Bleed Cubbie Blue · Oct 26, 2020
It’s time to break up the Cubs’ home-run-or-bust offense
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images An all-too-familiar scene in 2020 — a Cubs hitter walking back to the dugout after striking outOver the last two seasons, the Cubs offense has often boiled down to home-run-or-bust.
And, to be sure, the Cubs hit a lot of home runs in those seasons. In 2019 they were second in the National League with a franchise-record 256, and they scored 814 runs, fifth-most in the league. This season, though, they dropped to 74 homers in the 60-game season, which ranked just ninth in the N.L., and the run-scoring dropped as well, to 265, which was 10th in the 15-team N.L.