The Cubs opened their series against the Tigers with a win that looked for a while like it was going to be another one of those stupid one-run losses with the offense failing to do anything at all. My big takeaway is that there’s no way in hell Detroit should even be within sniffing distance of the .500 mark, and this is from a guy who’s watched the Cubs all year. My second takeaway is that Javier Báez is indeed completely lost at the plate.
Even accounting for his emotional return to Wrigley Field for the first time since the trade that sent him to the Mets for Pete Crow-Armstrong, it’s evident he’s just up there guessing.