Cubs’ best-in-baseball glovework has pitchers jazzed to join: ‘This is the defense you want to pitch behind’
<p>A legitimate shot at October glory and the electric atmosphere at Wrigley Field are selling points, sure.</p><p>But what excites pitchers more than anything about coming to the Cubs?</p><p>“I’ll tell you, I’m pretty excited to pitch with this defense behind me,” right-hander <b>Kevin Gausman</b> said Wednesday. “I’m really looking forward to that.”</p><p><b>Jed Hoyer</b>’s front office <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-jed-hoyer-top-prospects-trades-kevin-gausman-clay-holmes-ryan-zeferjahn-braxton-garrett-tyrone-taylor" >got aggressive at the trade deadline</a>, bringing in needed pitching to fortify a Cubs roster built for the postseason.</p><p>That pitching looks capable of helping the Cubs to a deep October run, not only because the likes of Gausman and fellow righty starter <b>Clay Holmes</b> are effective weapons on the mound, but because they get to pitch in front of the best defense in baseball.</p><p>“For me, this defense, this is one of the best places I could have come,” Holmes said Tuesday.
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<p>A legitimate shot at October glory and the electric atmosphere at Wrigley Field are selling points, sure.</p><p>But what excites pitchers more than anything about coming to the Cubs?</p><p>“I’ll tell you, I’m pretty excited to pitch with this defense behind me,” right-hander <b>Kevin Gausman</b> said Wednesday. “I’m really looking forward to that.”</p><p><b>Jed Hoyer</b>’s front office <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-jed-hoyer-top-prospects-trades-kevin-gausman-clay-holmes-ryan-zeferjahn-braxton-garrett-tyrone-taylor" >got aggressive at the trade deadline</a>, bringing in needed pitching to fortify a Cubs roster built for the postseason.</p><p>That pitching looks capable of helping the Cubs to a deep October run, not only because the likes of Gausman and fellow righty starter <b>Clay Holmes</b> are effective weapons on the mound, but because they get to pitch in front of the best defense in baseball.</p><p>“For me, this defense, this is one of the best places I could have come,” Holmes said Tuesday. “People around the league, you know the Cubs got a really good defense. You see them play, and it’s special.</p><p>“A guy like me, that’s what I do.
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- <p>A legitimate shot at October glory and the electric atmosphere at Wrigley Field are selling points, sure.</p><p>But what excites pitchers more than anything about coming to the Cubs?</p><p>“I’ll tell you, I’m pretty excited to pitch with this defense behind me,” right-hander <b>Kevin Gausman</b> said Wednesday. “I’m really looking forward to that.”</p><p><b>Jed Hoyer</b>’s front office <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-jed-hoyer-top-prospects-trades-kevin-gausman-clay-holmes-ryan-zeferjahn-braxton-garrett-tyrone-taylor" >got aggressive at the trade deadline</a>, bringing in needed pitching to fortify a Cubs roster built for the postseason.</p><p>That pitching looks capable of helping the Cubs to a deep October run, not only because the likes of Gausman and fellow righty starter <b>Clay Holmes</b> are effective weapons on the mound, but because they get to pitch in front of the best defense in baseball.</p><p>“For me, this defense, this is one of the best places I could have come,” Holmes said Tuesday.
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