After a loss Monday night in Milwaukee, the Cubs are 4-6 through their first 10 games of 2021. That might not be so bad when applied generically against the remaining 152 games this season, but myriad issues make it impossible to be so practical with an assessment. For one, six of those total games and three of the losses have come against a Pirates team that isn’t even trying to compete.
You could almost convince yourself that things haven’t been that bad when it comes to scoring, since the Cubs’ total of 29 runs isn’t the lowest in the league.