Happy PECOTA Day everyone! As you may remember back in February, the proprietary Baseball Prospectus forecasting algorithm predicted that the 2019 Cubs would win 79 games. As you may also remember, Cubs fans across the globe lost their minds. And though that dubious benchmark is now safely in our rearview mirrors, there have been more than a few times this season when it looked like BP was going to be spot on.
With yesterday’s 14-1 thrashing of the Pirates at Wrigley Field, the Cubs laid waste to that projection with more than a few exclamation points.