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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1479309" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>The problem with the Cubs isn’t how they’re playing now, really. It’s how they floundered around as a .500 team for two months in June and July. They’ve played pretty well since then, but really blew their chance earlier to put some distance between them and the Cards and Brewers. </p><p></p><p>The weird thing is that the NL has so many teams playing at a 98+ win pace since the ASB - Cards (109), Braves (108), Mets (101), Dodgers (101), and Nats (98) - that it makes the Cubs 92-win pace since the ASB look a lot worse than it really is, and means that even if they’d played up to expectations, they’d still be in a dogfight for a playoff spot. </p><p></p><p>You have to look at the Cubs record against the Reds (7-9), White Sox (2-2) and Rockies (3-3) as where they’ve blown their chance to be better. Change that 12-14 to 17-9 and they’re sitting in first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1479309, member: 26283"] The problem with the Cubs isn’t how they’re playing now, really. It’s how they floundered around as a .500 team for two months in June and July. They’ve played pretty well since then, but really blew their chance earlier to put some distance between them and the Cards and Brewers. The weird thing is that the NL has so many teams playing at a 98+ win pace since the ASB - Cards (109), Braves (108), Mets (101), Dodgers (101), and Nats (98) - that it makes the Cubs 92-win pace since the ASB look a lot worse than it really is, and means that even if they’d played up to expectations, they’d still be in a dogfight for a playoff spot. You have to look at the Cubs record against the Reds (7-9), White Sox (2-2) and Rockies (3-3) as where they’ve blown their chance to be better. Change that 12-14 to 17-9 and they’re sitting in first place. [/QUOTE]
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