How Are the Ex-Cubs doing – Playoff Edition

A semi-regular feature showing how former Cub players are doing.

This is a summary of how the ex-Cubs have done in the 2026 Playoffs so far.

Ex-Cubs Position players:

Name	Team	wRC+	PA	HR	OPS
Nelson Velázquez	HOU	358	3	1	1.667
Willson Contreras	BOS	256	8	1	1.333
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	199	13	1	1.098
Cam Smith	HOU	202	8	1	1.089
Kyle Tucker	LAD	162	31	1	.938
Isaac Paredes	HOU	84	8	0	.542
Cody Bellinger	NYY	38	21	1	.524
Ali Sánchez	NYY		0	0	.000
Andruw Monasterio	BOS	-100	2	0	.000

Not many ex-Cubs in this list, and none are left in the playoffs. Kyle Tucker had a bounce-back in the playoffs after an awful season. Cody Bellinger struggled for the Yankees in the post-season. And no one else of consequence made it out of the Wild Card round.

Ex-Cubs Pitchers

Name	Team	ERA	WHIP	G	IP	xERA
Aroldis Chapman	BOS	0.00	0.00	1	1.0	0.00
Paul Blackburn	NYY	0.00	0.33	4	6.0	3.19
Trevor Megill	MIL	0.00	0.53	5	5.2	2.72
Shawn Armstrong	CLE	1.04	0.35	7	8.2	1.34
Sean Newcomb	CHW	2.57	1.00	4	7.0	2.16
Jason Adam	SDP	2.70	1.50	4	3.1	3.15
Anthony Kay	CHW	10.13	2.25	4	2.2	5.81
Bryan Hudson	CHW	11.57	1.29	3	2.1	13.77

And then there was one. Trevor Megill is the only ex-Cubs left in the postseason. He has not given up an earned run so far in 5 outings, although there might be some luck heavily involved, with a ball hit by Ty France that might have been a home run hitting the roof.. Although, according to Statcast, it would not have been a home run.

Aroldis Chapman and Paul Blackburn were good in small sample sizes. Shawn Armstrong is an interesting guy. He pitched in 8 games for the Cubs at the end of 2024, and then was amazing for the Rays in 2025, with a 2.31 ERA and 0.81 WHIP in 71 games. This season was not as good for the Guardians (4.58 ERA and 1.36 WHIP in 35.1 innings), but he was excellent in the playoffs.

One thing to note is that there are no former Cubs starters among this list.