The Cubs Can Win 100 Games If The Plan Holds

About this episode

The episode discusses the Cubs' recent performance and the shift in expectations towards a potential 100-win season despite challenges.

19-12 changes the tone, even if you are scared to admit it. We are past the point where every Cubs fan conversation has to start with what might go wrong, because the last few weeks look like a team playing with real authority. So we take the big question head-on: are we ready to recalibrate from a 96-win hope to a 100-win expectation, and start talking like an NLCS contender instead of a pleasant surprise? The Justin Steele setback is the gut punch, and we do not dodge it. We talk through w...

People in this episode

Hosts: Carl, Mahoney

Topics covered

• Cubs performance
• baseball expectations
• team authority
• Justin Steele injury
• NLCS contention

Keywords

• Cubs
• 100 wins
• Justin Steele
• NLCS
• baseball
• sports
• team authority

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Organizations: Cubs

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