Chicago Cubs vs Padres Wild Card Preview – Why Cubs Can Advance #cubsbaseball #cubsnation
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Sports Talk Chicago
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🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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The Chicago Cubs are heading into the Wild Card round against the San Diego Padres, and this matchup has all the makings of a thriller. The Padres put the ball in play, but the Cubs’ defense and power advantage give them a real edge. Can they get past San Diego and move on to face the Brewers in the NLDS?
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| 0:44.3 | And now with your host, Joey Christopoulos. |
| 0:51.1 | The San Diego Padres, I just want to share a few thoughts about how I feel about the San Diego Padres and what to expect. |
| 0:57.3 | One of the interesting things about the San Diego Padres, and especially when we're talking about pitchers like Shoda and Managa, Matthew Boyd, and Jameson tie on. |
| 1:00.3 | Guys, we're going to have to lean on in a wildcard round as we hope and pray that the |
| 1:05.7 | lower back tightness from Cade Horton clears up. |
| 1:09.3 | When it comes to San Diego Padres, |
| 1:11.2 | they are bottom of baseball in terms of hitting home runs. |
| 1:14.5 | They've been better in the second half of the season. |
| 1:19.2 | Now, here's where it gets interesting. |
| 1:24.4 | San Diego Padres second to last in baseball and hitting home runs. |
| 1:27.5 | The Chicago Cubs right now sit at 7th. |
| 1:33.0 | But they have a lot of other interesting qualities to them. |
| 1:37.2 | The first one that you have to keep in mind, |
| 1:39.1 | and this could play to the Cubs advantage because they have a good defense. |
| 1:42.1 | When it comes to the San Diego Padres, they put the ball in play. They have third fewest Ks and strikeouts and all of baseball. The Chicago Cubs are about sixth fewest, so they both put the ball in play. San Diego Padres are also 18th and stolen bases, which is fine. They also have a good batting average. So they put the ball in play, and they have a lot of guys that hit for a little bit of higher average than the Cubs. Poudiers are eighth, Cubs are 14th. In the second half of this |
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