The Chicago Cubs are making a playoff push in a season that defies logic. Can they get it done?
Chicago Cubs rookie Alexander Canario hits a grand slam in the 8th inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on Sept. 19, 2023.
They did just that last offseason, bringing in Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger, Jameson Taillon, Trey Mancini, Michael Fulmer and others in a $300 million spending spree to try to get into the postseason. They talked about it in spring training, and when the team took off in July, it seemed like President Jed Hoyer’s grand plan was working to a T.
That kind of thinking should be reserved for the Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds of the baseball world. After climbing into position for a postseason berth, the Cubs desperately need to get in to consider the season a success, no matter how they got here.“I feel like that’s a question for the end of the season,” Hoyer said Tuesday. “It’s late, but I don’t think it’s the right time to answer stuff like that. I feel like we’ve all really enjoyed so many aspects of this season.
If the Cubs do that, they would go no worse than 8-4 over the last 12 games, which might be enough to sneak into a wild-card spot. But if they don’t, they would have to consider this a blown opportunity. “Every season is sacred,” former Cubs President Theo Epstein said before a 101-loss season in 2012, the first year of the rebuild.
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