Tale of two months provides good illustration of what Cubs are missing. McGrawDHSports Cubs
As the calendar flips from May to June, maybe it's time for the Cubs to make another dramatic shift in success rate.
In May, they were 25th in batting average, 23rd in slugging, 24th in OPS, 25th in runs scored and 19th in home runs. Truly a dismal offensive performance. "Our game is momentum-based," manager David Ross said Wednesday."I followed the Reds for a second after they left here and they're playing really good baseball."
No one expected those guys to keep up that pace all season, but to point out the obvious, the Cubs need a couple players who can keep that up all season. "It's getting hits in the big spots," Trey Mancini said."That's something that's eluded us for a while. It's something we did well early in the year and not so well recently. That's magnified in these close games a lot."
The rotation is in decent shape with Ben Brown likely to make his major-league debut soon, then ideally the two most recent first-round picks, Jordan Wicks and Cade Horton, to follow.There was some promise in the pen this week with Adbert Alzolay, Mark Leiter Jr. and the improving Julian Merryweather. But trying to use all three of those guys two days in a row backfired Wednesday.
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