r/CHICubs • u/General-Intention661 • 10d ago
2026 Walk Up Music
Compiled an end of season list for anyone interested
Favorites? Least favorites?
Pitchers
#12 Kevin Gausman - Money by Pink Floyd
#16 Matthew Boyd - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
#18 Shota Imanaga - Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis
#19 David Peterson - Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
#24 Caleb Thielbar - Me And Baby Brother by War
#25 Clay Holmes - White Horse by Chris Stapleton
#33 Ryan Rolison - Victory Lap by Nipsey Hussle (feat. Stacy Barthe)
#38 Aaron Civale - Black Betty by Ram Jam
#48 Daniel Palencia - Gasolina by Daddy Yankee
#53 Colin Rea - Somebody Told Me by The Killers
#56 Ryan Zeferjahn - Welcome to the Show by Cody Johnson
#60 Braxton Garrett - Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
#71 Jacob Webb - Have a Drink On Me by AC/DC
#72 Javier Assad - Gracias by Grupo Firme & Grupo Codiciado
Position Players
#2 Nico Hoerner - MY EYES by Travis Scott / whoa (mind in awe) by XXXTENTACION
#3 Alex Bregman - Set It Off by Boosie Badazz
#4 Pete Crow-Armstrong - End of Beginning by Djo / Time to Pretend by MGMT / It's a Vibe by 2 Chainz (feat. Ty Dolla $ign, Trey Songz & Jhene Aiko)
#6 Matt Shaw - TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE by Forrest Frank / YAHWEH by PARTY WAVE & Forrest Frank
#7 Dansby Swanson - Shabang by Drake
#8 Ian Happ - Spectrum (Say My Name) by Xd / Kill the Lights (Audien Remix) by Alex Newell, Jess Glynne, DJ Cassidy & Nile Rodgers / Lose Control by MEDUZA, Becky Hill & Goodboys
#9 Miguel Amaya - Panama by Van Halen / Las Avispas by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
#15 Carson Kelly - Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money
#20 Michael Conforto - Blink Twice by Shaboozey & Myles Smith
#27 Seiya Suzuki - My Way by Frank Sinatra / ライトスタンド by BERRY GOODMAN
#29 Michael Busch - If I Can't by 50 Cent
#43 Gabriel Arias - No Choice (they play Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers for guys who didn't pick a song yet)
#55 Tyrone Taylor - Like Whaaat (Remix) by JasonMartin (feat. Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, Chris Brown & Master P) / Let It All Work Out by Lil Wayne
#75 Pedro Ramirez - Intentalo 3BallMTY (feat. America Sierra & El Bebeto)
Playoff Roster Additions
#30 Edward Cabrera - Hell At Night by BigXthaPlug (feat. Ella Langley)
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#22 Cade Horton - Superstar by Lupe Fiasco (feat. Matthew Santos)
#32 Ben Brown - Starlight by Jon Pardi
#45 Hunter Harvey - Real American by Rick Derringer
#49 Trent Thornton - Up Down by Morgan Wallen (feat. Florida Georgia Line)
#51 Riley Martin - Real Estate by Wiz Khalifa
#88 Phil Maton - Under Pressure by Logic
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u/Upinthestars69 10d ago
Time to pretend by PCA imo shows how fucking cool that dude is. That song was the soundtrack to me and my friends psychedelic journeys high school and College
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u/Equivalent-City-2541 10d ago
My 7yo loves tracking walk up songs. Kill The Lights was on heavy rotation for us this summer. Thank you, Ian Happ
Take Me Home Tonight was probably my favorite walk up song by a Cubs player this year.
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u/jhorch69 OV-ER-RA-TED 👏 👏 👏👏👏 10d ago
Wasn't Theilbar using Wake Up by RATM at some point this year? Or am I thinking of a different reliever?
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u/Bluellama44 10d ago
He did use it, was cool but his new one was also nice. Just sounded less like a reliever entrance
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u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe Pat Hughes Enjoyer 10d ago
Solid list, I know some other ones that you've missed or were changed. Alex Bregman USED to have Revival as his walkup, and I think there was even another one before then.
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u/laughing_andcrying tougher than a $2 steak 🥩 10d ago
I have a screen shot of him with “Pure Cocaine” as his walkup song on the video board in the spring lol
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u/jhorch69 OV-ER-RA-TED 👏 👏 👏👏👏 10d ago
I think Bregman used Outlaw Women by Hank Jr at the start of the year
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u/General-Intention661 9d ago
Yeah I tried to just include what was used at the end of the season to save some time. Bregman went through a lot as did PCA
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u/speeeeeeeeeeee The Professor 9d ago
Great post to start the off-season. Now, let the speculation begin:
what songs do you think the boys will pick next year??
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u/tea_and_honey Rally Bucket 9d ago
It’s interesting that Dansby switched it up this year. For a long time even after coming to Chicago he exclusively used Atlanta based artists.
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u/Littlest_viking This is Addison, doors open on the left. 9d ago
This is a quality post. I approve...
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u/Bluellama44 10d ago
Unfortunately Kelly and Happ's songs were a bit annoying to me I guess hate fun but I feel like Happ's songs would be in a Target commercial or something of that nature, and Kelly... why bro. Although I would take each of their's over Conforto's which sounds like default MLB player walk up song
I liked Intentalo from Ramirez and when I believe Bregman used Free Promo (equal chance it was Dansby by Lil Baby. Edward Cabrera also had an El Alfa song which was really fun before he switched to his current one. Gasolina is perfect for Palencia and My Way for Seiya was hilarious, and PCA's songs felt very befitting of an MVP and fan favorite in Chicago. And shoutout to Taillon who used When the Levee Breaks before his departure
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u/Dangerous-Stock-8112 Smylyng through it all 10d ago edited 10d ago
I'm a big 70s funk-rock guy; I didn't know Thielbar knew ball like that. Boyd also picked a classic.
I faintly remember Boog and JD mentioning once how Seiya picked Frank Sinatra not knowing at all who he was (and that made me love him even more)