Trio of Cubs sluggers make history, accomplish something we haven't seen since 2004

After Friday's blowout victory against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs broke a six-season streak of not having multiple 30+ home run hitters.

Technically, the Cubs haven't had a single player eclipse the 30 home run mark since 2019, when Kris Bryant (31) and Kyle Schwarber (38) accomplished the feat. Michael Busch became the first of the 2025 season when he smacked his 30th long ball in Cincinnati last week.

But Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki joined him in Friday's 12-1 win over the Redbirds, which was also the team's 90th win of the year. Their power display gives the Cubs three players with 30 or more homers - something that not even the vaunted teams of the mid-to-late 2010s accomplished.

The only other time three or more Cubs hit 30+ homers in a season came back in 2004, when Derrek Lee, Ararmis Ramirez, Moises Alou and Sammy Sosa accomplished the feat - although the club's 89-73 record wasn't enough to make the postseason, leaving that year as a major disappointment on the heels of 2003's close miss at October glory.

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The drought is a testament to the lack of power and talent the Cubs' roster has yielded in recent years. Crow-Armstrong is emerging as one of the game's most exciting young players with his combination of power and speed, while Suzuki and Busch have been cornerstones of the team's offensive production for much of the year.

The fact that any of the three were able to get to 30 home runs in the final weeks of the year is impressive, considering the entire team went through an abysmal offensive slump in August. But Chicago's main thumpers are turning things around at the right time, with a date with the San Diego Padres in the National League Wild Card Series looming on Tuesday.

After socking two homers on Thursday and a grand slam on Friday, Suzuki has effectively silenced the chatter for Moises Ballesteros to replace him in the lineup. The nine runs he drove in over the last three games have also pushed him past the 100 RBI mark, which also hasn't been seen on the North Side since the 2018 campaign.