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Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, August 28 edition

The Cubs are on a roll. They went 5-2 on the road trip, have won eight of 12 and are 16-8 this month. It won’t be easy to keep up a .667 winning percentage, but if they can accomplish that, the Cubs will win 90 games this year. That’d be the first 90-win season for the team since 2018.

Fasten your seat belts, this will be a fun ride. In the meantime, here are some of the things that went well over the last week, and some that didn’t.

Three up

Seiya Suzuki is en fuego

At the beginning of this month, Suzuki was briefly turned into a platoon right fielder after a 7-for-44 (.