When the Chicago Cubs unceremoniously exited the playoffs last season, many set their ‘Bryce Harper signing’ alarms. With a new TV network, one of the biggest markets in baseball, this seemed like a done deal. But we would later find out that wasn’t at all the case. Now the Cubs, on the cusp of pitchers and catchers reporting, with a team that looks very much like last years team. But is that a bad thing?
The Cubs won 95 games last season. That’s no easy feat. Especially with the injuries and down years that many of the key components to the previous year’s teams hampered their production.