After what feels like weeks of challenging games, the Cubs won a relatively easy one against a Phillies team that is heading in the wrong direction right now. There is a lot of baseball to be played and it is hard to imagine them not getting themselves back into contention, but on Friday afternoon they could not sustain any offense and they lost their fifth straight.
That’s probably been the most interesting thing in the early going. The Cubs schedule for the early season was brutal — on paper. We’ve all been down these roads before. So often what it looks like on paper and what happens in reality don’t align.