2018 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Cumulative Standings

Well, the Cubs streaks came to an end. They finally lost two in a row for the first time since late July. Fortunately, they’d won three in a row just before that for the first time since the first game after the All-Star break (which was actually the fourth consecutive victory). This led to a second consecutive time where I’m looking at a nine-game period and the Cubs won five of nine. It isn’t sexy and they aren’t running away with anything, but the Cubs just keep winning slightly more than they are losing and games keep dropping off of the season.

It’s a little too early for monitoring daily, but the Cubs magic number is down to 35 with 39 games left to play. It’s going to be a little…