The Chicago Cubs' front office continues to try to make the team better, writes Gordon Wittenmyer.
The team, as a whole, is off to one of the strongest starts in major league history, with a 20-6 record and a run differential of plus-93.
They are doing what the Yankees of 1998 did: Consistently generating competitively and sound at-bats throughout each game, and systematically wrecking a league that happens to be saturated with non-competitive teams. In 1998, the American League added the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, an expansion club which went 1-11 against the Yankees, and Kansas City was winless in 10 games against New York, allowing 78 runs in 89 innings.