The Cubs 14 games into the season.

Trying to keep my word, here is what the Cubs look like at 14 games into the season, and it is not good. Below are the fielding players sorted hits.
Team Leader
Second best on team

Player          Pos   G   AB   R    H  2B   HR  RBI   BB   SO    AVG    OBP
Baez, J         2B   14   61   9   16   4    4   12    3   21   .262   .297
Heyward, J      RF   12   40  12   15   1    4   10    8    4   .375   .460
Bryant, K       3B   13   52   8   12   4    1    6    7   15   .231   .333
Contreras, W    C    13   38  10   12   2    5    9    7   13   .316   .435
Descalso, D     2B   12   38   8   12   2    1    5    3    9   .316   .366
Zobrist, B      2B   12   39   5   12   0    0    4    9    5   .308   .438
Almora Jr., A   CF   14   41   4   10   0    0    4    2    9   .244   .279
Rizzo, A        1B   14   52  12   10   1    3   10   10   13   .192   .344
Schwarber, K    LF   14   52   7   10   1    3    6    5   17   .192   .263
Caratini, V     C     6   14   4    8   3    1    5    3    4   .571   .647
Bote, D         3B   13   26   4    7   2    1    4    3    6   .269   .367
Zagunis, M      RF   10   20   1    7   3    0    4    0    7   .350   .350

The Cubs are out hitting the Reds and Pirates while the Brewers and Cardinals are out hitting the Cubs. Baez is the only player hitting over 15 hits. Rizzo and Bryant are not the most reliable players. Baez, Heyward, and Contreras are the heavy hitters. Pitching is getting much better, but still not on top of their game as a whole. The Cubs will not remain on the bottom, but it is hard to see them on the top of the National Central.

I'm going to look again at game 21. If the Cubs don't find .430 by then, the season might be over for them.

Cubs 1 week Progress

Every season I do three check point evaluations of the Cubs. First week, end of July, and the end of the season. This is the worst first week for the Cubs I have seen in quite a while. Actually can't remember when the cubs went 1 win and 6 losses. The Cubs pitching is not pretty

RK	Player	Team	Pos	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP
1	Baez, J	CHC	2B	7	31	6	8	0	0	3	7	1	11	2	0	.258	.281
1	Bryant, K	CHC	3B	7	30	5	8	3	0	1	5	4	7	0	0	.267	.353
1	Descalso, D	CHC	2B	6	16	4	8	1	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	.500	.529
4	Contreras, W	CHC	C	7	18	6	7	2	0	2	5	6	5	0	1	.389	.560
4	Heyward, J	CHC	RF	6	24	4	7	0	0	1	5	1	3	0	0	.292	.308
4	Rizzo, A	CHC	1B	7	25	6	7	0	0	2	5	6	4	0	0	.280	.455
4	Schwarber, K	CHC	LF	7	25	4	7	1	0	2	4	3	7	0	1	.280	.357
8	Almora Jr., A	CHC	CF	7	25	3	6	0	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	.240	.269
8	Zobrist, B	CHC	2B	6	23	3	6	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	.261	.393
10	Bote, D	CHC	3B	6	14	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.357	.438
10	Zagunis, M	CHC	RF	4	11	1	5	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.455	.455
12	Caratini, V	CHC	C	3	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.429	.500

The hitting is not the best in MLB, but it is not the problem. They are putting out the numbers to win games. Starting and relief pitching is agreeably the issue.

RK  Player        Team   W   L  ERA  
1   Brach, B       CHC    0   0   2.25 
2   Lester, J      CHC    1   0   3.00 *
3   Hendricks, K   CHC    0   1   4.15 *
4   Rosario, R     CHC    0   0   4.50 *
5   Kintzler, B    CHC    0   0   7.36 **
6   Darvish, Y     CHC    0   1   8.10 **
7   Hamels, C      CHC    0   0   9.00 **
8   Strop, P       CHC    0   1   9.00 **
9   Chatwood, T    CHC    0   0   9.82 **
10  Cishek, S      CHC    0   1  10.13 ***
11  Quintana, J    CHC    0   1  10.29 ***
12  Montgomery, M  CHC    0   0  16.88 ***
13  Edwards Jr., C CHC    0   1  32.40 ***

Lets see how things are in 14 games.

Video game console release time line

Here is a list of the major video game consoles that have been release starting with the very first, the Magnavox Odyssey. Also the first to use cartridges, and idea that was abandoned till Atari and then Magnavox again started using them.

Company    Console         Year released
Magnavox   Odyssey         1972
          
Atari      Pong            1975          
Magnavox   Odyssey Series  1975

Nintendo   TV-Game 6       1977
Atari      VCS/2600        1977         

Magnavox   Odyssey 2       1978

Mattel     Intellivision   1980            

Coleco     ColecoVision    1982
Atari      5200            1982

Sega       SG-1000         1983
Nintendo   Family          1983

Sega       Mark III        1985
Nintendo   NES             1985

Atari      7800            1986           
Sega       Master System   1986

Atari      XEGS            1987

Sega       Genesis         1988         

Nintendo   Super NES       1991
Sega       CD              1991

Atari      Jaguar          1993

Sony       PlayStation     1994      
Sega       32x             1994
Sega       Saturn          1994

Atari      Jaguar CD       1995

Nintendo   64              1996

Sega       Dreamcast       1998

Nintendo   64DD            1999

Sony       PlayStation 2   2000

Nintendo   GameCube        2001
Microsoft  Xbox            2001

Microsoft  Xbox 360        2005

Nintendo   Wii             2006
Sony       PlayStation 3   2006

Nintendo   Wii U           2012

Sony       PlayStation 4   2013
Microsoft  Xbox One        2013

Nintendo   Switch          2017