Alex Bregman discusses “terrible” beginning to his Chicago Cubs career

The Chicago Cubs seemingly have a lot of issues going on. After Sunday’s loss, they have dropped 20 of their previous 27 games. There is a lot of blame that can be thrown around, but star players significantly underperforming have a hefty portion of the pie chart. Let’s take a look at one big-name player discussing his terrible beginning to the 2026 season.

Alex Bregman discusses his terrible start to his 2026 season

Following the Cubs’ 2-1 10-inning road loss on Sunday night against the San Francisco Giants, third baseman Alex Bregman spoke to the media and took accountability for his poor start.

“I’ve been terrible. I need to play better. Offenisvely, its been awful. I’ve failed many times in this game. I’ve struggled. I’ve started off slow before, I’ve started out fast before. When you’re struggling, there is only one way forward and that’s straight, head-on through it. It comes down to executing in the game. I haven’t executed all year. Runners in scoring position, I’ve been god-awful. I need to be better. If I’m better over the last how many games, we probably win the majority of them.”

Bregman finished Sunday’s game hitless in five at-bats. That dropped his numbers to a .669 OPS with five homers, 19 RBI, and 29 runs scored. These numbers are even worse when you look at how he is producing with runners in scoring position. He is the fourth-worst hitter in those situations, despite having the fourth-most at-bats. Bregman has a .178/.256/.192 slash line with 14 RBI and one extra-base hit. Going 13-for-73 with runners in scoring position significantly dampens scoring chances for the team as a whole.

To put it into perspective, below are the players who have a worse OPS with runners in scoring position than Bregman’s .448 thus far:

• Ezequiel Tovar (.374)
• Salvador Perez (.427)
• Seiya Suzuki (.438)

Could it be simply seeing a bunch of new pitchers in his first season in the National League? Could it be just bad results or just regression beginning to hit him? Whatever it is, Bregman’s under contract through the 2030 season after signing a five-year, $175 million contract this offseason. It will be intriguing to see what can get Bregman to being close to a star player he was just one year ago with the Boston Red Sox.

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