Wrigley Field was chanting a name that used to be a prospect footnote. Pete Crow-Armstrong went deep three times against Cincinnati, and by the third one the whole ballpark was on its feet before the ball landed. He is playing like the best hitter in the National League right now, and the timing could not be better for Chicago, because the Brewers are next in town.
This is not a random Tuesday get-right game. This is Cubs and Brewers, division rivals fighting for position in the NL Central, and Chicago gets to bring its hottest player of the season into the middle of it. Milwaukee has to walk into a building that is currently louder than it has been in years, all because of one guy on a heater.
A hot streak does not swing a moneyline by itself. But you are not picking a stat line here, you are picking a team, and one of these teams currently has the most talked-about player in baseball. Cubs or Brewers tonight?