The 5 worst Cubs video games of 2025

There are a few huge bullpen meltdowns on this group of losses.

There are additionally a few video games during which the opposition would merely not cease hitting house runs.

I promise you there can be a “5 best Cubs games of 2025” article developing subsequent week, however I believed we’d begin this year-end evaluate by taking a look on the worst of the worst for our favourite group in 2025.

This doesn’t appear so dangerous should you simply have a look at the rating, proper?

Oh, however dangerous it’s should you have a look at what the rating was going into the underside of the eighth: Cubs 6, D-backs 2.

Caleb Thielbar had relieved Nate Pearson within the seventh, when Pearson had allowed two runs and left a multitude on the bases. Thielbar walked the primary batter he confronted after which completed off the inning with a strikeout and floor out.

So far, so good. But Thielbar was left in to start out the eighth and walked the primary two hitters he confronted. That was it for Thielbar and Eli Morgan relieved him.

Yikes, dangerous concept. Morgan managed to get the primary D-backs hitter he confronted, then, so as: Double, house run, single, double, intentional stroll, single, single. Seven runs scored with one man retired, 5 charged to Morgan, two to Thielbar. Colin Rea entered and served up a double to make it an eight-run inning.

Morgan would pitch in simply 4 extra video games for the Cubs earlier than lacking the remainder of the season with accidents.

The excellent news was that the subsequent day, the Cubs started a five-game profitable streak.

Justin Turner and Kyle Tucker hit RBI singles within the backside of the ninth to tie this recreation 5-5. The Cubs managed to get the profitable run to 3rd with one out within the tenth, however couldn’t rating.

Then Ryan Pressly threw what might be the worst aid inning within the historical past of baseball.

There was, after all, a positioned runner which resulted in one of many 9 runs off Pressly being unearned. But the remainder of the inning off Pressly went like this: Double, single, profitable squeeze bunt with the batter reaching base, stroll, HBP, single, single, single.

Caleb Thielbar entered and obtained the primary out, however a double and a sac fly made it a nine-run inning.

Oh, sure, about that “worst relief inning in the history of baseball”:

Really, the Cubs ought to have simply launched Pressly proper then and there. He caught round lengthy sufficient to get another save — doubtless his final MLB save — and two extra blown saves earlier than he was let go when the Cubs acquired Andrew Kittredge.

Hey, Jed! Don’t signal or commerce for any extra washed-up Houston relievers.

The Cubs by no means led on this recreation, although they trailed 2-1 after one inning following a Seiya Suzuki house run. Then Suzuki homered once more in a three-run fifth to deliver the Cubs to inside one once more at 5-4.

Suzuki had a pleasant recreation. Reese McGuire additionally homered.

But the Mariners outhomered the Cubs 5-3 that day. Cal Raleigh hit his thirty first — and fourth within the collection, during which he went 6-for-12 with eight (!) runs scored. Donovan Solano and Dominic Canzone each went deep twice for Seattle, who gained two of three and outscored the Cubs 30-20 within the three video games.

The Cubs managed to match zeroes with the host Yankees for 2 innings, till an Aaron Judge sac fly and two-run homer by Cody Bellinger made it 3-0 New York.

Everyone might have gone house proper then as a result of the Cubs managed simply 5 hits on the night.

But the sport continued, and Bellinger hit two extra house runs, the primary three-homer recreation in opposition to the Cubs since Josh Rojas of the Diamondbacks did it May 20, 2022.

And Bellinger might need had a fourth homer if not for this robbery by Kyle Tucker [VIDEO].

The Sox teed off early and sometimes in opposition to Shōta Imanaga, who allowed three house runs and 7 runs complete in his three innings of labor.

The Sox led 11-0 after 5 innings, and the Cubs managed a number of comfort runs late within the recreation, three of them on a house run by Reese McGuire off Adrian Houser.

It was the one win in six tries by the Sox over the Cubs in 2025.

Dishonorable mentions to the 8-7 loss to the Marlins in Miami May 19, when Daniel Palencia was one out away from closing a 7-5 win when he allowed a bases-loaded triple; to the 12-4 loss to the Royals July 21 at Wrigley Field, a recreation the Cubs led 4-1 going to the fourth; and to the 12-3 loss to the Giants Aug. 27 in San Francisco, the place the Cubs took a 3-1 result in the underside of the third, however the Giants smashed 4 house runs and Rafael Devers went 4-for-4 with 5 RBI.

The article with my picks for the 5 greatest Cubs video games of 2025 will seem right here on Monday.