7/16 To Catch a Milwaukee Brewer

We are going to run the Brewers down like we're the Freeze.

The Brewers are currently 52-42 in 94 games, with 68 games remaining.

The Cubs are currently 46-45 in 91 games, with 71 games remaining.

The chart below shows how well the Cubs have to play to tie the Brewers (right 4 columns), depending on how well the Brewers play (left 4 columns) in the remainder of the season.

W	L	r/Brewers %	162-GM Pace	W	L	r/ChiCubs%	162-GM Pace
28	40	0.412	66.7	34	37	0.479	77.6
29	39	0.426	69.1	35	36	0.493	79.9
30	38	0.441	71.5	36	35	0.507	82.1
31	37	0.456	73.9	37	34	0.521	84.4
32	36	0.471	76.2	38	33	0.535	86.7
33	35	0.485	78.6	39	32	0.549	89.0
34	34	0.500	81.0	40	31	0.563	91.3
35	33	0.515	83.4	41	30	0.577	93.5
36	32	0.529	85.8	42	29	0.592	95.8
37	31	0.544	88.1	43	28	0.606	98.1
38	30	0.559	90.5	44	27	0.620	100.4
39	29	0.574	92.9	45	26	0.634	102.7
40	28	0.588	95.3	46	25	0.648	105.0
41	27	0.603	97.7	47	24	0.662	107.2
42	26	0.618	100.1	48	23	0.676	109.5
43	25	0.632	102.4	49	22	0.690	111.8
44	24	0.647	104.8	50	21	0.704	114.1
45	23	0.662	107.2	51	20	0.718	116.4
46	22	0.676	109.6	52	19	0.732	118.6

If the Brewers keep their current pace, the Cubs have to finish the season at a 100.4 win pace.

Posted Jul 16, 2017, 9:32 PM UTC · edited

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