So far, so good on the home stand, 5-2. The Cubs have swept the Reds, split with the Brewers in a rain-shortened series, and split the first two with the Giants. The Cubs have been as good as their starting pitching by and large. Butler was awful in his start last Friday. Lackey was not exactly scintillating in a windy night game loss to San Francisco Monday night.
Hendricks and Lester have been solid through the latest round. Arrieta was similarly solid in his last start, but, in my mind, he has a ways to go to prove himself the top gun he once was. Butler gets another shot on Thursday. Just reading the tea leaves here, one wonders if that is his final audition. Bringing up Rosscup means the Cubs have three lefties in the pen. That might set the stage for Montgomery to move into the rotation should Butler fail.
The offense has picked up the pace lately. However, one item of concern is they are scoring a lot of their runs via the home run. Ten of the last eleven runs they have scored are the result of home runs, including all of the runs scored in the Giants series thus far. Nothing wrong with a power surge for a team with a lot of power hitters, but still not really building innings the way they did last season.
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