Cubs Road Ahead: Smooth sailing ahead?

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CSN's Patrick Mooney and Tony Andracki look ahead to the North Siders' matchup with the Cardinals in St. Louis and talk about how the team may be buyers at the trade deadline in the latest Cubs Road Ahead, presented by Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana Honda Dealers.

It seems as though there's a new test every week for the young Cubs, and this one is no different.

Dates with a pair of first-place teams in the Dodgers and Cardinals will be yet another measuring stick for the North Siders, who started off their tough slate with an important 4-2 win over Clayton Kershaw on Monday.

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And as Mooney pointed out in the video above, if the Cubs (38-30) can stay afloat and a few games above .500 until the All-Star break, they'll get a nice break heading into the season's second half.

After that All-Star break, the Cubs play their first 17 games against teams that are either at or below .500 currently. And if they can maintain their pace - they're currently second in the NL Wild Card standings - it could allow Theo Epstein to make some moves to help them out.

"The schedule does ease up a little bit as get into the summer," he said. "So, you get the sense that as long as the Cubs can stay above .500, keep their heads above water, that this front office certainly has the trade ships and the belief to do something interesting by July 31."

See what else Andracki and Mooney had to say about the Cardinals and their hacking scandal in the video above.

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