto has been worth more than ... Corey Seager Manny Machado Ketel Marte Trea Turner Fernando Tatis Jr George Springer Junior Caminero Bo Bichette, and Jarren Duran Combined.

hey chicago what do you say, the Cubs are gonna score like maybe three or four runs today please ok come on guys i'm not asking a lot

when the Cubs lose four in a row and I can no longer assume another ten-game winning streak

You're going to kill me for pointing it out and jinxing the thing, but ... the Cubs have yet to lose on a Wednesday this season.

My understanding was that the Cubs were going to win every game for the rest of the season.

The league, every time the Cubs put together another one of their double-digit winning streaks:

It is May 9, and the Chicago Cubs alone have the best record in baseball.

This quote from Shota Imanaga is hauntingly beautiful. via www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/c...

With a .361/.467/.667/211 wRC+ slash line, Michael Conforto has been the second best hitter in baseball this year (min. 40 PA).

Best record in baseball. 💪

At this point, I’m just waiting for the announcement that Shota Imanaga has come down with a pernicious case of gigantism.

ope, lemme just scoot on past ya here

Random, meaningless standings context - the Cubs would ... Lead the AL West by 4.5 games Lead the AL Central by 5.5 games Trail NYY in the AL East by 1.0 game Trail ATL in the NL East by 1.5 games Lead the NL West by 1.0 game

After his tank last night, Seiya Suzuki is hitting .321/.417/.568/173 wRC+ on the season, the seventh best slash line in baseball. Feels like we're not giving him enough love for a monster start to the year.

the Cubs are addicted to winning

pew pew gotcha

Over the last three weeks, PCA is hitting .270/.361/.444/130 wRC+. Maybe it lasts, maybe it doesn't, but I don't get the folks who act like he hasn't had ANY good stretches at the plate since early last year.

Just thought it looked neat

If the season ended today, the NL Central would have a division winner with a first round bye, two of the three Wild Card teams, AND the first two teams just missing the playoffs.

Well hello there, FIRST PLACE Chicago Cubs.

NL Central standings check as May begins.

On July 7, 2023, after a really rough first few months as a Chicago Cub, Jameson Taillon went to New York and dominated the Yankees. Since then, he's posted a 3.51 ERA, which is 12th best in all of MLB over that time (min. 400 IP), just ahead of Ranger Suarez and Framber Valdez.

Wrote yesterday about how Ben Brown has been the best reliever in baseball this season (if you pick the right rules!), and that looks all the more true today. www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2026/04...

I am about to tell you something unbelievable, but true. With runners in scoring position this year: Nico Hoerner - .289/.341/.447/118 wRC+ Pete Crow-Armstrong - .333/.421/.455/148 wRC+

MO BALLER IS GOOD AT BASEBALL!

"The MLB"

Moises Ballesteros is now up to a .387/.435/.710/216 wRC+ slash line on the season through 69 PAs.

“You didn’t even know who Riley Martin was three weeks ago, but now he’s critically important and injured and out for two months.”

This weekend, we learned from Dodgers fans that if you have everything you've ever wanted, you will be forced to work overtime to cry and bitch and complain about absolutely every tiny thing.

Sometimes I think we're too hard on third base coaches. When they send a guy on a close call and he scores, we barely even notice because we're celebrating the run. But when he sends a guy and there's a beautiful relay, he often gets blamed for a "bad send."