If you thought life would get easy for the San Francisco Giants just because they put the Los Angeles Dodgers in the rearview mirror, well ... think again. The schedule eases up considerably starting next week, but standing between now and then is a four-game set against the Chicago Cubs who are, for lack of a more nuanced term, good.
The Cubs are also playing their best baseball of the year right now, as they’ve won 9 of their last 10 games, and 14 of their last 17. That’s good, because it means they just swept the San Diego Padres.