We measure our age by trips around the sun. Conversely, the baseball season can be measured by much shorter turns of a rotation. Thirty-two to be precise, plus a few extra starts. With the Cubs’ No. 1 starter, Jon Lester, taking the bump Wednesday night for the second time, that means this season is now has only 31 more turns to come.
Then again, we’re not really through a full turn since the Cubs’ second-most-effective starter from last season hasn’t even made a start yet. That would José Quintana, who struck out eight and yielded “just” two runs in four innings of emergency relief on Saturday.