I find it really hard to imagine a scenario where the cubs play 500 ball the rest of the way (or even whatever 11-13 ball is) and don’t make the playoffs. The reds just aren’t that good and the math gets tough quick.
Which is another way of saying that if the cubs somehow miss the playoffs, and I (obviously) trust the math on their odds, it will be entirely their fault and so worrying about other teams just doesn’t really do anything for me.