The last two weeks sum up the Chicago Cubs 2024 season. Last week the Cubs put up football scores against the Pittsburgh Pirates (18-8, 9-5, 14-10) and gave me hope that they could make a real run for the last MLB playoff wildcard. A week later the Cubs are playing that same Pirates team and have lost 3-5 and 0-5, and that pretty much has me throwing in the towel on their chances. Yes, they are only 4.5 games back and thus mathematically in it, but after the Pirates leave the Yankees come in to Chicago for three games and then the Cubs travel to LA to play the Dodgers, and they are very likely going to be out of the running by the end of that series against the Dodgers. If the Cubs were to make the playoffs, it will be because they are lucky; their inconsistency makes it more probable they will be watching the playoffs