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| HT/WT: 5-11, 210 lbs |
| Birthplace: Maplewood, MN |
| Age: 28 |
| School: North Carolina |
| Experience: 3 |
| Bats/Throws: L, R |
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2026 Batting
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| Regular Season | .239 | 20 | 77 | .746 | 3 |
Top Michael Busch News
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Hits 20th home run Saturday
Busch went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Reds.
Busch hit his second home run in the last seven games during the sixth inning, which gives him 20 long balls for the season. The slugging first baseman now has three straight 20-homer campaigns, though he's taken a step back from 2025, when he launched 34 long balls during the regular season. Busch should continue to see ample playing time down the stretch as the Cubs battle for playoff positioning.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Launches 19th home run Saturday
Busch went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Pirates.
Busch was eventually lifted for pinch hitter Seiya Suzuki in the eighth inning, but not before he lifted his 19th home run of the season. The first baseman now has two long balls in 11 games this month to go along with a .745 OPS. Overall, Busch has a .741 OPS, which is a step back from the career-best .866 OPS he registered during his 2025 breakout campaign, when he also launched 34 home runs in the regular season.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Taking seat for series opener
Busch is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Brewers.
Busch will head to the bench as the Cubs roll out a right-handed-heavy lineup to counter Brewers southpaw Robert Gasser. BJ Murray will get the nod at first base in place of Busch.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Goes deep in win
Busch went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Friday's 6-1 win over the Marlins.
Busch walked and came around to score in the sixth inning before adding a solo shot in the ninth. The 28-year-old has now homered in two of his past eight contests, though he's just 4-for-34 with 10 strikeouts in that span. On the year, he's slashing .236/.345/.391 with 18 homers, 69 RBI, 64 runs scored and two steals across 629 plate appearances.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Blasts 17th home run Friday
Busch went 1-for-4 with a walk and a two-run home run in Friday's 10-8 loss to the Reds.
Busch has now gone deep three times in his last nine games, and he's up to 17 long balls overall. The slugging first baseman hasn't quite matched his production from last year, when he blasted 34 home runs and finished with an .866 OPS during the regular season, but he's still had a productive campaign in 2026. Busch now has 68 RBI and a .754 OPS in 133 games this year to go along with his 17 homers.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Connects for 16th home run in loss
Busch went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Mariners.
The first baseman went back to back with Alex Bregman in the top of the sixth inning, giving Busch 16 home runs on the season and two long balls in his last four games. He also has 65 RBI and a .744 OPS across 128 contests. Busch seems unlikely to match last year's marks of 34 homers, 90 RBI and an .866 OPS, but he's still been a useful fantasy contributor in 2026.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Records two hits in loss
Busch went 2-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored in Friday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Mariners.
Busch recorded his first multi-hit effort since Aug. 9 as he showed a bit of a spark amid what's been a slow stretch at the plate lately. Across his previous eight games before Friday, the first baseman was batting just .161 with a home run and eight strikeouts. Overall, Busch is now slashing .244/.350/.390 with 15 homers, 54 runs scored, 64 RBI and two steals in 127 contests, and he should remain a lineup regular moving forward, at least against righties.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Pops homer
Busch went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the White Sox.
Busch ended a 12-game power drought with the first-inning long ball. He's still gone seven contests without a multi-hit effort. On the year, the first baseman is batting .244 with a .740 OPS, 15 homers, 64 RBI, 53 runs scored, 20 doubles, two triples and two stolen bases over 125 games.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Sitting out Sunday
Busch is absent from the Cubs' lineup against the Cardinals on Sunday.
Busch will ride the bench for Sunday's rubber match with St. Louis despite recording at least one hit in seven of his last eight games. Pedro Ramirez will man first base and bat sixth for the Cubs.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Records three hits Sunday
Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Royals.
Busch enjoyed a nice weekend series against Kansas City, going 6-for-12 with a walk and two runs scored across three games. It continues a good stretch of play this month for the first baseman, who is now sporting an .857 OPS with a home run, four runs scored and five RBI in nine August contests. Busch isn't quite matching last year's breakout campaign, but he's remained a solid fantasy contributor in 2026.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Goes deep Monday
Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run and three total RBI in a 10-5 victory versus the Dodgers on Monday.
Against the team that drafted him in 2019, Busch launched a solo homer in the fifth inning and added a two-run single in the sixth. The long ball snapped a 12-game homerless stretch for the first baseman, though he logged a healthy seven RBI during that stretch. Busch is far off the pace to reach the career-high 34 regular-season home runs he launched last year, but with 63 RBI through 112 games, he could challenge his career-best mark of 90 RBI, which was also established in 2025.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Launches 12th home run Saturday
Busch went 1-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run and an additional run scored in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Twins.
Busch also struck out three times Saturday, but fantasy managers will surely take the power production, as he's now up to 12 home runs and 51 RBI through 97 games. The Chicago first baseman is riding a modest four-game hitting streak, which has helped push his overall slash line up to .239/.367/.400. The batting average and slugging percentage are down from Busch's breakout 2025 regular season, though his current on-base percentage would represent a career best.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Doubles twice in win
Busch went 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 8-4 win over the Reds.
Busch laced his 16th and 17th doubles of the season to help lead Chicago to victory, and he hit them both against southpaw Andrew Abbott to boot. The first baseman goes into the break with five hits across his last two games, but it's mostly been an underwhelming first half following his breakout 2025. Busch has a .763 OPS, 11 home runs and 49 RBI across 95 contests so far this year. In 2025, he finished with an .866 OPS, 34 homers and 90 RBI in 155 regular-season games.
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Cubs' Michael Busch: Up-and-down doubleheader effort
Busch went 1-for-8 with a walk and a two-run home run across both games of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Mets.
Busch started the day by going 1-for-3 with his ninth home run of the season, but he couldn't sustain the effort in the nightcap, when we went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts. It's kind of a microcosm of the first baseman's year, as he's shown signs of breaking out but has yet to truly match his production from last year. Busch's OPS is currently down exactly 100 points from the .866 mark he posted during the 2025 regular season.
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