Piggy-backing off of @BruisedCrew's solid post, I'd say, if anything the fact the Cubs fought their way back to 11 over tells us quite a bit about the talent on their club. Their offense is extremely potent. That slump was really weird. Two 10-Game winning streaks isn't anything to scoff at. The 10-Game losing streak? I think that was more the anomalous stretch. The fact they've gotten to double digits over 0.500 with the way they've had to piece meal an actual pitching staff is pretty astounding. They've had to grab the Bryse Wilsons and Drew Pomeranz's off the DFA heap of the veteran world just to get through games. And, yet, even with the number of key losses and injuries on that staff, they've managed to stay above water with a middle-of-the-MLB-pack pitching performance overall. Their deadline will be key. What's wild, to me, is even with all the recent RISP woes the Brewers bats have experienced they have still scored the 5th most runs in MLB and only trail the Cubs by 3 total runs with the Brewers having yet to play today. I swear, the Brewers offense is the ultimate Master of Illusion. I think about their bottom of the order woes throughout the early season - the Rengifo quagmire; the Ortiz slump; having to call up Pratt etc - and their overall lack of HR power and consider their output pretty stunning overall.
*** This is typically where I hope @sveumruleswows me with one of his HOF worthy stat compilation posts explaining to my old man brain how the Brewers have done it***