Originally Posted by
habitualwinning
The 2001 Mariners were 23-8 on May 7th. The 2016 Cubs are 23-6 on May 7th. Even if we theoretically chalked their 2 rainouts up as losses, which they aren't, they would be exactly on pace right now with the 2001 M's at worst. If they won one or both of those games, they'd be ahead of the pace. This is either going to be the best team ever based on record if they can sustain it or they're due for a regression. Only time will tell. I was skeptical the first couple of weeks cause they were playing bad teams, Cincy, Colorado, Arizona, Milwaukee, Atlanta are all sub .500 but they just absolutely rolled through the Pirates and Nationals back to back like they were bottom feeders and those are two of a small handful of good teams in the NL this season. All but 2 of the Cubs wins this season covered the RL. That's like some kind of ridiculous video game stat but they're actually doing it in real life.