Michael Busch Is Becoming One of MLB’s Best First Basemen

Posted May 7, 2025
The Chicago Cubs have one of the most prolific offenses in baseball. They lead MLB in runs per game at 6.24, they have the highest OPS in the sport at .805, and they’ve scored 10 or more runs in a game seven times already this season, the most in MLB. One of the most vital offensive contributors has been 27-year-old first baseman Michael Busch. (Just Baseball)

Related: Baseball, Baseball Recruiting

4 keys to a bounceback from top free-agent starting pitcher Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen is a workhorse starting pitcher with two top-five Cy Young finishes in the past four years who's still just 30 years old. Sounds...
Thu Jan 29, 2026

UNC Baseball picked second in ACC preseason poll
No. 11 North Carolina will begin its pursuit of a second straight ACC baseball title picked second in the league by a narrow margin. In...
Thu Jan 29, 2026

UNC Baseball Begins Second Week Of Scrimmages
UNC Baseball began its second week of Spring scrimmages with a fairly long scrimmage on Wednesday afternoon at a sunny but chilly Boshamer Stadium. The...
Thu Jan 29, 2026

THT Newsletter: The Jarin Stevenson Game, Tar Heels headed to Super Bowl
Jarin Stevenson had himself a game in UNC’s upset of Virginia, Drake Maye and three other Tar Heels are heading to the Super Bowl, Carolina...
Mon Jan 26, 2026