It’s never a good thing to drop two games in a row, especially when one of those losses comes in spectacularly dreadful fashion, but it’s even worse when the follow-up is a trip to Citi Field. The Cubs never seem to play well there, and we have reason to believe Juan Soto could be about ready to resume his typical elite run production. On the bright side, the rest of the NL Central remains at least three games behind heading into Friday’s action.
That means the Cubs have maintained very strong 70.9% postseason odds — down from 79.