The Cubs struggled through the entire first half of the 2017 season. At times, they looked good (example: winning six of seven in April to take over first place), at times awful (losing all six games of a trip to Los Angeles and San Diego in May).
43-45 at the All-Star break, everyone knew they’d have to turn things on almost immediately to have any chance to return to the postseason.
And that’s exactly what this year’s team did, going 49-25 after the break and mostly looking the way they did last year. That record is a .