While it’s not impossible to make up five games on two different teams with just 13 games to play, dropping two of three to the hapless Rockies more or less nailed the Cubs’ coffin shut. They put up more of a fight than just about anyone could have imagined back in June, as they rallied to get back above .500 and could finish in second place after battling for the basement for much of the summer. Not that anyone’s interested in such moral victories.
The Cubs can’t offer any Morel victories either, but at least Isaac Paredes has come around enough lately to keep that trade from looking like a huge blunder.