2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 151

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesIt feels like eons ago that I suggested the Cubs needed to get greedy after they had swept the Pirates at Wrigley Field. At the time, the Pirates had been in contention in the NL Central and the Cubs had been bobbing along in fourth place. When the Pirates came to town, the Cubs were 28-37. The Cubs did “get greedy” and took two out of three from an ascending Orioles team that would go on to be the top team in the AL. They then went to Pittsburgh and swept three more.

Unfortunately, not much later, the Cubs lost four straight and seven of eight. That eight-game stretch was their worst since they also lost seven of eight from May 13 to May 21. May 13 to 17…