Justin Steele’s mindset is fixed on the day-to-day.

The Cubs’ lefty doesn’t get caught up in the next week’s slate of games or what the rest of the league is doing — heck, he doesn’t even know how many wins this team has this year.

“I have no idea what our record is,” Steele said after his start on Saturday night.

Really? Not even a glance at the playoff picture?

“I mean, last year towards the end, when we were like 1 game out and stuff, I started paying a little closer attention,” he said. “But yeah, at this point, we just got to win ballgames, it doesn’t really matter.”

It’s what the Cubs have started to do of late.

Their 2-game sweep over the White Sox gave them their 4th straight win and made them 8-2 in their last 10 games. It’s moved them to 3 back in the NL Wild Card standings and a game under .500 (59-60).

“That’s good,” Steele said.

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Steele’s mindset is like the one manager Craig Counsell has preached all season — stay focused on the task at hand and try and win that day’s game. It’s not the sexiest quotes or the ones fans want to hear, but it’s the approach that’s needed in baseball where there’s a new game every day.

“You got to play the game in front of you,” Counsell said.

That sounds a lot better of late — when the Cubs are winning games. It wasn’t what fans wanted to hear during the previous few months, where the Cubs fell to as much as 9 games under .500 and in last place in the NL Central.

“Like I’ve said, and still holds, we’ve dug ourselves a hole; we’re trying to dig out of it,” Counsell said. “We’re trying to put ourselves within striking distance here. Just keep playing good baseball.

“There’s time, but we got to play good baseball, and we know we don’t have much room for error.”

As of Monday, the Cubs’ playoff odds still stood at just 9.5%, per Fangraphs. A slim number, but in September last season, the Cubs had an 8% chance of not making the playoffs — and missed out on the postseason.

“I think it does feel like it is still within our grasp as far as controlling what we can,” Nico Hoerner said. “The first thing you can do is control your end of it, and I think we’ve done a nice job of that lately. Obviously, we put ourselves in the hole with how we played for an extended stretch, but I do think you’re seeing a very complete version of us right now, as far as starting pitching, bullpen, defense and a full lineup. So, I think we’re in a good spot.”

During this stretch, the Cubs are playing more like the team they were billed to be — the lineup feels deep with everyone contributing, the starting pitching is solid, the defense is clean and the bullpen feels stable with plenty of options.

And the schedule looks to be working in the Cubs’ favor.

Per Tankathon, the Cubs have the easiest strength of schedule in the National League and 5th easiest overall. After this 3-game set against the Guardians this week, the Cubs don’t play a team with a winning record until Sept. 6, when they host the Yankees for a 3-game set.

They only have 4 series remaining against teams with winning records — the Guardians, the Yankees, the Dodgers in Los Angeles (Sept. 9-11) and the Phillies in Philadelphia (Sept. 23-25).

“We’re just trying to stack up wins,” Counsell said. “That’s what we’re trying to do and make this last seven weeks interesting and fun. Stacking up wins will do that.”

If ever there was time for a run, now is the time. But the Cubs know their schedule doesn’t mean anything — it’s up to them to go out and perform. And it starts one day at a time, with Shota Imanaga on the mound Monday in Cleveland.

“I hate to talk bad about any team; I’m well aware that any team can get you on any given day, but you need to beat the teams that you need to beat,” Jameson Taillon said. “And that’s something, in years past, I’ve been on teams where it felt like you either make the playoffs because you beat the teams you need to beat, or you miss because you don’t beat up on the teams you have to beat.

“I think we’re all pretty aware that we had a tough schedule there for a while. Felt like we were kind of in the jungle for a bit, and then, now it’s like some nice off days and better travel and all that lining up. Still got to go out there and execute and play good baseball.”