Living in Chicago, I'm bombarded with Cubs news every day (could I have used the word 'zeitgeist' there?), and I'm not sure most Brewers fans realize how (comparatively) weak a playoff opponent the Cubs would make.
In the last month, the Cubs are only 12-16. They've got no closer, a terrible bullpen and inconsistent starters -- they've got nothing resembling an ace. When the starter's pitch count gets high, Counsell's hosed. A few weeks ago he was going with middle relievers, but that didn't work. Lately he's stuck with his starters; that hasn't worked either.
True, the Cubs' offense is excellent, but if the options are facing the Phillies (Wheeler / Sanchez / maybe Luzardo), the red-hot Padres with the only bullpen in baseball better than ours, or a Cubs team backing into the playoffs, my thinking is we could do a lot worse than the Cubs.