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Paul Sullivan: Is the Chicago Cubs offense for real or is it too small of a sample size to judge?

It’s hard to remember the Chicago Cubs were 11 games over .500 in mid-June 2021, looking like a team on a mission to avoid a fire sale. But that’s exactly what happened, of course, and after team President Jed Hoyer’s summer sell-off led to a 91-loss season, the new-look Cubs started this season with several fresh faces and lowered expectations. Whether it was a rebuild, a re-do or a retro ...
The Chicago Cubs' Ian Happ celebrates his eighth-inning home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on April 24, 2022, in Chicago.

It’s hard to remember the Chicago Cubs were 11 games over .500 in mid-June 2021, looking like a team on a mission to avoid a fire sale.

But that’s exactly what happened, of course, and after team President Jed Hoyer’s summer sell-off led to a 91-loss season, the new-look Cubs started this season with several fresh faces and lowered expectations.

Whether it was a rebuild, a re-do or a retro version of a mid-1990s Cubs team, there was no pressure to get off to

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