Earlier this week, I asked you this question via the SB Nation Reacts survey: How many games will the Cubs win this year?
The overwhelming majority of those who voted in the survey said the Cubs will win at least 90 games:
Eighty-five percent of you said the Cubs will win between 90 and 99 games, with the plurality (47 percent) saying the sweet spot is between 90 and 94.
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The Cubs, as you know, won 92 games last year — and that was after a 59-39 start. That’s a winning percentage of .602. If the Cubs had continued to play at that percentage the rest of 2025, they’d have won 98 games. Personally, I think the 2026 Cubs are a better team than last year’s and I was in the “95 to 99” group.
Of course, there are a lot of variables here — injuries, unexpected good or bad years, luck, etc.
But the Cubs, in my view, go into this year as the clear favorites to win the NL Central.
Here are the two national questions asked in this week’s survey:
I think there should be some concern, especially after Atlanta outfielder Jurickson Profar tested positive for the second time and is facing a suspension for all of 2026. I think it’s in between “not at all” and “it’s a major problem.”
I would agree with this vote. Profar’s first suspension cost him half of last year, now he’s likely going to miss all of this year (he’s appealed, but it’s unclear whether he can do that under MLB’s Joint Drug Agreement with the MLBPA).
Thanks for participating in this week’s survey!
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