The stage has been set. After clinching their first spot in the postseason in five years, the Cubs checked off the next goal of earning the right to host playoff games at Wrigley Field. The Padres wil

When Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd takes the Wrigley Field mound in Game 1 of the wild-card series, he’ll know what to do with the extra nerves and excitement that come with playoff stakes. “It’s all energy,” Boyd said in a recent conversation with the Sun-Times. “You just acknowledge it for what it is, and you feed off it.”

The Chicago Cubs will take on the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of their first playoff series since 2020. Fans are hoping this will lead to another Champion.

The timing of it all could prove to be critical as the Cubs enter the postseason once again looking like a strong offensive group.

Machado and the Padres are back on the road for the first round of the playoffs, beginning on Tuesday afternoon when they face Dansby Swanson and the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their best-of-three series.

When the Chicago Cubs won the World Series against the Cleveland Guardians in 2016, the Cubs ended a 108-year drought. Entering the 2025 postseason, it has been nine years since they have won it all.

Reasons the Chicago Cubs will — and won't — beat the San Diego Padres in the National League Wild Card series.

Here’s his four-hit, two-homer game on Saturday [VIDEO].