With the passing of Labor Day, the 2016 regular season is in its home stretch, with fewer than four weeks to go until the season concludes on Sunday, Oct. 2. There's little suspense that the Cubs—who will enter play on Tuesday with a 16 1/2 game lead in the NL Central—will win their division, but even before Chicago can chase the franchise's first pennant since 1945 and its first World Series title since 1908, manager Joe Maddon’s bunch still has some historic achievements within its reach. Here's a quick rundown of what's at stake for the Cubs over the remainder of the season.
Division title nears, but Cubs are also chasing these five benchmarks
