The Cubs are playing metronome baseball, swaying from bad to good with each game as they tick away the last few weeks of the season. Their easy win over the Twins on Tuesday night wasn’t just overshadowed by the Olympics, as a dark cloud settled over the club with news that Adbert Alzolay will undergo UCL reconstruction. What’s more, Cody Bellinger is out for at least one game due to a sore hamstring as the result of an awkward landing on first base last night.
Last year’s team MVP has already missed time with cracked ribs and a broken finger, with the latter keeping him out of the field lately, so the Cubs can ill afford another absence.