Don’t look now, but the Cubs have climbed out of last place in the NL Central and have one of weakest remaining schedules in MLB over the remainder of the season. They’ve still got a whole lot of ground to make up just to sniff the third Wild Card, however, and that whole easy schedule thing doesn’t really start until after they host the Twins. Minnesota comes to town at 62-48 with four straight victories.
This will be the only matchup between two teams that last played when Willians Astudillo was a thing and it was so hot that three Twins players left early due to heat-related issues.