Chicken Little’s lungs got quite a workout this winter as the Cubs did virtually nothing to beat back a sky that has been falling for at least two years. That’s quite a change from last spring, when fans and players alike protested after Baseball Prospectus revealed its institutional hatred of the organization by directing its PECOTA projection to peg them at 79 wins and a last-place finish.
Ed. note: In the highly unlikely event that any MLB advisors from BP are reading this and taking it way too seriously, please note that I’m aware of how PECOTA works and that you don’t really hate any team.