Everyone Else Can Go Ahead and Just Lose

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As you may have heard even if you did not get up in time for the games, the Cubs went to London and split the series with the Cardinals. Here’s from last time:

Per the division standings, the Cubs sit two games back of Milwaukee and are just 3.5 games back of Cincinnati.

Thanks to the game they didn’t play because two-game series, now that has become 2.5 games back of Milwaukee and three back of Cincinnati, which is kind of dumb because Cleveland didn’t do what they needed to, but the Reds did lose a pretty tight series to Atlanta. Does this mean the Reds are good? I don’t know, but they certainly looked the part, and it’s a good amount of fortune that the Cubs made up half a game on the leader.

Because of the re-balanced schedule, every game outside the division becomes much more interesting to me, so it would be nice for those division rivals to kind of tank those games. This may be easier for the opponent against the Reds, the wild-card leading Baltimore Orioles who would be sitting pretty if the Rays weren’t insanely good still despite figuratively missing some limbs. This is going to be an enigma for the Brewers, just a half-game back of said Reds, who have to play the Mets, and you all know how the Mets are doing. So we could see a different division leader by mid-week because of how close everyone is, and there’s a somewhat non-zero chance it could be the Cubs because the Phillies are having their own sets of issues, particularly on defense.

Updated from the last time:

  • Reds: 3 @ BAL, 3 vs SDP, 4 @ Nats, 3 @ Brewers (they also play the Brewers again coming out of the break)
  • Brewers: 4 @ Mets, 3 @ PIT, 4 vs Cubs, then those 3 against the Reds plus coming out of the break
  • Cardinals: 3 vs HOU, 3 vs Yankees, 4 @ Miami, 3 @ White Sox
  • Pirates: 3 vs SDP, 3 vs Brewers, 4 @ Dodgers, 3 @ Dbacks
  • Cubs: 3 vs PHI, 3 vs CLE, 4 @ Brewers (obviously the big series), 3 @ Yankees

With the off day as the Cubs try to reset their body clocks, we can instead do some scoreboard watching and will the Reds and Brewers to lose out. There were some encouraging signs from the London series even with the stupidity in the finale, and it’ll be up to the Cubs to take care of their own business with only one division matchup before the All-Star Game. A little help from outside the division will certainly be appreciated.

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    Rice Cube

    Rice Cube,

    More visually

    Jared Young indeed in the house

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    Rice Cube

    Probably also Cubs, but funny because Mets

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  21. andcounting

    I’ll even admit Madrigal has been a decent player since returning from Iowa. Even if 60% of his hits are infield grounders.

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