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No matter the Cubs’ push to reclaim a winning record or the offensive resurgence late in the year or the list of young players who put together impressive seasons; the team’s 2024 season is still defined by a two-month rut.
“Believe me, we’ve spent way too much time trying to think about that question,” president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said when asked what went wrong in his end-of-season news conference Tuesday. “Ultimately, we collectively fell into a slump in May and June that we couldn’t get out of.