It’s like a sunset, but it’s the Earth:
Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.
Magnificent.
And on that Earth, a baseball team from Chicago is having a bad four days …
We’re still too early in the year to have developed a deeply embedded understanding of what the “stereotypical 2026 Cubs loss” looks like, but if you absolutely had to come up with it here in the early going, it would look a lot like yesterday: a good enough outing from the starting pitcher, the bats not slugging enough and leaving opportunities on the table, and the bullpen giving up runs to put it away. On the offense, it’s only fair to point out that the Cubs did have a lot of decent contact that was either juuuuust shy of deep enough, or on which the Rays made a nice play. It’s not like it was an embarrassing showing. But right now, in the results department, the Cubs are getting absolutely nothing from Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Busch, and Alex Bregman. They will not score a lot of runs if that doesn’t stabilize. Craig Counsell believes it will, with a chuckle:"We have very good hitters; some of them are not succeeding right now. They will, in a big way." Craig Counsell knows the Cubs offense will find its rhythm. pic.twitter.com/qxZQAXjqNb
— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) April 6, 2026 Counsell’s not wrong that the Cubs are also “light” on catching some breaks right now. Obviously you can’t make bounces-going-our-way-thanks part of your strategy, and you need to do the work on the things you can control, but it’s just baseball that sometimes, and that luck can be the difference between a win and a loss. Could use some of those bounces soon. Relatedly, it’s not even that the Cubs aren’t just getting positive bounces, they’re also having a lot of bad luck on batted balls. From Cubs.com: “[C]onsider that the league batting average on hard-hit balls entering Monday was .464. The Cubs’ batting average on such balls was .351, the lowest in MLB. Their slugging percentage was .647 on hard-hit balls while the league-average slug was .897.” Even when the Cubs are doing what they’re supposed to be doing at the plate, the results have been lapped by the average MLB team. That tends not to be a matter of skill. Heck, it’s not even like the Cubs have a massive groundball rate! Theirs is below league-average. (The league leader by a mile? The Brewers. Of freaking course. Groundballs out the wazoo, but somehow also tons of offense.) As for the bullpen component, that Phil Maton outing – like his last one – was really concerning. Relievers live in small samples, so it’s pretty hard to brush off multiple outings where a guy’s velo/stuff looks way down, he’s throwing tons of non-competitive balls to get himself behind, and has so little command within the strike zone that he’s giving up rockets when he isn’t walking guys. This is a veteran who has been quietly very good for a very long time, so I have patience – but I’d want to know that everything is sound physically and mechanically. I won’t say this is the worst outfield throw ever, but it’s certainly the worst I can remember seeing in a long time:Another rough Roman Anthony throw. pic.twitter.com/m7xd6sKGuV
— Tyler Milliken (@tylermilliken_) April 7, 2026 The Brewers, through their skill and talent alone, were the recipient of that throw, which won them the game. They were also the recipient of an inning where they scored four runs without a single ball leaving the infield. Definitely all skill. No luck involved. Meanwhile, Willson Contreras is rather unhappy that, wherever he goes, the Brewers just keep plunking him. After the latest dustup, he wanted to make things clear about what comes next:"That's the 24th time that they hit me in my career. They always say 'I'm not trying to hit you.' That gets old. So next time they hit me again, I'm going to take one of them out. That's a message." Willson Contreras didn't hold back after being hit by a pitch against the… pic.twitter.com/ts0HAHEjiy
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) April 7, 2026Every Willson Contreras hit-by-pitch by Brandon Woodruff. pic.twitter.com/Wa6eqNt8Fu
— Marcos Grunfeld ?? (@TheBeatwriter) April 7, 2026 Unreal:Jacob deGrom has made 250 career starts.He's allowed 1 or 0 ER in 130 of those starts. t.co/pbPFz0wTRE
— Mathew Mocha (@Mathew_Mocha89) April 7, 2026 Jacob deGrom is, to me, the “fewest innings required to be a Hall of Famer” starting pitcher I’ve ever seen. He’s already there for me. MORE CUBS FROM BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN NewsletterBulls Officially Fire Arturas Karnisovas, Marc Eversley! t.co/I6groMDBHD
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