I’m here to experience the postseason, we didn’t get there this year so that means that there’s work to do, manager Craig Counsell said.

The Cubs posted an 83-79 record for the second year in a row. But this season, that put them six games back of the last wild-card spot, pending the results of the doubleheader between the Mets and Braves on Monday.

O ne of the steadiest things about the Chicago Cubs over the last decade has been right-handed starter, Kyle Hendricks. An underdog who built himself into a Cy Young contender and

Chicago Cubs fans gave right-handed pitcher Kyle Hendricks a standing ovation as he left the mound, possibly for the last time in a Cubs uniform. In a heartfelt

Kyle Hendricks allowed only two hits in 7 1/3 innings Saturday in a 3-0 victory against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in what might have been his last start in a Chicago Cubs uniform.