The Chicago Cubs won the offseason when they signed top free agent Yu Darvish to a six-year, $126 million. The move replaced the outgoing Jake Arrieta and simultaneously kept Chicago under the luxury tax threshold for 2018.
Mixed among a staff that features Jose Quintana, Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks, at least on paper, the Cubs seemed poised to dominate the National League en route to a third-straight division crown. But 13 games in, the Cubs are 6-7 and looked lackluster way too many times this early in the season.