2020 Chicago Cubs season

The 2020 Chicago Cubs season is the 149th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 145th in the National League and the Cubs' 105th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are managed by David Ross,[1] in his first year as Cubs manager, and play their home games at Wrigley Field as members of Major League Baseball's National League Central Division.

2020 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball OperationsTheo Epstein
General manager(s)Jed Hoyer
Manager(s)David Ross
Local televisionMarquee Sports Network
(Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies)
Local radioWSCR
Chicago Cubs Radio Network
(Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer, Zach Zaidman)
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[2] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[3] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps at their home ballparks on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[4] The Cubs opened the season on July 24 against the Milwaukee Brewers and will finish the season on the road against the Chicago White Sox.[5]

Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule.[6] On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders on the season would be seven innings.[7]

Previous season

The Cubs finished the 2019 season 84–78 to finish in third place in the Central Division. The Cubs failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2014. The season marked the final year with Joe Maddon as manager of the Cubs.[8]

Coaching changes

Prior to the end of the 2019 season, the Cubs announced that Joe Maddon would not return as manager for the Cubs in 2020.[9] On October 24, 2019, the team announced that former Cub David Ross had been hired as the team's next manager.[1] Maddon was later named the manager of the Los Angeles Angels.[10]

Third base coach Brian Butterfield and strength and conditioning coach Tim Buss left the Cubs to join Maddon in Anaheim.[11] Former San Diego Padres manager Andy Green was hired as bench coach. Craig Driver was hired to coach first base with Will Veneble moving to coach third. The Cubs also added Mike Napoli (quality assurance coach) and Chris Young (bullpen coach).[12]

Television broadcasts

The season will mark the debut season for the team's new cable television network, the Marquee Sports Network, which will debut in February 2020.[13] All Cubs games, except for those subject to national broadcasts (on Fox, TBS and ESPN), will be aired on Marquee.[13] Previously, Cubs games were split between NBC Sports Chicago, WGN-TV, and ABC 7.[14]

Offseason

Rule changes

For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following:[15]

  • Single trade deadline – there will no longer be a waiver trade deadline later in the year.
  • 26-man roster – rosters will expand from 25 players, but no team may carry more than 13 pitchers.
  • Three-batter minimum for pitchers - a pitcher must face three batters in a game before they can be removed unless there is an injury or the end of an inning.

Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the use of the DH in the National League, a shortened schedule, and starting extra innings with a runner at second base.[6]

Transactions

October 2019
October 11 Signed free agents OF Gabriel Disla and RHP Edgar Mercedes to minor league contracts.
October 31 OF Nicholas Castellanos, LHP Xavier Cedeno, RHP Steve Cishek, LHP Cole Hamels, C Jonathan Lucroy, RHP Brandon Kintzler, RHP Pedro Strop, and 2B Ben Zobrist elected free agency.

Source[16]

November 2019
November 2 LHP Derek Holland elected free agency
November 4 RHP Tony Barnette, RHP Kendall Graveman, RHP Brandon Morrow, and RHP David Phelps elected free agency. RHP Allen Webster sent outright to Iowa Cubs.
November 20 Selected the contracts of C Miguel Amaya, RHP Tyson Miller, RHP Collin Rea, RHP Manuel Rodriguez, and SS Zack Short.
November 23 Traded cash considerations to Oakland Athletics for RHP Jharel Cotton.
November 27 Claimed LHP CD Pelham off waivers from Texas Rangers.

Source[17]

December 2019
December 2 LHP Danny Hultzen and 2B Addison Russell elected free agency.
December 6 Signed free agent RHP Dan Winkler.
December 12 Claimed RHP Trevor Megill off waivers from El Paso Chihuahuas.
December 14 Signed free agents RHP Ben Taylor, CF Ian Miller, RHP Brandon Morrow to minor league contracts and invited them to spring training.
December 15 Signed free agent RHP Caleb Simpson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
December 16 Signed free agent LHP Danny Hultzen to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
December 18 Signed free agent LHP Rex Brothers to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
December 19 Signed free agent 2B Hernan Perez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
December 20 Signed free agent RHP Ryan Tepera. Signed free agent LF Noel Cuevas to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Source[18]

January 2020
January 13 Traded CF Tony Kemp to Oakland Athletics for 1B Alfonso Rivas.
January 17 Traded 2B Clayton Daniel to Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP Casey Sadler.
January 21 Traded future considerations to Boston Red Sox for RHP Travis Lakins.
January 24 Sent LHP CD Pelham outright to Iowa.
January 27 Selected the contract of LHP Adam Choplic from Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
January 28 Signed free agent RF Steven Souza Jr.

