The Cubs are about to embark on a six-game road trip against two very beatable teams and they’re doing so in the wake of Marquee’s announcement of a direct-to-consumer streaming service. Sounds like they’ve got both motive and opportunity to spend at the deadline. Now it’s just a matter of stepping up and playing this next week in such a way that it forces the front office to buy.
Kyle Hendricks has a chance to get keep the winning train rolling as he takes the bump on Tuesday evening. He looked solid against the Nats after a pair of shaky starts and now he faces an offense that isn’t scary on the whole.