The Arizona Diamondbacks are staring down the barrel of a potential sweep at Wrigley Field, having dropped the first two games of their series against the Chicago Cubs. While the losses sting—each by just two runs—there's a silver lining: they're a marked improvement from the disastrous 11- and 12-run defeats the team suffered in Milwaukee last week. This marks the first time since the opening series in Los Angeles that the D-backs enter the final game of a real series without a win (we're setting aside the two-game Mexico City set for this discussion).

It's been a tough stretch for Arizona, who haven't won a series or back-to-back games since their April 18 sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays—over two weeks ago. Since then, they've gone 3-8, but somehow haven't lost much ground in the NL West. That's because the entire division is in a funk. Believe it or not, the Colorado Rockies have the best record in the division since that date, going 6-7—a mark that still sits below .500. In a bizarre twist of fate, every NL West team is currently on a losing streak of three games or more, a first in baseball history for any division. Collectively, that's 19 straight losses across the division. With all teams playing outside the division today, that number could balloon to 24 before they start facing each other on Monday. Somebody's gotta break the streak, right? Right?