Cubs analysis: MLB predictions for the 2016 season

Some Cubs fans are going to embrace the expectations that have been placed on the team this season. Others are not.

I lean toward the former. I lean toward this team not giving a solitary damn about the curse of a billy-goat or Steve Bartman. I lean toward this 2016 Cubs team has one of, if not the, most talented rosters in the history of the franchise.

Pitching:

You return the 2015 Cy-Young winner in Jake Arrieta to frontline the rotation and return seasoned veteran Jon Lester as the number two option. The Cubs added another veteran in John Lackey this offseason and will return number four starter Kyle Hendricks. The rotation is probably as good as it’s been since the 2003 season with Mark…