Last season the Chicago Cubs shocked the baseball world by winning 97 games and getting the best of the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. This year they find themselves back in the divisional series, but this time, they will have a new opponent.
The San Francisco Giants had a miserable second half, and that’s putting it nicely. But playoff baseball is an entirely different animal. Here’s what the Cubs need to do to advance past the Giants.
Consistency in the starting rotation
Perhaps the Cubs’ greatest strength this season was the consistency of their starting rotation.