Yahoo Sports· 2h ago· 1 min read
This team is a study in contradictions. Two 10-game winning streaks (out of the three total 10+ game winning streaks in MLB this year) and a 10-game losing streak. The team has a leaky bullpen and yet it’s something like a quarter of their games that have been won in their last team at-bat. There are the 10 walk-offs but also, this is the third extra-inning win on the road (and eighth overall). I know there was at least one bottom of the eighth winning run scored at home. That’s 14 of 58 wins there. There was a game in LA that they beat the Dodgers 6-4 with two runs in the ninth. So 15 of 58 wins involved the Cubs scoring in their last time at the plate to win.
It’s totally crazy. The wins against bad starters. The wins against bad bullpens. Those are likely going away when the postseason comes. Well-rested elite starters and the top end of the bullpen throws almost all of the relief…
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