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CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Chicago Cubs’ uniquely talented center fielder, did not bury the lede in his essay for The Players’ Tribune, hyping up Major League Baseball’s postseason tournament: “I feel like I’ve been f—in’ searching for something lately.”

On Thursday, the Chicago Cubs are turning to Jameson Taillon for their biggest start of the season. The Padres are countering with former Cub Yu Darvish.

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.

Snyder: The Reds are one of the worst playoff teams in history and the Dodgers are still the most talented team in baseball. Los Angeles closed really strong too. Even with the Reds having good starting pitching, they just don't have enough offense to keep up here. Pick : Dodgers in 2

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.

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