Justin Steele struck out the most hitters for the Cubs in 2023, with 176 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Justin Steele J. Steele	176	2023	CHC	30	16	5	.762	30	3.06	0	0	0	173.1	167	59	71	14	36	7	0	0	716	9	9.14	1.87	4.89	0.73	24.6	5.0	1.17	.317	3.69	72	3.01	70	8.67	24.9
2	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	141	2023	CHC	41	11	11	.500	23	5.00	0	0	0	142.1	147	79	89	26	56	6	4	0	626	9	8.92	3.54	2.52	1.64	22.5	8.9	1.43	.305	5.63	118	4.95	115	9.30	-10.8
3	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	140	2023	CHC	30	8	10	.444	29	4.84	0	0	1	154.1	156	83	96	27	41	5	1	0	655	2	8.16	2.39	3.41	1.57	21.4	6.3	1.28	.292	5.60	114	4.61	107	9.10	-5.7
4	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	119	2023	CHC	27	10	9	.526	25	3.95	1	1	0	136.2	120	60	68	9	52	3	1	0	575	3	7.84	3.42	2.29	0.59	20.7	9.0	1.26	.283	4.48	93	3.57	83	7.90	11
5	Julian Merryweather J. Merryweather	98	2023	CHC	69	5	1	.833	0	3.38	0	0	2	72.0	58	27	28	8	36	1	15	0	303	3	12.25	4.50	2.72	1.00	32.3	11.9	1.31	.313	3.50	79	3.52	82	7.25	6.2
6	Javier Assad J. Assad	94	2023	CHC	32	5	3	.625	10	3.05	0	0	0	109.1	93	37	38	13	41	3	9	1	449	3	7.74	3.38	2.29	1.07	20.9	9.1	1.23	.268	3.13	72	4.29	100	7.66	-0.1
7	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	93	2023	CHC	24	6	8	.429	24	3.74	0	0	0	137.0	138	57	68	13	27	4	0	0	578	0	6.11	1.77	3.44	0.85	16.1	4.7	1.20	.283	4.47	88	3.81	89	9.07	7.4
8	Hayden Wesneski H. Wesneski	83	2023	CHC	34	3	5	.375	11	4.63	0	0	0	89.1	82	46	50	20	32	3	6	1	379	2	8.36	3.22	2.59	2.01	21.9	8.4	1.28	.257	5.04	109	5.48	128	8.26	-12.1
9	Mark Leiter Jr. M. Leiter Jr.	77	2023	CHC	69	1	3	.250	0	3.50	0	0	4	64.1	48	25	27	7	24	8	12	0	269	2	10.77	3.36	3.21	0.98	28.6	8.9	1.12	.268	3.78	82	3.76	88	6.72	3.8
10	Adbert Alzolay A. Alzolay	67	2023	CHC	58	2	5	.286	0	2.67	0	0	22	64.0	52	19	23	5	13	5	38	0	253	0	9.42	1.83	5.15	0.70	26.5	5.1	1.02	.288	3.23	63	3.02	70	7.31	9.2
11	Michael Fulmer M. Fulmer	65	2023	CHC	58	3	5	.375	1	4.42	0	0	2	57.0	48	28	29	7	28	2	14	0	237	5	10.26	4.42	2.32	1.11	27.4	11.8	1.33	.304	4.58	104	4.15	97	7.58	0.9
12	Michael Rucker M. Rucker	40	2023	CHC	35	2	1	.667	0	4.91	0	0	0	40.1	39	22	22	6	19	3	12	0	176	1	8.93	4.24	2.11	1.34	22.7	10.8	1.44	.306	4.91	116	4.84	113	8.70	-2.6
13	Daniel Palencia D. Palencia	33	2023	CHC	27	5	3	.625	0	4.45	0	0	0	28.1	22	14	16	3	14	2	7	0	119	5	10.48	4.45	2.36	0.95	27.7	11.8	1.27	.284	5.08	105	3.99	93	6.99	0.9
14	Keegan Thompson K. Thompson	26	2023	CHC	19	2	2	.500	0	4.71	0	0	1	28.2	20	15	15	2	19	1	5	0	125	2	8.16	5.97	1.37	0.63	20.8	15.2	1.36	.234	4.71	111	4.44	103	6.28	-0.5
15	Jordan Wicks J. Wicks	24	2023	CHC	7	4	1	.800	7	4.41	0	0	0	34.2	33	17	17	5	11	0	0	0	147	3	6.23	2.86	2.18	1.30	16.3	7.5	1.27	.262	4.41	104	4.69	109	8.57	-1.6
16	Jose Cuas J. Cuas	19	2023	CHC	27	0	2	.000	1	3.04	0	0	1	23.2	17	8	9	2	14	3	7	0	100	3	7.23	5.32	1.36	0.76	19.0	14.0	1.31	.242	3.42	72	4.90	114	6.46	-1.7
17	Brad Boxberger B. Boxberger	17	2023	CHC	22	0	1	.000	0	4.95	0	0	2	20.0	15	11	11	3	11	1	6	1	84	0	7.65	4.95	1.55	1.35	20.2	13.1	1.30	.231	4.95	117	5.30	124	6.75	-2.3
18	Brandon Hughes B. Hughes	17	2023	CHC	17	0	3	.000	0	7.24	0	0	0	13.2	14	11	11	2	8	1	2	1	63	0	11.20	5.27	2.13	1.32	27.0	12.7	1.61	.343	7.24	171	4.64	108	9.22	-0.6
19	Jeremiah Estrada J. Estrada	13	2023	CHC	12	0	0		0	6.75	0	0	0	10.2	12	8	8	4	12	0	5	1	56	0	10.97	10.13	1.08	3.38	23.2	21.4	2.25	.296	6.75	159	9.06	211	10.13	-5.8
20	Luke Little L. Little	12	2023	CHC	7	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	6.2	5	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	30	1	16.20	5.40	3.00	0.00	40.0	13.3	1.35	.385	0.00	0	1.90	44	6.75	1.8
21	Anthony Kay A. Kay	8	2023	CHC	13	0	0		0	6.35	0	0	0	11.1	12	8	8	1	8	1	4	0	54	1	6.35	6.35	1.00	0.79	14.8	14.8	1.76	.306	6.35	150	5.37	125	9.53	-1.4
22	Caleb Kilian C. Kilian	5	2023	CHC	3	0	1	.000	1	16.88	0	0	0	5.1	13	10	10	0	2	4	1	0	33	2	8.44	3.38	2.50	0.00	15.2	6.1	2.81	.591	16.88	397	4.75	111	21.94	-0.3
23	Nick Burdi N. Burdi	4	2023	CHC	3	0	0		0	9.00	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	15	1	12.00	9.00	1.33	0.00	26.7	20.0	2.00	.375	9.00	212	3.58	84	9.00	0.2
24	Tyler Duffey T. Duffey	3	2023	CHC	1	0	0		0	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	13.50	0.00		4.50	42.9	0.0	0.50	.000	4.50	106	6.75	157	4.50	-0.6
25	Shane Greene S. Greene	3	2023	CHC	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	12	0	9.00	6.00	1.50	0.00	25.0	16.7	1.33	.286	0.00	0	3.25	76	6.00	0.4

