“Oh it doesn’t seem a year ago to this very day you said, ‘I’m sorry honey if I don’t change the pace, I can’t face another day.'” – Elton John, Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
For the second consecutive season, Jed Hoyer used the word “disappointment” several times in his end-of-season autopsy, and he’s correct. The Cubs finished 83-79 against a Pythagorean record of 88-74. They were also 13 games below .500 in May and June, which means the team played at a .580 clip — a 93-win pace — minus those two months.