The Cubs have got a pretty good baseball team, at the core of which is a quartet of rookie hitters that could well be together for another half-decade and beyond. But as I’ve rotated portions of content from one to the other and back again, I’ve neglected the opportunity to look at the bigger picture. How, I wondered earlier, do Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler, Addison Russell, and Kyle Schwarber match up against their fellow rookies from around the league?
Heading into Thursday’s action, the Cubs were second in baseball in home runs by rookies with 41 (Rays 43).