If you can’t beat ’em, repeat ’em. That’s what the Cubs looked to be doing when they signed Brandon Morrow and Yu Darvish this past offseason. In addition to bolstering the staff, Morrow set right to work on helping his new teammates better understand and attack the high-strike approach that baffled them so in the NLCS. Then you’ve got the move to go with more dynamism at the top of the order in an effort to avoid the offensive stagnation that led to their demise.
The Cubs are clearly trying to emulate the Dodgers.