WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins’ experience running Cleveland’s farm system, he consistently saw one truism play out:
“It’s always feast or famine,” he said in the visitor’s dugout at Nationals Park before the Cubs’ 5-1 win Monday. “There’s never an in-between stage where you’re like, ‘Oh, this is nice.’ It always feels like you have too much or you have too little.”
The Cubs now are dealing with some of both. In the pitching department, they’re in a famine stage, with limited options to start Thursday. In the hitting department, they’re in a feast stage, with more hot bats in Triple-A than they have roster space for in the big-leagues.