Cubs’ Offensive Inconsistency Fueled by Poor Batted-Ball Numbers

Remember how fun the Cubs’ offense was earlier this year?

In the midst of the team’s best stretch of the season from about mid-April to mid-May, everything appeared to be “fixed.” The Cubs were near the top of the league in runs scored and nearly every single player seemed on pace to obliterate their home run totals from the year before. There was no shortage of Chili Davis jokes the launch-angle fad came back into vogue.

It was fun!

While many Cubs are still are on pace to comfortable surpass their previous home run tallies, the offense has not otherwise demonstrated much consistency. Their drop from first to fifth in runs scored among National League teams since May 1 speaks to that…