5 On It: How many games will the Cubs win this season?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's time for Five On It.
Rahimi Harrison-Roney.
Bring you five topics on their minds today.
On 104.3 The Score. I got five on it.
Number one.
We are coming to you live today from Sluggers in Wrigleyville for our ultimate home opener broadcast. Zach Zaidman will also be here for the official pregame show coming up at 1245. It's all brought to you by our friends at Circus Sports. Sports, betting the way it should be. Now here's question number one. How many games will the Cubs win this season, and where will they finish in the NL Central?
Marshall is staring me down. So, Pocota says 90 and a half.
You and your Pocota.
I think it's important to gauge.
Enough with the Pocota.
Layla says 93. One game better than last season. Why? Symbolically. I feel like they should be better than last season. Ergo, therefore, I think they're going to be 93 and 69. Nice.
69. You just wanted to say 69. Let's be honest.
I did not. I really just wanted them to be better than last year. And by this metric, the Layla metric of prediction, they are.
How many games will the Cubs win this season?
I think it's good enough to win the NL Central. And I know, I know. We say this, and it's almost become a tradition where we're like, oh, what devil magic did the Brewers partake in this time around? And I know that was traditionally a Cardinals term. referring to one of their whiz-bang prospects that suddenly became something amazing. I do not think the Cardinals have that kind of magic this year. And I think because of the fact that the Brewers finally had to get rid of some big pieces, a.k.a. Freddy Peralta, for example, Caleb Durbin, I still think the Cubs have a better roster. And if the Brewers don't outperform expectations... They do that every year.
Which is hard to count out.
Typically, teams do the opposite, where they underperform.
I am calling for it right now.
No, I'm just kidding. No, do it.
No, don't.
Please don't. Okay, so that's my judgment. But then again, I also said Yankees and Dodgers yesterday, but that was just because I didn't want to say Blue Jays, but I really feel like the Blue Jays might win the American League.
All right, here's the rub, Layla. Here's the rub.
Yes.
The Cubs are going to win 94 games.
Two games better.
They're going to lose 68 games. I did the math. 94 plus 68 equals 162.
Big if true.
Here's the rub. The other teams in the division are going to be the ones that give the Cubs a lot of those 68 losses. I think they will perform much better outside of the division than they do in the division. I think it's going to be really tight in the division. So I think they are going to win the Central, but I don't think they're going to win the Central by more than four games.
I think that that is fair. Top to bottom, it's a better division.
Guys, Marshall, what's that number I wrote down right there? Are you copying off me? I guess so. But no, that's why I showed you. I wrote that down. See? 94 wins. Robby Triano and Tyler Buterbaugh are not the only people that write stuff down. 94 wins for the Cubs this year, which is a two-game, would be a two-game improvement. I am predicting that the Cubs... will win the division by two games over the Milwaukee Brewers.
What factors influence the Cubs' chances in the NL Central?
So you got even tighter than I have it.
I do. Can I just throw this out there? What would even give you reason for pause this time around? Like, that's what I'm getting at.
Because you just, I mean, like, we joke about it.
Outside of a 21-game win streak.
We joke about the Brewers and their stars that are always rising and things that we don't think about during the season, like, I was so confident in May last year that I put the Brewers away and I don't think there was a lot of pushback at the time. Now as time went on that prediction was really bad but you just can't count out the Brewers and what they do so I'm giving them a little respect. I am picking the Cubs, but the Brewers right on their tails two games back by the time this season ends. Also, what gives me pause is Jacob Mizorowski's existence and the idea that he could be a frontrunner for Cy Young award winner and he might win 20 games.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–1:11
2
How many games will the Cubs win this season?
1:11–3:25
3
What factors influence the Cubs' chances in the NL Central?
3:25–13:11
4
How will the White Sox perform this season?
13:11–18:44
5
What are the predictions for the White Sox's win total?
18:44–18:56
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