The Chicago Cubs haven’t reached the playoffs since 2020, but they’re hoping to change that as they hit the home stretch of the 2025 campaign.

With a day off Thursday, the Cubs find themselves with a strong chance of erasing that playoff drought, but they still have plenty of work to do if they hope to do so via a division title, rather than one of the National League’s three wild card spots. ‘

Even with a loss by the Brewers on Thursday, the Cubs are still 5.5 games back in the race with 22 games left to play, which would be an extremely difficult deficit to overcome since they no longer have any games slated against Milwaukee this season.

Here’s where everything stands as of Thursday evening.

National League Central Standings:

Milwaukee – 86-55

Chicago Cubs – 80-60 (5.5 GB)

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