<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><img id="story-photo" width="478" src=https://2cic.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c/stories/21/baseball/contreras_phone.jpg><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href=/cubs-baseball/story/three-takeaways-from-cubs-blowout-loss-to-pirates-17965 class="newstitle"><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">Three takeaways from Cubs' blowout loss to Pirates</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>When things are going bad, they are going bad. For the Cubs, things are not great right now, as you could say they are struggling across the board.</font> <a target=_blank href=/cubs-baseball/story/three-takeaways-from-cubs-blowout-loss-to-pirates-17965><font class=fullstory><b>Full Story »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>