how about if jose veras hadn't [expletive] up a bunch of games for us? Bring Bryant up and help someone else collapse so we can get a WC spot. 22-9 would get us to 81 wins. I stupidly feel like that isn't impossible.
Cubs on pace for 73-89, win percentage slightly over .450. Unless the White Sox come back in the last two innings, they'll have the same record as us. That'll be fun to hear discussed on sports radio tomorrow.
It's gonna be a close race to see if he keeps rookie eligibility or not. 130 ABs is 3.1 per game on the way out, but he probably won't play every single day.