Mike Forio

They dominated the Dodgers in the last two games of that season.

No, that's what I said.

It's a data point.

And what I think, Mark, your point is, and I'm not speaking for you, I'm just saying, I think what I'm hearing here is that the reason it's not time to panic is because your hitters just didn't hit this series.

They're going through a struggle.

I can't make big conclusions out of, if they are, and I hope not, swept by the Atlanta Braves.

I'm not going to be like, okay, what are the Cubs going to do?

I'd like to see Craig Council make some adjustments possibly, and that is on the manager to do that, whether it's sitting a guy for a day, changing the lineup around for the sake of changing the lineup around.

But in terms of like, oh boy, there's information that has come out of this mini slump here.

I'm not ready to do that yet.

I look at this simply as a point where you say, we know who the best team in the majors has been so far this season.

We did not stack up against them at their place.

We have work to do.

Hopefully we'll be playing better when we see them at our place later this season.

And hopefully they don't get swept.

That's like step one.

Don't get swept.

Like, feel good going into a series against a rambunctious team that feels like they can do anything right now in the Chicago White Sox.

And that's the fear.

If you don't