Trio of Chicago Cubs stars sit near the top of the WAR leaderboard

Despite the Chicago Cubs' offense struggling a bit on Easter Sunday afternoon, it’s been clear for a while now that the strength of the team is a lineup that can hurt its opponents in several different ways.

Certainly, Kyle Tucker has made a ton of headlines, looking exactly like the generational talent that Cubs fans are desperately hoping the club will sign to an extension before he goes out there and tries his luck on the free agent market.

Tucker’s start to the season has him in the Top 10 on Fangraph’s WAR leaderboard. That’s really not surprising, thanks to .302/.404/.615 slashline. What might surprise some Chicago Cubs fans is that Tucker is joined by two teammates in that Top 10 leaderboard.

Granted, the way that catcher Carson Kelly has started the year, it maybe shouldn’t be all that surprising that he and Tucker are both boasting 1.4 WAR so far this year. Kelly is technically ranked No. 7 with Tucker sitting at No. 8 despite both having the same WAR number. 

They’re joined by Pete Crow-Armstrong on the leaderboard’s Top 10 as he’s sitting at No. 10 with a 1.3 WAR so far in 2025. He’s also technically tied for No. 9 with the Baltimore Orioles’ Cedric Mullins.

PCA’s .258/.310/.462 slashline is especially impressive when you consider that he got off to a very slow start to the 2025 campaign. He was, in fact, under the Mendoza line as recently as April 12, but has gone on the kind of surge fans have been waiting for. Even a 0-for-4 Sunday isn’t going to make the hopes that he’s put it all together fade.

He got off to a slow start to his major league career last year before putting it all together in the final month of 2024. 

The trio who as of late Sunday night were still No. 7, 8 and 10 in the leaderboard, went 0-for-12 in the final game of the Arizona Diamonbacks. That’s likely why the Chicago Cubs could muster just two runs in the extra inning loss that meant a series win rather than a series sweep.