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Team Batting Leaders

38

Crow-Armstrong

RBI

91

Crow-Armstrong

AVG

.280

Crow-Armstrong

Team Pitching Leaders

8

Imanaga

148

Imanaga

ERA

3.46

Assad

Team Rankings

197

1st

751

1st

1,082

26th

ERA

4.21

18th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	87	53	.621
Cubs	78	62	.557	9.0
Cardinals	70	70	.500	17.0
Pirates	69	72	.489	18.5
Reds	67	73	.479	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/4	CHC	@	MIA	7:10 PM
Sat 9/5	CHC	@	MIA	4:10 PM
Sun 9/6	CHC	@	MIA	1:40 PM
Mon 9/7	CHC	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Tue 9/8	CHC	@	MIL	7:40 PM

Last Game

Brewers

87 - 53

Final

Cubs

78 - 62

Wed 2 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

38

Crow-Armstrong

37

Caminero

RBI Leaders

105

Stewart

101

Burleson

99

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

.315

Arraez

.312

Simpson

Hit Leaders

166

Lopez

166

Arraez

160

Díaz

Run Leaders

102

Crow-Armstrong

100

Wood

95

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.394

Harper

SLG Leaders

.602

Alvarez

.568

Crow-Armstrong

.547

García

SB Leaders

44

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

38

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

227

Misiorowski

221

Cease

217

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.97

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.06

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.79

Misiorowski

0.90

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.18

Misiorowski

12.72

Cease

11.98

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.32

Sale

5.82

Misiorowski

5.52

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,261.8

Ohtani

2,006.9

Crow-Armstrong

1,847.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,590.6

Ohtani

1,522

Crow-Armstrong

1,384

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

82-58

81-61

79-61

78-62

77-64

76-64

Worst Record ATS

54-86

55-84

59-81

61-79

64-76

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	83	57	.593
Phillies	79	61	.564	4.0
Marlins	71	69	.507	12.0
Nationals	67	75	.472	17.0
Mets	63	77	.450	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	87	53	.621
Cubs	78	62	.557	9.0
Cardinals	70	70	.500	17.0
Pirates	69	72	.489	18.5
Reds	67	73	.479	20.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	57	.590
Diamondbacks	74	67	.525	9.0
Padres	73	67	.521	9.5
Giants	58	83	.411	25.0
Rockies	54	86	.386	28.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	83	56	.597
Yankees	80	60	.571	3.5
Red Sox	75	65	.536	8.5
Blue Jays	70	71	.496	14.0
Orioles	69	71	.493	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	73	67	.521
Guardians	70	70	.500	3.0
Twins	67	73	.479	6.0
Tigers	64	75	.460	8.5
Royals	62	78	.443	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	72	69	.511
Rangers	69	71	.493	2.5
Mariners	66	74	.471	5.5
Athletics	54	86	.386	17.5
Angels	53	87	.379	18.5