My Cubbies are about 20 over and have a 2 game lead over Milwaukee, and we're in the first week of August. I sim lots of games.
We just split 4 with the Brew-crew. I played all four hoping to really put them away, but after two blowouts, they came back with two great pitching performances to take games 3 and 4.
Rizzo is leading the race for MVP and leads the league in hitting and RBIs. He only has 2 homers in the last 2 weeks which has him 3rd in HR with 28.
My starting pitching is really pitching well, but not deep enough in games so no one has more than 10 wins right now. Lester is last in the rotation in wins with 6, but 2nd in ERA. Jason Hammel is 8-8 with a 2.5 ERA - a perfect example of my lack of offense early in games. Hector Rondon leads the league in saves with 37.
I made an early season trade for Chris Gentry (OAK if I remember correctly) which has added some much needed speed. In a somewhat eccentric move, I have him hitting 9th (OB% is not good enough for lead-off) behind Fowler and Javier Baez in the 2 spot.
With quite a few games against MIL left, the race should be interesting. They have really come on in July, and lead the wild card race.
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