I wasn't happy about losing 2 of 3 to the Reds and, yeah, I do think the team is kind of underperforming/scuffling. I also realize this is baseball and this is what it's like during a long season, it ebbs and flows. We're approaching the ASB and currently sit tied for first in the division. After years of being hopelessly out of contention by Memorial Day weekend how can any Cubs fans really be that upset?
I think this team is close to having the recipe they need to take off on a second half run and win the division and make a deep playoff run. It seems like the past several years the team takes off immediately following the ASB and puts together a good run in July. I like what I see on the Cubs roster much more than what I see on the other division teams rosters.
Under Maddon, June has not been a stellar month for the Cubs, although this is the first year they had a losing record in June at 14-15.
In previous Junes the Cubs have done this:
2015 14-13 and worst streak was a 5 game losing streak
2016 16-12 and worst streak was losing 7 of 8
2017 15-13 and worst streak was losing 5 of 6
2018 16-13 and worst streak was losing 5 straight and 11 of 17 at one stretch
2019 14-15 and worst streak was losing 4 of 5 (probably the best "bad" streak in June overall but still a losing record for the month)
As far as All-Star breaks:
2015 47-40 before, 50-25 after
2016 53-35 before, 50-23 after
2017 43-45 before, 49-25 after
2018 55-38 before, 40-29 after
2019 ???
A good second half seems to be their history but they do look pretty lackluster at the moment, not unlike all previous years coming out of June.
