After a while, it feels like the same old story every single day. I’m sure not only to me and all of the other writers and bloggers around the country, but surely also to all of you reading. The only difference today was a poor start. The Cubs had at least been getting pretty strong starts from their pitchers. Javier Assad wasn’t good in his 2025 debut. You quietly hope that when a guy debuts in August that he’ll have a little extra zip being relatively fresh compared to guys who are three quarters through the grind of a season. But it wasn’t to be.

Offensively, this was a really weird game. The Cubs did draw seven walks and that’s great. But they only had four hits, and that’s not so great. All of the hits were singles. So the Cubs produced a lot of traffic but didn’t do much with it. Th

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