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The Cubs have not hit well for the last several weeks. After defeating the Rangers 7-1 on May 8, they were 27-12 and the team was batting .258/.354/.429 with 215 runs (5.51 per game), 51 home runs (1.31 home runs per game) and 308 strikeouts (7.89 per game).
Since then the Cubs are 7-20 and in those 27 games are batting .211/.302/.330 with 88 runs scored (3.26 per game), 23 home runs (0.85 per game) and 242 strikeouts (8.96 per game).
So if you’ve been feeling like the Cubs run scoring and power is down and strikeouts are up, you’re not wrong.
The slump has mainly been on the backs of four hitters who have pretty much stopped hitting: Alex Bregman, Michael Busch, Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson.
Now, Busch has begun to come out of his slump, a bit. But the other three haven’t, and in fact, Bregman was quoted after Sunday’s game as saying he’s been “awful.” True, and good for him for owning it.
These hitters all have good track records of success and you’d think that “reversion to the mean” would happen at some point.
Which of these hitters will come out of it first? Vote in the survey and we’ll have the results later in the week.
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