Marshall Harris

And O'Neal Cruz decided to pick this series to play like a baller in center field.

Had a great sliding catch on Friday, if you guys recall.

But...

All of that said, this is a Cubs team that is supposed to produce more.

We know that.

And when it gets to 0 for 30, what I thought was really interesting about the retort from Craig Council was that we talk a lot about hard hit ball rate and how that affects this team.

And I think it is a good measurement.

Jordan Bastion did a lot of good work on it, too.

He said entering Saturday.

The Cubs had a 44.2% hard hit rate as a team.

That was good enough for fourth in the majors.

Is their offense fourth in the majors?

No, it is not.

And the team's 8.7% barrel rate per stack cast was tied for the seventh highest in baseball.

Well, we know that they weren't the seventh best offense, so we understand you may be making good contact, but you're hitting them where they are instead of hitting them where they ain't.

Craig, counsel in that conversation did not...

Did not use that as an excuse.

I'm not saying bashing did.

He's just doing his job providing good stats for us.

But a lot of times we say that.