2017 Chicago Cubs
National League Central Champions
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Record	92–70 (.568)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Tom Ricketts
President of baseball operations	Theo Epstein
General managers	Jed Hoyer
Managers	Joe Maddon
Television	WGN-TV CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WLS-TV (Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies)
Radio	WSCR (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer, Mark Grote)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2017 Chicago Cubs season was the 146th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 142nd in the National League and the Cubs' 102nd season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Joe Maddon, in his third year as Cubs manager, and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of the National League Central.

The Cubs were the defending World Series champions, having defeated the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series.

The Cubs began the season on April 2, 2017, at the St. Louis Cardinals and finished the regular season October 1 at home against the Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs finished the season 92–70 in first place in the Central Division. With a win over the Cardinals on September 27, the Cubs won the division title for the second consecutive year.^[1]

The Cubs defeated the Washington Nationals in the NLDS three games to two to advance to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS in a rematch of the previous year's series.^[2] In the best of seven NLCS, the Cubs lost to the Dodgers four games to one.

Previous season

The Cubs finished the 2016 season 103–58 in first place in the Central Division, reaching the playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants three games to one in the National League Division Series. In the National League Championship Series, the Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to two to advance the franchise's first World Series since 1945. In the World Series, the Cubs rallied from a three games to one deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series for the first time since 1908.

Offseason

Wrigley Field renovations

The Cubs continued their $500 million, multiyear renovation project at Wrigley Field.^[3] Changes to the stadium for the 2017 season included:

• Relocated bullpens – Both bullpens, previously located down the first and third base lines, have been moved to their new locations under the bleachers in left (home bullpen) and right (visitor bullpen). The bullpens have windows that allow fans in the bleachers to look into each bullpen. Green-tinted transparent doors lead on to the field which allow the players see the game action, but cannot be seen through from the field.
• New rows of seats – Where the bullpens were located, down each line, four rows of seats were added.
• Seats behind home plate replaced – All seating in the lower bull behind home plate were replaced. An area underneath the seats will eventually become the American Airlines 1914 Club. Of the new seats, 700 were padded will be part of the Club in 2018.
• Partial facade restoration – The facade facing Addison Street was restored to match earlier changes to the west facade.
• Concourse replaced – The right field concourse was replaced with new bathrooms and additional concession stands.
• Office building and The Park at Wrigley – To the west of Wrigley Field, the Cubs built a new office building for organization offices. A plaza named The Park at Wrigley with stores and video monitors was added and can be used by the neighborhood when the Cubs are not playing at home.

Transactions

November 2016

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December 2016

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January 2017

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February 2017

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