Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 8, 2025
Will Cubs spend another day in first place this season?
Chicago Cubs’ Kyle Tucker runs the bases after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros in Houston, Saturday, June 28, 2025. Reese McGuire and Ian Happ also scored.Ashley Landis/AP Photos
Poof! The Cubs’ division lead is gone. Long gone.
Too far gone?
In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked if the Cubs — who once held a 6½-game lead in the National League Central but now trail the smoking-hot Brewers — will be in first place again at any point this season.
“Wild card only based on the players they picked up at the trade deadline,” @ronw_sportsnut, in the “no” camp, commented.
