Paul Sullivan: Cubs should be back in contention in 2018, but you can't count on it
When a team with as much young talent as the Cubs have goes down hard in the postseason, it's easy to promote the idea they will be back next year.
Even if the Cubs decide to part ways with free agents Jake Arrieta, Wade Davis and, please, John Lackey, they will bring back their starting catcher, all four infielders, a four-man outfield rotation and three of their prime-time starters.
Just add a couple of quality starters, a new closer and a couple more bullpen arms and you're right back in October battling for another World Series championship.
But it's ludicrous to
