<p>DENVER — The way frustrated fans have let third baseman Alex Bregman have it recently, you’d think he was the sole reason the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> are in their current funk.</p><p>Bregman was the one taking the blame after Sunday’s loss, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/06/08/cubs-third-baseman-alex-bregman-jameson-taillon-kevin-alcantara-michael-busch-giants" >talking about how “terrible” he’s been this season</a>.</p><p>But obviously, in a team sport like baseball, one player alone doesn’t have that much power — even if he’s the one with the big contract and the one standing in front of the cameras talking about his lack of contributions after his team slid from atop the National League Central to just a shade over .500.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" > <div class="TweetUrl"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A couple two tree things about the Cubs from Colorado <a href="https://t.co/5OxkT1GaUG">pic.twitter.com/5OxkT1GaUG</a></p>&mdash; Vinnie Duber (@VinnieDuber) <a href="https://x.com/VinnieDuber/status/2064490497096425932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> </div> </div></div><p>“It’s not surprising that he’d go out and say that. But it’s on all of us,” center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong said Tuesday. “Nothing’s really been good about the last few weeks.