Source[19]

February 2020
February 1 Signed free agent RHP Jeremy Jeffress.
February 5 Invited non-roster RHP Dakota Mekkes, RHP Brock Stewart, LHP CD Pelham, 2B Trent Giambrone, C P.J. Higgins, RHP Oscar De La Cruz, and LHP Wyatt Short to spring training.

Source[20]

Regular season

Game log

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was shortened to 60 games with teams playing 10 games against each other member of their division while also playing four games against each team in the corresponding division in the other league. The Cubs will, therefore, play 10 games against each team in their division and four games against each team in the American League Central Division.[21] On July 6, 2020, MLB announced the Cubs 60-game schedule which will begin on July 24 and end on September 27.[22]

2020 regular season game log: 13–6 (.684) (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–2)
August: 8–4 (.667) (Home: 5–3; Away: 3–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Record Box/
Streak
8August 1Pirates4–3Chatwood (2–0)Keller (1–1)Wick (1)Wrigley Field6–2W2
9August 2Pirates2–1 (11)Jeffress (1–0)Ponce (0–1)—Wrigley Field7–2W3
10August 3Royals2–0Mills (2–0)Duffy (0–2)Wick (2)Wrigley Field8–2W4
11August 4Royals5–4Hendricks (2–1)Singer (0–1)Ryan (1)Wrigley Field9–2W5
12August 5@ Royals6–1Darvish (2–1)Bubic (0–2)—Kauffman Stadium10–2W6
13August 6@ Royals2–13Keller (1–0)Chatwood (2–1)—Kauffman Stadium10–3L1
–August 7@ CardinalsPostponed (Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak) (Makeup date: Aug 17)
–August 8@ CardinalsPostponed (Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak) (Makeup date: Aug 19)
–August 9@ CardinalsPostponed (Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak) (Makeup date: Sep 5)
14August 11@ Indians7–1Lester (2–0)Plutko (0–1)— Progressive Field 11–3W1
15August 12@ Indians7–2Hendricks (3–1)Carrasco (2–2)—Progressive Field12–3W2
16August 13Brewers4–2Darvish (3–1)Anderson (0–2)Wick (3)Wrigley Field13–3W3
17August 14Brewers3–4Peralta (1–1)Mills (2–1)Hader (4)Wrigley Field13–4L1
18August 15Brewers5–6 (10)Phelps (2–1)Jeffress (1–1)Claudio (1)Wrigley Field13–5L2
19August 16Brewers5–6Yardley (1–0)Adam (0–1)Hader (5)Wrigley Field13–6L3
20August 17 (1)Cardinals–—Wrigley Field–
21August 17 (2)@ Cardinals–—Wrigley Field–
22August 18Cardinals–—Wrigley Field–
23August 19 (1)Cardinals–—Wrigley Field–
24August 19 (2)@ Cardinals–—Wrigley Field–
25August 21White Sox–—Wrigley Field–
26August 22White Sox–—Wrigley Field–
27August 23White Sox–—Wrigley Field–
28August 24@ Tigers–—Comerica Park–
29August 25@ Tigers–—Comerica Park–
30August 26@ Tigers–—Comerica Park–
31August 28@ Reds–— Great American Ball Park –
32August 29@ Reds–—Great American Ball Park–
33August 29@ Reds–—Great American Ball Park–
34August 30@ Reds–—Great American Ball Park–
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Cubs team member

Season standings
National League Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 136 0.684 — 8–4 5–2
Milwaukee Brewers 1010 0.500 3½ 2–6 8–4
St. Louis Cardinals 44 0.500 3½ 2–1 2–3
Cincinnati Reds 911 0.450 4½ 5–7 4–4
Pittsburgh Pirates 414 0.222 8½ 2–6 2–8
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 167 0.696
Chicago Cubs 136 0.684
Miami Marlins 96 0.600


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Colorado Rockies 138 0.619
Atlanta Braves 1310 0.565
Milwaukee Brewers 1010 0.500


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Arizona Diamondbacks 1111 0.500 —
St. Louis Cardinals 44 0.500 —
San Diego Padres 1112 0.478 ½
Philadelphia Phillies 89 0.471 ½
Cincinnati Reds 911 0.450 1
Washington Nationals 811 0.421 1½
New York Mets 914 0.391 2½
San Francisco Giants 815 0.348 3½
Pittsburgh Pirates 414 0.222 5

Record vs. opponents
2020 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-head

Team CHC CIN MIL PIT STL AL
Chicago —2–13–43–00–05–1
Cincinnati 1–2—2–11–10–05–7
Milwaukee 4–31–2—2–10–03–4
Pittsburgh 0–31–11–2—1–21–6
St. Louis 0–00–00–02–1—2–3

Updated with the results of all games through August 16, 2020.

