This team has toyed with us all year long but if they can win tomorrow then they really do have an incredibly easy stretch coming up, with Detroit, Miami, Pittsburgh, Washington, Pittsburgh. I don't expect much, but they have a chance
The Cubs have made this interesting enough for me to start box score watching again. Looks like the Cards will lose, the Pirates are losing to the Dodgers. Could be a great evening if the Mets and Braves both lose too.
The Cubs just have a bunch of mediocre hitters that give the illusion that they are really good players because they can put the ball in play. Hoerner, Tauchman, and Happ all fit the bill, sadly Bellinger is becoming that type of guy too. That's why you don't trade a guy like Morel for another one of those 'types' in Parades. You need players with different skillsets.
I'm thrilled the Cubs got Paredes, but it's kind of a weak move to give up on Morel. If they found a way to keep Morel while also getting Parades (which shouldn't have been that hard given their depth of prospect capital) then you really have something with a core of Paredes/Morel/Busch/Suzuki/Hoerner with guys like Caissie and Shaw around the corner. Morel has struggled this year but he's still a high ceiling player who's underlying stats indicate a 120+ wrc hitter. There's no shame in having a great DH