Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies Picks and Predictions May 26th 2025

Cubs’ MLB-Best Offense Looking to Feast on Dreadful Rockies

Baseball’s most potent lineup will get a crack at its most beleaguered pitching staff when the Chicago Cubs open a three-game series at home against the Colorado Rockies on Monday.

Winners of seven of their last nine games, the Cubs come in scorching hot at the plate. They lead the majors in batting average (.264), runs (321), and hits (492), and their offense put on a clinic over the weekend, piling up 28 runs in a three-game set against the Reds.

“We just kept chipping away.”
— Craig Counsell, Cubs Manager

Chicago capped off the series with an 11-8 comeback win on Sunday, highlighted by Seiya Suzuki’s go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning. Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong each have 14 home runs this season, with Suzuki pacing all of MLB in RBIs (49).

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Taillon Aims to Stay Hot vs. Rockies

Jameson Taillon (3-3, 4.13 ERA) will take the mound for the Cubs, looking to build on a strong outing against Miami in which he allowed just one run across seven innings in a 14-1 win. Historically, Taillon has dominated the Rockies, going 3-1 with a 2.03 ERA in five career starts against them.

Colorado, meanwhile, continues to endure a nightmarish season. The Rockies fell to 9-44 after Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Yankees, making them the worst team through 53 games in MLB since 1901. They’ve lost all 17 of their series so far this year.

“We expected to win that game, but it was good to see us push at the end.”
— Warren Schaeffer, Rockies Interim Manager

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Palmquist Gets Another Shot

Rookie left-hander Carson Palmquist (0-2, 11.88 ERA) will make just his third MLB start. Drafted in 2022, Palmquist has struggled early, giving up 12 earned runs over 8 1/3 innings in his first two starts. He’ll have to navigate a red-hot Cubs offense that has taken six of the last eight meetings with Colorado.

Chicago is positioned to keep rolling, especially against a team still searching for its first series win of the season.

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