Opening Day starters
Name Pos.
Kris Bryant 3B
Anthony Rizzo 1B
Javier Báez SS
Kyle Schwarber LF
Willson Contreras C
Jason Heyward RF
Victor Caratini DH
Nico Hoerner 2B
Ian Happ CF
Kyle Hendricks SP

Season summary

June
  • June 23 – The league instituted a shortened 60-game season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spring Training (or Summer Camp) began on July 1 with the first games to begin on July 23 and 24.[4]

July
  • July 1 – Cubs players report to Wrigley Field for testing ahead of summer camp and 60-game schedule.[23]
  • July 6 – The Cubs have no players test positive for COVID-19 and are believed to be the only team in the National League without any positive tests.[24]
  • July 13 – David Ross and five other "Tier 1 individuals" missed morning workouts due to delayed COVID-19 tests.[25]
  • July 16 – The Cubs announced that Kyle Hendricks will be the opening day starting pitcher on July 24 against the Milwaukee Brewers, marking the first time Hendricks would make an opening day start in his career.[26]
  • July 24 – On the latest Opening Day in MLB history, Kyle Hendricks pitched a complete game shutout as the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3–0 at Wrigley Field. It marked the first complete game shutout by a Cub pitcher on opening day since 1974.[27] Ian Happ hit a two-run homer in the third and Anthony Rizzo added a solo shot in the eighth for the Cubs in the win.[28]
  • July 25 – In game two of the opening series against the Brewers, Yu Darvish pitched only four innings and allowed three runs. A two-run homer by Kyle Schwarber brought the Cubs within one in the fifth, but the Cub bullpen struggled surrendering five runs in four innings of work as the Cubs lost 8–3.[29]
  • July 26 – Tyler Chatwood pitched well, giving up only one run on three hits in six innings. Meanwhile, Willson Contreras homered and drove in two runs while Ian Happ added a two-run homer and drove in three on the day. Anthony Rizzo hit a solo home run as well as the Cubs blew out the Brewers 9–1.[30]
  • July 27 – The Cubs traveled to Cincinnati to face the Reds for a four-game series. Jon Lester pitched well, throwing five innings of a no-hit ball before being lifted after throwing 76 pitches. Meanwhile the Cub offense continued its hot start to the season, scoring six runs in the first two innings. David Bote and Steven Souza Jr. drove in two runs apiece and Anthony Rizzo hit his third homer in four games as the Cubs took a 7–0 lead. However, the Cub bullpen continued its struggles, surrendering five runs prior to the ninth. Craig Kimbrel entered in the ninth with an 8–5 lead, but walked four and hit a batter to force in two runs while only getting one out.[31] Jeremy Jeffress was summoned to record the final two outs of the game with the bases loaded as the Cubs held on for the 8–7 win.[32]
  • July 28 – Javier Báez had three hits and homered twice while driving in three runs in game two of the series against the Reds. David Bote added a home run and Nico Hoerner drove in two runs as the Cubs beat the Reds 8–5. Alec Mills pitched well, allowing only two runs on two hits in six innings. The Cub bullpen did surrender three runs as it continued to struggle, but it was not enough for the Reds.[33] The win moved the Cubs into sole possession of first place early in the season.
  • July 29 – Kyle Hendricks could not duplicate his opening day start, giving up six runs in 4.1 innings of work as the Cubs fell behind 7–0. The Cub bullpen continued to struggle, preventing any chance at a comeback by surrendering a grand slam and giving up six runs in 3.2 innings. Kris Bryant drove in two runs and David Bote hit a two-run homer, but it was not enough as the Cubs were routed 12–7. The Cubs did turn a triple play in the eighth inning when Bryant caught a line drive, stepped on third, and threw to first with the bases loaded in the eighth. Replays showed that the ball likely hit the ground before Bryant caught it.[34]
  • July 30 – The league and the union announced that any remaining doubleheaders would be seven-inning games.[35]
  • July 31 – After a rainout of the final game of the Reds' series, the Cubs returned home to face the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs each and Jason Kipnis homered to give the Cubs a 6–1 lead. Yu Darvish pitched six scoreless innings while the Cub bullpen, especially Craig Kimbrel, struggled again. In the ninth, Kimbrel gave up two solo home runs to narrow the lead to 6–3, but was able to get the final three outs as the Cubs won 6–3.

