October is here, and the 2025 MLB playoffs are underway. The 12-team bracket is set, and the postseason got started on Tuesday with four Wild Card Series Games: Guardians vs. Tigers, Cubs vs. Padres,

CHICAGO – Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga spun around on the mound, grimaced and threw his head back, looking to the heavens. Manny Machado tossed away his bat and turned to his Padres teammates in the first-base dugout,

• You can watch this Padres vs. Cubs game live for free with Fubo (free trial) or with DirecTV (cheapest streaming plans, $25 off your first month) or see more streaming options below. Padres ace Dylan Cease will be on the bump to start the game for San Diego, with Andrew Kittredge getting the nod for the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs return to Wrigley Field with a chance to clinch the Wild Card series and move on in the MLB postseason. Follow along here for live updates from Wrigley Field.

The season is on the line for the Padres, who will try to stave off elimination in the best-of-three NL Wild Card Series when they face the Cubs once more at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 2:08 p.

Against surprise 2025 standout Matthew Boyd on the mound for the Cubbies, San Diego took an early lead in this game when Xander Bogaerts rocketed a ball into the left-center gap for an RBI double. After gaining that lead in the top half of the second, Nick Pivetta and the Dads kept Chicago scoreless through their first four chances on offense.

After Padres' catcher Freddy Fermin singled with one out, bringing up the top of the Padres' lineup, Cubs manager Craig Counsell had seen enough. Already, he is turning to his bullpen, specifically Danny Palencia, who will get the luxury of facing Fernando Tatis and Luis Arraez as he tries to hold this one-run deficit.

Businesses in the Wrigleyville area are hoping for a deep postseason run so they can keep their doors open for a few more weeks.

The All-MLB started back in 2019 and looks at athletes all around baseball at their respected positions. The regular season is all that voters are looking at fo

David Ross, who served as the Cubs' skipper from 2020 to 2023, was fired in November of the latter year when Chicago stole Craig Counsell from the division-rival Milwaukee Brewers. In two offseasons since, Ross has been passed over by teams looking for new skippers, and his third attempt to find work is about to commence.