2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 28

Quick someone come up with a witty “S” nickname for this team’s starting rotation. With the dynamic start to the season out of the Cubs offense, it’s easy to overlook some of what Marcus Stroman, Justin Steele and Monday’s starter Drew Smyly have done. Drew had an unfortunate first start in Cincinnati, but he’s done a whole lot more than that near-perfect start against the Dodgers. Monday night, he took advantage of an aggressive Nationals team to throw seven innings that one has to suspect could have been eight if they’d needed it.

Of course, that dynamic offense was on display. Particularly early on. It felt at least a tiny bit like they were trolling BCB front page writers. There was…