August
  • August 1 – In game two versus the Pirates, Tyler Chatwood pitched 6.2 innings of scoreless baseball. Jeremy Jeffress relieved and pitched 1.1 innings of perfect relief. Meanwhile, Javier Báez and Ian Happ hit solo home runs while Kyle Schwarber added a two-run homer in the eighth to extend the Cub lead 4–0. In the ninth, Kyle Ryan surrendered three runs to bring the Pirates within one run, but Rowan Wick got the final two outs to hold on for the 4–3 win.[36]
  • August 2 – Jon Lester allowed a first inning home run, but settled in after that, holding the Pirates scoreless for five more innings. The Cubs tied it in the fifth on a double by Kyle Schwarber while the Cub bullpen pitched well, holding the Pirates scoreless. After a rain delay, the game went to extra innings with the new rules for the first time on the season for the Cubs. In the 11th, Anthony Rizzo moved the runner to third with a fly to left and Javier Báez singled to plate the winning run. The 2–1 win moved the Cubs' record to 7–2 on the season with the sweep of the Pirates.[37]
  • August 3 – With the Kansas City Royals visiting Chicago, Alec Mills pitched seven shutout innings while Javier Báez drove in a run on a sacrifice fly and Kris Bryant, returning to the lineup after missing the prior two games, hit his first homer of the season. That was all the Cubs would need as Rowan Wick notched a four-out save to blank the Royals 2–0.[38]
  • August 4 – Kyle Hendricks pitched seven innings while scattering seven hits and allowing only two runs against the Royals. Jason Heyward hit his first home run of the year, a two-run home run in the second inning. Jason Kipnis also hit a two-run homer in the fourth while Willson Contreras added a solo home run in the eighth. With a 5–2 lead in the ninth, manager David Ross gave Craig Kimbrel another chance, but he allowed two runs while only getting one out. Kyle Ryan was brought in after Kimbrel faced the minimum of three batters to get the final two outs as the Cubs held on for a 5–4 win.[39] The win moved the Cubs to 9–2 on the season and four games ahead of the Reds in the Central Division.[40]
  • August 5 – Yu Darvish continued the Cubs' strong starting pitching performances as the series with the Royals switched to Kansas City, pitching seven innings and allowing only one run. Javier Báez drove in two runs and the Cub offense added four runs in the last two innings to pull away for the 6–1 win, the Cubs' sixth straight. The win pushed the Cubs to a 10–2 start, only the fourth time the team had won at least 10 of their first 12 games to start a season since 1901.[41]
  • August 6 – Tyler Chatwood struggled, allowing eight runs in 2.1 innings of work. The Cub bullpen also struggled, surrendering five runs. The Cub offense mustered only two runs in the ninth as the Cubs were blown out by the Royals, 13–2.[42]
  • August 7 – The Cubs next traveled to St. Louis to face the Cardinals. The Cardinals, due to positive COVID-19 tests while in Milwaukee, had not played since July 30. Due to further positive COVID-19 tests of Cardinals players, the series scheduled for August 7 through August 9 was postponed.[43]
  • August 11 – Returning to play after the cancellation of the series against the Cardinals, the Cubs traveled to Cleveland to face the Indians. Jason Heyward homered and drove in four runs as the Cubs routed the Indians. Ian Happ drove in two runs while Jon Lester pitched six strong innings and allowed only one run. The Cub bullpen pitched three scoreless innings as the Cubs won 7–1 moving their record to 11–3 on the season.[44]
  • August 12 – Kyle Hendricks allowed one run in six innings while Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant each homered as the Cubs swept the Indians, winning 7–2. David Bote and Jason Heyward drove in two runs each in the win while the Cub bullpen surrendered only one run. The win moved the Cubs 5.5 games into first place in the division and matched their best start since 1970.[45]
  • August 13 – The Cubs returned home to face the Brewers for a four-game series. Yu Darvish pitched six hitless innings before giving up a home run in the seventh. Kyle Schwarber homered for the Cubs as the Cubs led throughout. Rowan Wick allowed a ninth-inning run before getting the final out and earning his third save on the season as the Cubs won 4–2.[46] The win moved the Cubs to an MLB-best record of 13–3 and equaled the franchise's best start since 1907.[47]
  • August 14 – Tyler Chatwood was scratched with back tightness, so Alec Mills made the start and pitched well, giving up one run through five innings as the Cubs took a 3-1 lead. However in the sixth, Christian Yelich hit a three-run homer to give the Brewers a 4–3 lead. The Cubs could manage nothing further and lost 4–3, dropping the Cubs' record to 13–4 on the season.
  • August 15 – The Cubs jumped out to an early 3–0 lead on a solo home run by Anthony Rizzo in the first and a Rizzo RBI double in the second. Colin Rea made the start for the Cubs and pitched into the fourth, allowing three runs. Casey Sadler gave up the lead in the sixth, but Steven Souza Jr. homered to tie it in the eighth. In the 10th, Jeremy Jeffress allowed the runner from second to score and gave up another run. The Cubs could only score one in the bottom of the 10th and the Cubs fell 5–4. The loss marked the first time on the season the Cubs had lost back-to-back games.

