Chicago Cubs Series Preview: A split between Wrigley and KC

Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports The Royals start a four-game set against the Chicago Cubs today that begins in Wrigley and returns to Kauffman Stadium for the final two on Wednesday. Outside of some bullpen issues, the Cubs look as strong as they have in quite awhile with a potent offense and a rotation doing their job over the first week and a half of the season. They’re largely the same team that finished 84-78 last year. Of course, that team also had a Pythagorean record of 90-72, so maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that they’ve been so good. The biggest questions for them are the bullpen, which has seen Craig Kimbrel struggle mightily and Kris Bryant, who is out with illness in spite of testing negative for COVID-19. They’ve also (I believe) been the only team without a positive test, so things have been going pretty perfectly for him so far this year, which is bad news for the Royals who are not exactly doing well in any sense.

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