 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurasikirwa nemarekodhi muna 2013 na2014, uye mushure mekudzinga Rick Renteria uye mushure mekunge Joe Maddon asarudza kubva pachibvumirano chake neTampa Bay Rays uye akabhadharwa naEpstein mukupera kwa2014, maCubs akachengetedza nzvimbo yeplayoff muna 2015 ine yechitatu-yakanakisa rekodhi muMLB. Vakakunda Pittsburgh Pirates muNational League Wild Card Game uye St. Louis Cardinals muNational League Division Series munzira ye2015 National League Championship Series, kwavakaraswa neNew York Mets. Kirabhu yakapinda mwaka wa2016 ichitsvaga kufambira mberi zvakadzama mumitambo yekurova zvakare. Panguva ino, zvisinei, maCubs akakunda NL Central ine rekodhi yakanakisa muMLB, 10358. Yakanga iri zita rekutanga rekirabhu kubvira 2008. Mhanza yechikwata mumakwikwi ekupedzisa yakashandukawo. Vakakunda San Francisco Giants muNational League Division Series uye Los Angeles Dodgers muNational League Championship series, vachiputsa Kutuka kweBilly Goat, uye vakachengetedza franchise yekutanga National League pennant uye World Series kuoneka kubvira 1945. Pane imwe nguva ikoko, vakawira ku 31 kushayikwa mumutsara, asi vakakunda mitambo mishanu uye nhanhatu kumanikidza mutambo wechinomwe. Mushure memitambo gumi, kunonoka kunaya, uye kutungamira kwakaputika 51, maCubs pakupedzisira akabuda achikunda mumutambo wechinomwe, 87. Kukunda kwenhoroondo kweCubs kwakaratidza kupera kwekusanaya kwemakwikwi kwenguva refu munhoroondo yemitambo yeAmerica, kuhwina mukombe wechitatu weWorld Series uye wekutanga mumakore gumi nemasere. 