Chicago Cubs: 1 organizational mistake has been looming large lately
The Chicago Cubs have been a good team for a few years now. They rebuilt themselves well after Theo Epstein took over in 2012 and it led to a World Series championship. However, since winning that title, they have made some seriously bad decisions. One of them came during this past offseason when they decided to let Kyle Schwarber walk in free agency. He ended up with the Washington Nationals and he has been amazing.
Letting Kyle Schwarber go is proving to be a disaster of a decision by the Chicago Cubs.
Kyle Schwarber has been the hottest player in Major League Baseball lately. There is a good chance that he ends up being the player of the month for June because of how good he has been. He led off with another home run on Monday night and then added a second later in the game. Those were two of three hits on a night where he was just absolutely feeling it again.
In Schwarber’s last nine, he has four multi-home run games for 11 total blasts. That tied Frank Howard’s 11 in 9 games that he had during the 1968 season. It seems like this guy just continues to hit big and lead the Nationals to wins. A lot of this started when they moved him to the leadoff spot. For some reason, he has really clicked in that position.
The Cubs always knew he had power but they couldn’t get much more than that out of him. Something is clicking for him right now in Washington. They looked like sellers at the trade deadline before their current hot streak but now they might go for the playoffs. It is funny because Kyle’s performance could have saved him from being traded.
When the Cubs let Schwarber walk, they replaced him with Joc Pederson. He is having a nice year as well but he isn’t even close to the level that Schwarber is at right now. It has been fun to watch but it is tough to see it in another uniform.
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Would Schwarber be having this much success in a Cubs uniform? The answer will never be known but the possibility of it has to really annoy fans of the team. They struggle to score as it is but if they had Schwarber playing at this level, things might be different. They are close to being a playoff team but it feels like a year that they come up short. Letting Kyle go is part of the reason why and it is fair to admit that.