I had a passing thought tonight. As the Cubs slowly gain ground on the top NL teams, I can hear fanbases muttering about them doing it against weak teams. So I decided to check tonight’s opponent. Surely, most of the other NL teams have played their whole schedule against the Braves by now, right? How did they do? Starting at the top, the Brewers won four of six. Phillies? Eight of 13. The Dodgers? Five of six. Padres? Six of seven. Mets? Lost eight of 13. Whoops. Reds? Lost five of seven.

Kind of amusing. The best of the best dominated them pretty hard. The last in and last out? Not so much. The Mets and Reds had losing records against them. Some of that is bad timing, of course. The Braves were a different team months ago. That’s the biggest issue with the modern schedule. Used to be yo

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