The Chicago Cubs pack up their 74-54 record and head to T-Mobile Park this Saturday at 7:15 PM EDT on MLB.TV, hoping their bullpen doesn't completely disintegrate with Daniel Palencia stranded on the 60-day injured list and Hoby Milner on the 15-day injured list. Fortunately for Chicago, they are facing a Seattle Mariners offense that has spent the summer treating a baseball bat like a highly ornamental, purely decorative object, limping along with a .230 team batting average. That makes Chicago’s perfectly average .248 mark look like the Murders' Row Yankees by comparison, even if Seattle’s pitching staff boasts a slightly tidier 4.00 team ERA over Chicago's 4.14.
Seattle hands the ball to left-hander Kade Anderson, while the Cubs counter with David Peterson, a man whose 5.29 ERA and 1.53 WHIP suggest he simply enjoys the company of base runners and hates a quick inning. It is a classic battle of an offense that struggles to find first base against a pitcher who practically hands out free real estate, making this regular season clash in Seattle a true test of who can tolerate more self-inflicted drama. Head over to StreakChat to lock in your pick and tell us if you are backing the Cubs on the road or betting on a Seattle miracle.