{"id":691761,"date":"2026-06-08T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/691761\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:12:15","slug":"alex-bregman-pinpoints-what-hes-been-awful-at-since-signing-175m-chicago-cubs-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/691761\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Bregman pinpoints what he\u2019s been \u2018awful\u2019 at since signing $175m Chicago Cubs contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Bregman<\/a> did not hide from the boos at Wrigley Field, and he did not soften his review of a brutal first Cubs<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Chicago brought him in to anchor the middle of the lineup. Instead, his biggest moments have added to the Cubs\u2019 offensive frustration.<\/p>\n

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That is why his postgame comments felt less like routine accountability and more like a veteran admitting the margin has vanished.<\/p>\n

Alex Bregman owns the Cubs\u2019 scoring failures<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Jesse Rogers<\/a> shared Bregman\u2019s blunt comments after another Cubs loss made his struggles with runners in scoring position impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been terrible. I need to play better. Offensively, it\u2019s been awful. I\u2019ve failed many times in this game. I\u2019ve struggled. I\u2019ve started slow before, I\u2019ve started fast before. When you\u2019re struggling, there is only one way forward, and that\u2019s straight, head-on through it. It comes down to executing in the game. I haven\u2019t executed all year. Runners in scoring position, I\u2019ve been ***-awful. I need to be better. If I\u2019m better over the last how many games, we probably win the majority of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The latest game made it clear. Bregman went 0-for-5 in a 2-1 loss to the Giants, popped up to end the game, and hit into an eighth-inning double play after the Cubs put runners on the corners.<\/p>\n

Alex Bregman\u2019s stats pressure the $175m deal<\/p>\n

Bregman is hitting .248 with five home runs, 19 RBI, and a .681 OPS in his first season with Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Matt Dirksen\/Chicago Cubs\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The most damaging number is situational. Reports say Bregman leads MLB with 143 runners left on base, which explains why one bad at-bat now feels bigger than one line in a box score.<\/p>\n

His contract makes patience mandatory. Bregman signed for five years and $175 million, with no opt-outs, a full no-trade clause, and $70 million deferred.<\/p>\n

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Alex Bregman\u2019s rebound cannot save the Cubs alone<\/p>\n

The Cubs are 34-32 after a rough slide from a 29-16 start, with the offense wasting good pitching and falling into the middle of a tight NL Central race.<\/p>\n

Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a>, Ian Happ<\/a>, Seiya Suzuki<\/a>, Michael Busch<\/a>, and Carson Kelly<\/a> have given Chicago useful stretches, while Dansby Swanson<\/a>\u2019s bat has been another concern at .180 with a .606 OPS.<\/p>\n

There is no serious Bregman trade chatter to lean on, and the no-trade clause makes that path unrealistic anyway.<\/p>\n

The long-term outlook is simple. The Cubs need the player they bought to start producing like him.<\/p>\n

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