As the Chicago Cubs boarded their flight from Milwaukee to San Diego Sunday, things looked bleak. The club dropped three straight to the rival Brewers, Jon Lester turned in another dud of a start and Addison Russell, who had been starting at shortstop for the injured Javier Baez, was undergoing concussion protocol after being hit by a pitch.
Make no mistake – things still look pretty bleak. Fangraphs pegs the team’s odds of winning the NL Central at just over 17 percent. But Chicago is hoping for a boost in the form of 2018 first-round pick Nico Hoerner, who is set to join the team in San Diego, according to multiple reports.