The Chicago Cubs are set to play in a playoff series for the first time since 2020 and their first time in a full-length season since 2018, the better part of a decade. And the long wait garnered the club a walk down memory lane.
Game 1 of the series was supposed to be Cade Horton's time to shine, and it certainly would have felt like a better matchup for Chicago with Nick Pivetta taking the mound for the visiting San Diego Padres. Instead, Matthew Boyd will get the start, with the rest of the team's starting pitchers still a bit up in the air.