Experience is overrated.
As the smoke cleared and the dust settled after their four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants, the Cubs sat with the fourth-best record in baseball, even if they're only third in their own division.
The Cubs are now 3.5 games up on the Giants in the battle for the second wild card.
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It doesn't matter if the Cubs are a year ahead of schedule in the rebuild. They're here now, riding the coattails of four rookies into contention.