The Cubs found a way to blow yet another close game last night because the bullpen couldn’t their opponents from scoring more than two runs. That’s an indictment of both the relief corps and the offense, neither of which have done the starting rotation any favors. Remember how the Cubs would sprinkle in a few blowout wins here and there among their run-starved losses last year? Yeah, well, that isn’t the case in 2024.
Javier Assad is on the bump tonight in an attempt to even the series with a Rays team he has never faced before.