The Chicago Cubs pitching has been brilliant in the last 40 games or so. The bullpen seemed to teeter, but the starting pitching was excellent. And the pen joined the support group, and they were light out. But the batting? They ranked 13 out of 15 teams in the National League–10th in OPS. Let’s face it. They were horrible. So how are they going to handle it?
The Cubs led the NL with 30 quality starts. And the ‘swing and miss’ stuff averaged 10.66 strikeouts per nine innings. So what’s the story? Offense. They didn’t have it.