The palpable excitement and energy that emanated throughout Wrigleyville after last Thursday’s come-from-behind win that featured the debut of closer Craig Kimbrel is gone. After the Chicago Cubs dropped two of three to the Cincinnati Reds this weekend, the team is searching for answers to a myriad of questions with less than a week until the All-Star Break.
We can now close the book on a forgettable month of June – one which saw the Cubs go 14-15, marking their first sub-.500 month since May 2017. The offense, which stole the show in all the wrong ways late last season, has largely gone cold, despite the team’s positive run differential last month, with two exceptions: Jason Heyward and All-Star Kris Bryant.