Oddly enough, despite the Cubs’ poor start to 2021, both they and the Braves enter this series under .500. The Cubs are 5-7, the Braves 5-8. Atlanta just broke a four-game losing streak with a win over the Marlins Thursday afternoon.
For more on the Braves, here’s Kris Willis, manager of our SB Nation Braves site Talking Chop.
It has been an up and down start to the season for the Atlanta Braves who will head into this weekend’s series in Chicago with a sub-.500 record. The best way to describe the Braves’ play so far in 2021 is inconsistent.