The Cubs spent most of the first month of the 2018 campaign trading off wins and losses.
They were never able to put together a quality stretch of games and the reason was ridiculoulsy easy to find: The starting pitching had been shockingly ineffective.
The resumes of Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks, Yu Darvish and Jose Quintana plus the predicted potential of Tyler Chatwood meant nothing for the first four weeks.
With May just around the corner, it's safe to say the Cubs rotation has rounded into form nicely.
As they hosted the division-rival Brewers into town over the weekend, the starting staff put together maybe the best run ever in a four-game series, allowing just one unearned run and 17 baserunners in 27 innings.