Cubs take back-to-back series against top NL teams

A baseball season has natural ebbs and flows, and the 2026 Cubs can be defined in some ways by how extreme the swings between good and bad have been. As they close out June and enter the month of July, the Cubs are riding a stretch of wins.

The primary driver behind whether things are going well or not seems to be the offense. When the Cubs were stringing together multiple 10-game winning streaks in the early going, the Cubs had the top-ranked offense in baseball. And when they were sinking to a barely above .500 record in May, they were 19th. Since June 11th, they're back to being the top-ranked offense in baseball.