Almost Halfway and the Chicago Cubs Keep Leading

It's early June and the Chicago Cubs sit atop the NL Central. Cubs are currently grinding through a tough road trip and are holding their own. Struggled to get much happening against top pitchers Mackenzie Gore, Tarik Skubal and Zack Wheeler. All the talk of the Cubs offense is well-deserved, but the defense has been impressive, too. Lineup suggestions for Craig Counsell (the Spring of Carson Kelly is over). A preview of the rest of the Phillies series, plus news and notes from around Major League Baseball.

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All things Chicago Cubs in under 10 minutes.