It’s become my annual tradition to put out a series of predictions at the beginning of the season, then to follow up on them intermittently. I had almost forgotten about this year’s crop, but the light bulb went off when I was trying to come up with All-Star break filler material.
No need for further preamble, let’s get to it…
1) No Cubs starter will reach 200 innings
Jon Lester leads the team with 111.2 IP and Kyle Hendricks is just behind at 110.1 at the break. And while that might make it seem as though they’re both well on pace to crack two hundy, we have to remember that the season is actually 57 percent over.