After two games in Tokyo, four in Phoenix and three in Sacramento, the Cubs returned to Chicago for their home opener against the Padres on Friday. They did so boasting higher expectations for 2025.

This team, hand-picked by Hoyer, is expected to take the Cubs back to the glory days of the mid-2010s. In a recent interview with the Athletic, Jed Hoyer said: “I feel like for us, we don’t ...