Do you have a preference as to who you face in the second round? The Tigers are the better team on paper, but they've been just completely falling apart for a while now.
We swept the Tiggers at home when they were still playing well so I'd just as soon have them over the red hot Guardians, But i feel pretty good about either match up
Tre Turner had the lowest batting average ever for a NL leader, at .304. A good illustration of how hard it is to watch games these days compared to the past.
I won't say that I'm confident that they will do it, but realizing that the Cubs only need to beat the Padres and Brewers to make it to the NLCS gives me hope. Playoff baseball feels good today. Its also kind of weird that so many of the Cubs postseason series have been against the "new" teams for so long, as they've faced the Marlins (multiple times), Rockies, Diamondbacks and Nationals over the last 25 years. The Pads and Brewers are ancient by comparrison.
