There’s teams with higher payrolls than the Cubs and all will finish with a worse record than Milwaukee. What bothers me is year after year there’s always some fatal flaw in the roster that’ll limit their ability to make a deep playoff run. Last year it was the rotation, before that it was a lack of front line talent and a hole at third base, this year it’s the bullpen. They refuse to go over the LT and sign front line arms while at the same time have neglected drafting arms to varying degrees in the first 6 rounds for fear of attrition.
Injuries aren’t an excuse for a replacement level pitching staff. Not a single arm on the active roster drafted and developed by the Cubs. I can go and on but figure it the horsefeathers out.