Starling Marte is having a pretty good year and Schwarber is slugging home runs (first in the National League) though his batting average and OBP is not what we would expect. 300 average and some decent fielding himself. In the meantime, Nico Hoerner could have easily been an All-Star with a plus.
Patrick Wisdom, with 17 home runs, seems like a good tradeoff at this point unless Bryant keeps his current pace.Īt shortstop, Javier Baez is having a very difficult year at the plate though you can see him on ESPN top 10 at least once a month doing Javy types of things. He has basically been injured or ineffective for most of the year. Kris Bryant just returned from the IL and is on a tear with 4 home runs since July 4 th. Although the batting average is extremely down, he is tied 9 th in MLB for home runs and the Cubs really don’t have anything close to Rizzo at first base. As always, Rizzo is a model of consistency. 513 OPS including 2 RBI’s, 8 runs scored, and 0 homers.įor position players, it looks like the Cubs at least broke even, if not a little bit ahead of the curve. 693 OPS including 4 homerun and 23 RBI’s.Ĭhristopher Morel.266/.338/.477 with a 814 OPS including 8 homers and 26 RBI’s. 820 OPS including 29 homers and 58 RBI’s. 666 OPS, including 8 homers and 34 RBI’s. 842 OPS including 22 homers and 57 RBI’s.įrank Schwindel. However, did we give away too many bits and pieces over the offseason to get the Cubs back to competitive as soon as possible?Īnthony Rizzo (1B).224/.343/.498 with an. And Nico Hoerner is having an All-Star year.
David Robertson should have been an All-Star. Willson Contreras and Ian Happ are All-Stars. The Cubs are showing some young potential with players like Christopher Morel (the new most exciting player in MLB), Nelson Velasquez, Keegan Thompson, Justin Steele, and Brandon Hughes. These facts are not meant to be a complete downer. And if the Cubs were in a different division in the American League…they would be in last place except for the AL West where they would be ahead of Oakland. Likewise, they are 14.5 games behind the Wild Card race.īut if the Cubs were in a different division in the National League…they would be in last place except for the NL east where they would be ahead of the Washington Nationals.
They are 14.5 games behind the Brewers and 14 games behind the St.
As far as the standings go, the Cubs are basically tied for last place in the NL Central (really, half a game ahead of Cincinnati). As we stretch for the All-Star Break, it is a good time to take a look at where the Cubs stand and if their offseason moves are working out…or not.
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