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Is Kyle Schwarber the new face of leadoff hitters?

Quite often, a team coming off a big World Series win tries hard to not rock the boat much. After all, as the thinking goes, why mess with success? But when it comes to their leadoff hitter, the Chicago Cubs are apparently not content to think inside the box by putting slugger Kyle Schwarber at the top of the order in 2017.

Suffice it to say, Schwarber is not your prototypical leadoff hitter. He's not going to challenge for any stolen base crowns. This year's MLB stolen base leader likely will have more stolen bases in 2017 than Schwarber will have in his entire career.