Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer held his annual post-mortem with the press on Thursday, covering an array of topics, ranging from how he feels about the 2025 season to Kyle Tucker and everything in between.
But almost immediately, when pressed on the team's offensive struggles in the postseason, Hoyer pushed back, crediting the pitching of the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers, which combined to hold Cubs hitters to a .221/.288/.390 slash line across eight games.
Given how pitcher-friendly Wrigley Field has played in recent years, one might expect the bulk of those offensive struggles to come at home (also considering they played five of their eight postseason games there) - but that wasn't the case.