It’s June 4.

Let’s get that out of the way first.

The July 30 trade deadline is barely closer to Tuesday’s game action than the Cubs’ March 28 Opening Day contest is.

And given the roller coaster the 2024 Cubs have been on in the first two months of the season, it’s a fool’s errand to try to pinpoint right now exactly where the team will be at in the standings – or what their record will be – at the deadline.

That said, Jed Hoyer seemed more like a president of baseball operations looking for ways to add to his roster and not subtract from it over the next two months.

Hoyer spoke to Chicago media before the Cubs’ thrilling win in the first game of the Wintrust Crosstown Series Tuesday and put things in perspective.

Through April 26, the Cubs were 17-9 and a half-game out of 1st place in the NL Central.

Since that point, the Cubs are 13-22 and have fallen to 6 games behind the Brewers in the division.

“I understand the way the last 5 weeks have gone and we’ve lost 6 straight series and we’ve played poor baseball,” Hoyer said. “In a lot of ways, I think that’s undeniable but we’re talking about a team that played really well for the first month of the season.

“So we’ve already shown that it’s in there. It’s a matter of getting it out. So yeah, I just expect us to play better.”

[WATCH: Jed Hoyer addresses the state of the Cubs after the first 2 months]

One of the main issues for the Cubs has been an underperforming offense.

Since April 26 and entering play Tuesday, the Cubs ranked last in baseball in batting average – their .210 average was 11 points below the next-closest team (Mariners – .221).

They were also last in the league in total bases and slugging percentage in that time and only the White Sox have averaged fewer runs per game than the Cubs’ 3.44 mark.

A big part of the offensive woes has been a lack of execution with runners in scoring position. The Cubs are hitting .176 in such situations over that 5.5-week period, which is nearly 20 points worse than the next lowest team (Pirates – .193).

Tuesday night, the Cubs had only 2 hits with runners in scoring position as they pulled off a comeback, but they made those hits count. Dansby Swanson doubled home Ian Happ in the 5th inning and then in the 8th, Happ put the Cubs up for good with a 2-run double.

With prolonged struggles at the plate, will the Cubs be in the market for a bat to add to the middle of the lineup at the trade deadline?

“We’re constantly looking to improve our team and talking to people but I believe in this group,” Hoyer said. “We were 6th in baseball last year in run-scoring. This group is a better offensive team than we’ve shown.”

As Hoyer said, the Cubs were 6th in MLB in runs last season and 3rd in the NL – behind only the Braves and Dodgers.

And the lineup started out red-hot this season, ranking in the Top 10 in baseball in most offensive categories including 4th in runs per game (5.38). They also hit .280 with runners in scoring position as a team over those first 4 weeks.

“We’ve played 2 months of a 6-month season,” Hoyer said. “We’re 1/3 of the way through the season. One of those months was really good and 4 or 5 weeks have been poor.

“So I think trying to maintain that perspective – I believe we’re going to hit. If we don’t, are we gonna look for ways to upgrade the team? Of course we will. But it’s not as if this group hasn’t hit – even this year.

“We just haven’t hit since late-April and we need to get it going. I don’t think there’s any question about that. But I believe that the structure and bones of a team that was 6th in baseball in run-scoring is right there. We just haven’t gotten it going yet.”

The Cubs have had some better offensive performances of late, averaging nearly 5 runs per game over the last week (including Tuesday’s game).

But Hoyer still would like to see more – namely in the power department.

“The topic sentence is we haven’t hit enough,” Hoyer said. “We haven’t slugged or hit at the right times. We did in April. We didn’t in May. Let’s hope the calendar turning will get these guys back on track.”

Tuesday was a good start with a pair of 2-run homers and 3 doubles.

The Cubs’ offensive issues have many different subplots.

The team hasn’t received much in the way of offensive contribution from their catching tandem (Miguel Amaya, Yan Gomes). The cleanup hitter (Christopher Morel) has been the unluckiest hitter in baseball this year.

Several key veterans (Swanson, Happ) have gone through prolonged slumps while several other players (Seiya Suzuki, Michael Busch) have been streaky throughout the first 2 months.

Still, Hoyer believes in this group and doesn’t want to panic after just one month – especially a month where essentially every member of the lineup has slumped at the same time.

“Let’s see how we play in June and evaluate [whether we trade for a bat],” Hoyer said. “Of course, we’re always going to talk about external stuff but I do believe we have the answers internally as far as scoring runs. We just gotta do it.”