The Chicago Cubs had some great single-season performances in the 2010s. We would expect that from a team that made the playoffs four times and won a World Series championship in 2016. Indeed, we highlighted some of those performances in a previous column.
We’ll remember all the good ones for many years to come. There was Jake Arrieta, who was unhittable down the stretch in 2015 as he led the Chicago Cubs’ rotation on their way to the playoffs and the National League Championship Series.
We’ll remember Kris Bryant‘s MVP season for the 2016 champions, as well as those great performances all season long by starting pitchers Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks (though neither one of them would win the NL Cy Young Award).