Edward Cabrera allowed ONE hit and struck out five in his Cubs debut 🔥 (📸: Marquee Sports Network)

Edward Cabrera, Jack Leiter and Chase Burns were among a group of young starters to dominate in their first starts of the 2026 season! #MLBCentral

Cubs closer Daniel Palencia (lat strain) has made enough progress that the team is considering activating him Friday for the start of a three-game series against the Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field.

Pedro Ramírez clobbers his 8th home run of the year for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. The long ball by the Chicago Cubs’ No. 8 prospect leaves the bat at 108.5 mph 🚀

Matt Shaw over his last 285 PA: .270/.324/.517 — 132 wRC+ 16 2B | 14 HR | 39 RBI | 2.2 fWAR Carried his second-half momentum from last season right into 2026, producing at the plate over an extended stretch now.

Kevin Alcántara blasts his ELEVENTH home run of the season: 107.1 mph EV | 25° LA | 397 ft Entered today with a ridiculous 24.1% barrel%… but also a 36.3% K% and 38.5% whiff%. About as extreme of a profile as you’ll find right now.

Shota Imanaga’s splitter is back in a big way. Among all splitters: .129 BAA (4th) .242 SLG (8th) .195 wOBA (6th) 43.9% Whiff% (5th) 25.0% Hard-Hit% (6th) Both the splitter and fastball look like they did in 2024, and he’s posted a 2.40 ERA across 41.1 IP to start the year.

Cubs Daniel Palencia activated Yacksel Rios DFA.

Nico Hoerner is back in the lineup today after missing yesterday’s game with left sided neck tightness.

This kid’s reaction to seeing Wrigley Field for the first time 🥹 (Via sincerelyhaleighb/TikTok)

POV: Daniel Palencia's 'Gasolina' entrance from above 🔥⛽️

Daniel Palencia in his first appearance since April 12: 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 0 K 4SFB velocity was up – Averaged 100.2 MPH Slider Velocity was up – Averaged 90.8 MPH

BACK-TO-BACK, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

"HOT DOGS" right into an absolute bomb. Peak baseball

Seiya Suzuki was running around throwing water on everyone after the Cubs walk-off win 😂 (📸: gabrielewaning06 on TikTok)

The way Cubs manager Craig Counsell explained it, Matthew Boyd felt something in his left knee while hanging out at home today, getting up and down to play with his kids. An MRI showed a meniscus issue. With Boyd going on the IL, the club added Trent Thornton from Triple-A Iowa.

The Cubs are the first team to have three-straight walk-off wins against a single team since the 2019 Dodgers did that against the Rockies 🔥

JD and Boog were all of us watching Pete's game-tying homer 🤯

Jefferson Rojas just has that swing. You know it when you see it.