You know, I could just repost the intro to last year’s midseason grades article, with different names and numbers, because many similar things have gone wrong with the Chicago Cubs over the first half of 2019.
- Three of the team’s five starting pitchers have spent time on the injured list
- They didn’t have a real lockdown closer until about two weeks ago, and even he’s been a bit of an adventure
- The lone “major” offseason free-agent signing has been a complete bust
- Several relievers have had ridiculously bad seasons
And yet, here we stand at the All-Star break with the Cubs in first place in the N.