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The Chicago Cubs had a strong week, winning five consecutive games and extending their home winning streak to 15. However, they failed to score in their last two games.
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The Cubs were the hottest team in baseball for most of the past week, winning their first five games of the week against the Reds and Rangers, the last five of their second 10-game winning streak of the year, which also extended their home winning streak to 15 (and an 18-5 record at Wrigley Field in 2026).
Then, clunk⊠no runs scored at all over the last two games.
Still, it was a successful week, all things considered. Hereâs who was hot and not for the Cubs over the past week.
Conforto hadnât played much since he filled in for Seiya Suzuki while the latter was out for the first 12 games of the season.
But Craig Counsell gave Conforto some playing time against the Reds and Rangers and his bat came alive. He batted .500/.588/1.143 (7-for-14) with three doubles and two home runs.
One of those homers walked off the Reds last Monday [VIDEO].
Conforto has certainly earned more playing time.
Busch got off to a terrible start this year, but lately he has been hitting like the guy who hit 34 home runs for the Cubs a year ago.
For the week, Busch batted .348/.500/.500 (8-for-23) with a double, a home run, six RBI and seven walks. And since he bottomed out with a .377 (!) OPS after the game of April 11, Busch is batting .302/.414/.479 (29-for-96) with six doubles, a triple, three home runs, 17 walks and 21 RBI in 26 games, one of the biggest reasons the Cubs are 21-5 in those games.
Busch also walked off a game against the Reds last week [VIDEO].
The Chicago Cubs won five consecutive games this week.
The Cubs have an 18-5 record at Wrigley Field in 2026.
The Cubs defeated the Reds and the Rangers during their winning streak.
The Cubs did not score any runs in their last two games.
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Imanaga is flashing the form that got him an All-Star selection and fifth place in Cy Young voting in 2024. It seems clear that he had never fully recovered last year from the hamstring injury. Now 100 percent healthy, Imanaga has a 28.3 percent strikeout rate and just a 7.0 percent walk rate.
Heâs also getting tons of swing-and-miss. ranking seventh in MLB with a 32.8 percent whiff rate, which is notable given that ShĆta doesnât throw 95+ like everyone else on the list ahead of him.
Honorable mention to Ben Brown for his four no-hit innings against the Rangers on Friday.
Sometimes Bregman hits for a while â .333 /.400/.456 for a 13-game span from April 11-24.
And then he doesnât â .174/.296/.217 (4-for-23) over the past week, though with four walks. His .328 season OBP does provide some value, but heâs got just five doubles, a triple and three home runs in 159 at-bats. Thatâs not the guy the Cubs thought they were getting.
Craig Counsell gave Bregman Sunday off. Hopefully the extra day will help him reset.
Heâs still solid at third base. Check out this slick play he made last Wednesday [VIDEO].
The Cubs DH/catcher (mostly DH) started the season out hot, so much so that it was hard to remember that heâs just 22 years old.
The league appears to have adjusted to him. He was 0-for-16 over the week and Sunday, he struck out three times (okay, so those were all by Jacob deGrom, a very tough pitcher).
Ballesteros can hit, no question about it. But he will now also have to make adjustments. If he canât, I would not be opposed to sending him to Triple-A Iowa for a short time, if for nothing else than to help him get his confidence back.
Cabrera made two starts during the week and allowed 16 hits and three walks over 11 innings (1.727 WHIP), and eight earned runs (6.55 ERA). He did strike out 14, and overall has a 22.4 percent K rate, down a bit from his 25.8 percent rate a year ago. I still think Cabrera is a perfectly solid starter and heâll be fine.
Hereâs an interesting thread about Cabrera. Worth keeping an eye on these things.
Perhaps the Cubs are trying to manage his workload in a way that will keep him healthy this year, which has been an issue for him in the past. As always, we await developments.