Cubs First Baseman Michael Busch Gets Engaged, Fiancée Flashes Radiant-Cut Diamond

Michael Busch had good reason to be smiling before Friday's series opener against the Cleveland Guardians. The Cubs first baseman, fresh off a breakout 2025 season, announced his engagement to Haylee Schreen in a collaborative Instagram post, revealing that the proposal had taken place on March 15. Schreen, an esthetician, said yes, and the Cubs also shared the news on their Instagram account. What the couple shared in that post was not just the news but the ring itself: a radiant-cut diamond, its rectangular silhouette and 70 facets visible in a close-up that left little to the imagination.

The radiant cut is not a passive selection. Invented by master cutter Henry Grossbard, it borrows the trimmed corners of an emerald cut and applies brilliant-style faceting to produce a stone that fires with unusual intensity. Its crisp edges and intricate faceting create standout light performance, and brides drawn to this shape often seek boldness and clarity, qualities mirrored in its geometric precision. In 2026, the radiant cut is expected to be one of the standout diamond shapes of the year, with its appeal lying in the way it combines brilliance with structure.

Schreen captured the proposal moment with a caption that read: "The best chapter begins! Over the moon to begin a lifetime with my best friend!" The Cubs' official Instagram account joined in on the celebration, a small but telling detail about how thoroughly Busch has become part of the fabric of the North Side.

That arrival in Chicago came in early 2024, when the Cubs acquired Busch from the Los Angeles Dodgers in a trade that has worked out extremely well for the club. Drafted in the first round of the 2019 MLB draft (31st overall, out of the University of North Carolina) by the Dodgers, Busch had long been blocked in Los Angeles by one of the deepest rosters in baseball. Given consistent opportunity in Chicago, the 28-year-old left-handed slugger made his case decisively. In 2025, he posted a .261/.343/.523 slash line with 34 home runs and 90 RBIs across 155 games, earning a 16th-place finish in NL MVP voting and a 4.6 bWAR.

The couple's engagement comes after Busch's successful 2025 season with the Cubs, which ended with a loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS, and he is currently playing in a series against the Guardians in Cleveland. Now entering his third year with the club, Busch has carried that momentum off the field as well.

The radiant cut he chose for Schreen fits the temperament of a hitter who swings with conviction. It is the diamond shape that rewards decisiveness: structured enough to hold its own in a close-up, brilliant enough to catch a room off guard.