They’re not meaningless, there’s the potential to go 2.5 up on Philly today, plus the tiebreaker, with just 11 to play.
While its not essential to get the 1 it does matter.
As far as the Cubs go they are hot, 6 out of 7. But as long as we win, even if we don’t gain a game on them, it’s more time that they’re running out of.