Between the Cubs beating the Padres and the Phillies taking down the Dodgers, there are no undefeated teams left in baseball. There are, however, three teams in the NL West with just one loss. Contrast that with the AL Central, in which no teams are at the .500 mark heading into Saturday’s games. Back to a topic you all care about, the Cubs enter the second game of their series with San Diego sitting in first place.
Someone on X told me this morning that “nobody with any critical thinking skills believes they are a threat to do anything beyond [the division],” so I guess we’ll just have to enjoy their fake competitiveness in the meantime.