Chicago Cubs: Kyle Hendricks quietly had another nice season

Kyle Hendricks doesn’t get much attention compared to other starting pitchers or other Chicago Cubs players. Yet he had another nice season in 2019.

This offseason, we’ve spent a lot of time discussing what went right and what went wrong in 2019 with the Chicago Cubs. A lot of players are getting attention: Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Kyle Schwarber, Willson Contreras, Jason Heyward, Jon Lester, Yu Darvish, Jose Quintana, and Craig Kimbrel are all getting their fair share of press. Will they stay? Will they go? Will they have a good 2020?

Yet here’s a question that I have: Why are we not talking more about Kyle Hendricks? Not only has he had a solid career with the Cubs, but he’s…