Roughly ten percent of the season is in the books. After 17 games, the Cubs stand at 8 – 9 (thanks to a beatdown of the awful Marlins this week.) They are (lucky to only be) three games behind the Brewers. I saw an article today that declared that the Cubs positive run differential is +18, while the Brewers is -2. That will come in handy when they start holding the “Run Differential Super Bowl.” Not until.
The top of the order – especially 2/3 (Bryant and Rizzo) continue to struggle. As of today? Anthony Rizzo is hitting .