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Cubs brass has always said their goal was to create a competitive team year after year. They have done that. Lots of long term viability. This is a team built to win 100 games for the next 3-5 years. The problem I see is that it wouldn't be hard to beat this team in the playoffs. If you have pitchers who can pound the strike zone, you take away their advantage of being able to draw walks and get your starter to throw 115 pitches in 5 innings. Max Scherzer and to a lesser extent Stasberg today gave the blueprints for how to beat them. You can argue that after the WC game, every team has a 13% chance with the sample size so small and I think that's what they're doing here. They know the roster is flawed in a 7 game series against top tier pitchers but as long as they keep winning the division the more spins of the wheel they get. I understand, but as I see it now the Cubs get beat by the Mets and Giants with a series against the Nats going 7 games.
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