2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 1

Welcome back for another season following our boys in blue. With another season on the field comes another season looking at the Heroes and Goats as identified by WPA.

I think as I approach 45 years old this year, I’m a little bit surprised by the range of thoughts and emotions as today’s game played out. Through three innings, I couldn’t help but think that the season was picking right back up where it left off. Then over the next four innings, the Cubs looked like the juggernaut that they were in 2016.

Of course, the Cubs had plenty of lopsided scores in 2018, particularly in the first half the season. The problem was consistency (and that the highs came less and less often as the season…