Transactions

June
June 22 Signed SS Ed Howard.
June 25 Signed RHP Koen Moreno, LHP Luke Little, and LHP Burl Carraway.
June 26 Signed 1B Matt Mervis, OF Jacob Wetzel, 2B Scott McKeon, and OF Bradlee Beesley to minor league contracts.
June 28 Changed roster status of RF Mark Zagunis, CF Brennen Davis, and 3B Christopher Morel. Invited RHP Juan Gamez and LHP Brailyn Marquez to spring training.
June 30 Signed RHP Graham Lawson and RHP Bailey Reid to minor league contracts.

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July
July 4 Signed RHP Sam Thoresen to a minor league contract.
July 7 Invited 2B Hernan Perez to spring training.
July 14 Signed free agent C Jose Lobaton to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. Invited non-roster LHP Jack Patterson andRHP Keegan Thompson to spring training.
July 15 Invited non-roster RHP Cory Abbott to spring training
July 17 Selected the contract of 2B Jason Kipnis from Iowa Cubs. Sent RHP Trevor Megill outright to Alternate Training Site.
July 21 Signed free agents RHP Ben Leeper and RHP Sheldon Reed to minor league contracts.
July 22 Signed OF Jordan Nwogu.
July 23 Placed LHP Jose Quintana (left thumb) on the 10-day injured list retroactive to July 20, 2020. Placed 2B Daniel Descalso (ankle) on the 60-day injured list. Placed RF Mark Zagunis on the restricted list. Designated 2B Robel Garcia for assignment. Optioned RHP Jharel Cotton and RHP Ryan Tepera to Cubs Alternate Training Site. Selected the contract of C Josh Phegley and LHP Rex Brothers from Alternate Training Site. Recalled RHP Dillon Maples and RHP James Norwood from Alternate Training Site.
July 26 Placed LHP Brad Wieck (hamstring) on 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Ryan Tepera from Alternate Training Site.
July 30 Recalled RHP Colin Rea from Alternative Training Site. Optioned RHP Dillon Maples to Alternate Training Site.
July 31 Signed free agent RHP Cody Allen to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Source[49]

August
August 2 Placed RHP James Norwood on 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Justin Steele from Alternate Training Site.
August 6 Optioned LHP Rex Brothers and LHP Justin Steele to Alternate Training Site. Signed free agent RHP Kelvin Herrera to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. Selected the contract of LHP Matt Dermody from Sugar Land Skeeters.
August 8 Released 2B Derek Dietrich
August 15 Placed RHP Tyler Chatwood (back) on 10-day IL. Selected the contract of RHP Jason Adam from Alternate Training Site. Designated RHP Jharel Cotton for assignment.

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Roster

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting proposed shortened season, teams will start the season with a 30-man roster. The rosters will reduce to 28 after two weeks and then to the new-normal roster size of 26 after that. It was decided later to keep rosters at 28 for the remainder of the season.[51]

Chicago Cubs roster
Active roster Player pool Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 75 Miguel Amaya
  • 86 P. J. Higgins *
  • -- Jose Lobaton *

Infielders

  • -- Christopher Morel *
  • 41 Hernan Perez *
  • 76 Zack Short

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

45-day injured list


Restricted list

28 active, 30 player pool

7- or 10-day injured list
Suspended list
# Personal leave
* Not on 40-man roster
Roster and coaches updated August 6, 2020
Transactions • Depth chart

→ All MLB rosters

Statistics

Regular season

Batting

(statistics through August 14, 2020)

Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Albert Almora Jr. 11 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .143 .333 .143 2
Javier Báez 17 68 8 15 3 0 3 10 1 3 23 .221 .260 .397 27
David Bote 12 35 4 8 1 0 2 8 0 5 13 .229 .341 .429 15
Kris Bryant 12 46 9 9 3 0 2 4 0 6 15 .196 .315 .391 18
Victor Caratini 13 41 2 12 2 0 0 4 0 2 10 .293 .341 .341 14
Willson Contreras 16 54 9 14 5 0 7 1 1 2 24 .259 .328 .463 25
Ian Happ 17 50 10 15 4 0 3 9 1 12 14 .300 .435 .560 28
Jason Heyward 15 47 8 13 2 0 2 11 1 5 8 .277 .340 .447 21
Nico Hoerner 13 40 7 9 2 0 0 6 0 5 8 .225 .304 .275 11
Jason Kipnis 9 25 5 9 3 1 2 6 0 4 8 .360 .448 .800 20
Alec Mills 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Josh Phegley 6 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 0
Anthony Rizzo 17 58 11 13 0 0 4 7 0 10 14 .224 .392 .431 25
Kyle Schwarber 17 56 8 13 3 0 3 7 0 8 22 .232 .338 .446 25
Steven Souza Jr. 7 15 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 7 .133 .278 .200 3

Source[52]

Pitching

(statistics through August 14, 2020)

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Rex Brothers 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 2.1 2 3 3 3 5
Tyler Chatwood 2 1 5.40 3 3 0 15.0 17 9 9 4 23
Yu Darvish 3 1 188 4 4 0 24.0 14 5 5 4 27
Kyle Hendricks 3 1 3.08 4 4 0 26.1 24 9 9 2 20
Jeremy Jeffress 1 0 0.00 7 0 1 7.0 0 0 0 1 5
Craig Kimbrel 0 0 17.18 5 0 0 3.2 6 7 7 6 4
Jon Lester 2 0 1.06 3 3 0 17.0 7 2 2 4 9
Dillon Maples 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 1.0 1 3 2 4 1
Alec Mills 2 1 2.84 3 3 0 19.0 10 6 6 6 14
James Norwood 0 0 16.20 3 0 0 1.2 4 3 3 1 0
Colin Rea 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Kyle Ryan 0 0 7.20 6 0 1 5.0 7 4 4 0 3
Casey Sadler 0 0 1.93 5 0 0 4.2 4 1 1 3 5
Ryan Tepera 0 0 3.86 6 0 0 7.0 4 3 3 1 10
Duane Underwood Jr. 0 0 9.00 4 0 0 6.0 7 6 6 3 5
Rowan Wick 0 0 1.50 5 0 3 4.2 7 1 1 1 5
Brad Wieck 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 2
Dan Winkler 0 0 8.40 4 0 0 3.1 1 3 3 6 5

Source[52]

Farm system
See also: List of Chicago Cubs minor league affiliates

On June 30, it was announced that the 160 minor league baseball teams' seasons were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[53] This marked the first time in the history of Minor League Baseball that a season had been canceled.[53]

Level Team League Manager Location Ballpark
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Marty Pevey Des Moines, Iowa Principal Park
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Michael Ryan Knoxville, Tennessee Smokies Stadium
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Steven Lerud Myrtle Beach, South Carolina TicketReturn.com Field
A South Bend Cubs Midwest League Buddy Bailey South Bend, Indiana Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Lance Rymel Eugene, Oregon PK Park
Rookie AZL Cubs 1 Arizona League Jimmy Gonzalez Mesa, Arizona Sloan Park
AZL Cubs 2 Carmelo Martinez
DSL Cubs 1 Dominican Summer League Leo Perez Boca Chica, Dominican Republic Baseball City Complex
DSL Cubs 2 Carlos Ramirez

Source[54]

Major League Baseball draft
Main article: 2020 Major League Baseball draft

The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft occurred on Monday, June 10 through June 11, 2020. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was shortened to only five rounds.[55]

2020 Chicago Cubs complete draft list[56]
Round Pick Name, Age Pos / Bats School (State) Date sgnd. Refs
1 16 Ed Howard SS /R Mount Carmel High School (IL) June 21[57] [58]
2 51 Burl Carraway LHP / L Dallas Baptist University (TX) [59][60]
3 88 Jordan Nwogu OF / R University of Michigan (MI) [61]
4 117 Luke Little P / L San Jacinto College (TX) [62]
5 147 Koen Moreno P / R Panther Creek High School (NC) [63]

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