As the Chicago Cubs front office sifted through the failure of the 2018 season, it was concluded that problem was the offense. Theo Epstein clearly felt that way, stating that, “Our offense broke.”
All the attention on offense
No doubt the Cubs bats, hot and cold all season, went silent in September. Almost all observers agreed that the pitching, especially after the addition of Cole Hamels and Jesse Chavez, had kept the Cubs in the hunt for the postseason.
But the “broken” offense and the pitching rising to the occasion time and again masked a weakness.