Why Promote Owen Caissie Just to Bench Him?

The Cubs have experienced an offensive outage over the last month or so, and their tumble in the standings means they are now more than likely looking at a Wild Card berth as their sole path to the postseason. It would take a lot more things going wrong to mess that up, but the sad part is that the division shouldn’t be wrapped up in the middle of August.

After the Cubs defeated the Brewers on June 17, they held a 6.5-game lead in the NL Central. They now sit in second place, a daunting nine games behind Milwaukee. While Craig Counsell‘s starting rotation has been exceptional, the bats have gone silent. A team that ranked second in runs per game before the All-Star break (5.33) now ranks…