The postseason is finally here and the Chicago Cubs are gearing up for their wild card matchup with the San Diego Padres that will take place tomorrow at Wrigley Field. For the entirety of the second half of the season it was Cade Horton who had emerged as the game one starter for the playoffs.

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It was the calm before the storm Monday afternoon in Wrigleyville, as playoff baseball is set to return to the neighborhood for the first time in five years.

The Chicago Cubs are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2020, and they’ll be looking for their first postseason win since 2017 as they host the San D

We know the Cubs are going to hit. Pete Crow-Armstrong has come crashing back to Earth, and Kyle Tucker has hit a rocky (to put it kindly) second half of the season, but this lineup remains as deep and dangerous as just about any in the National League.

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Cade Horton has spent a lot of time the last couple of days thinking about the circumstances surrounding his right rib fracture. The Chicago Cubs’ rookie right-hander landed on the 15-day injured list Saturday with the injury that initially manifested from an illness-born cough a week earlier in Cincinnati.

Since 2016, when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the team has not played their best to finish a season, especially against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs have struggled to win games at the end of the season at Wrigley and against the Cardinals.