2025 marks the first season that the Chicago Cubs are without any members of their beloved 2016 World Series-winning team. Up until this year, starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks was the lone reminder of the glory that swept over Chicago when the Cubs ended their 108-year World Series drought, which was the longest in professional sports at the time. Now, the Cubs get a reunion with Hendricks, who will take the mound against them Sunday after signing with the Los Angeles Angels last winter.
It will be the first time Hendricks has faced the North Siders in his 12-year career, 11 of which he donned a Cubs uniform.