By Jim Coffman
Any system that determines the Cubs will finish under .500 and last in the division in 2019 is goofy.
There is a great chance there will be more issues for this team than there were last year – veteran pitchers are a year older and they didn’t add a big time arm or two in the bullpen like we thought they would, so more turmoil there is slightly more probable than not.
But this team won 95 games last year. It won 95 with its best hitter missing 60 and struggling with the after-effects of an injured shoulder for half of the rest of them. It won 95 with an absolute ace pitcher sidelined virtually throughout. There might be something I’m missing but I don’t think so.
Posted on March 4, 2019