The Cubs' season hangs by a thread as they face a 0-2 deficit to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS. Chicago sends Jameson Taillon to the mound in Game 3, with first pitch set for 5:08 p.m. The game can be seen on on TBS.
Milwaukee has history on its side, as just 80 of the 90 teams who put together a 2-0 lead in the LDS advanced.
The Brewers' bats did not get cold during the layoff between the end of the regular season and the start of their playoffs, as they tallied 16 runs in the first two games. Milwaukee’s 3 round-trippers demonstrated surprising power from a squad that finished 25th in home run percentage in 2025 (2.7%).
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Brewers vs. Cubs: Prediction, Picks for Game 3 NLDS
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Brewers C William Contreras Projection: 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBI
- William Contreras is hitting .444 (4-for-9) with 4 runs and 1 RBI in this series.
- Contreras had 5 hits+runs+RBI in both Games 1 and 2.
- Contreras was 2-for-8 against Cubs P Jameson Taillon during the 2025 regular season.
- In 2025, Contreras had more than 1.5 hits+runs+RBI in two of three games in which Taillon was the starting pitcher.
- Right-handed batters have a .492 slugging percentage against Taillon this season.
- Contreras has a career .325 BABIP against Cubs pitching, fifth-most among opponents with at least 30 games played.
Cubs P Jameson Taillon Projection: 2.5 Pitcher Strikeouts
- Taillon has an 18.0% career strikeout percentage in 194 plate appearances against the current Cubs roster.
- The righty's 18.9% strikeout rate and 20.8% whiff rate this season are the second-lowest of his career.
- In the regular season, Taillon posted a 4.50 ERA against the Brewers in 16 innings.
- To this point in the series, the two Cubs starters, Matthew Boyd and Shota Imanaga, have allowed a combined 10 hits and 6 earned runs in 3.1 innings of work.
Brewers DH Christian Yelich Projection: 6.5 Hitter Score
- Christian Yelich has more than a 7 hitter score in each game of this series.
- Yelich is 4-for-8 in the the NLDS.
- This year, Yelich is 3-for-7 against Taillon.
- Taillon threw the four-seam fastball on 38.5% of his pitches during the regular season. Yelich batted .303 against that pitch this year.
- In 20 career postseason games, Yelich has recorded a hit in 14, and a hit+run in 9.
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