The Cubs showed a lot of class coming from behind twice to take the series against Milwaukee two games to one. They are not yet clicking on all cylinders, but they have so much talent they can usually muster up enough to grit out wins. For example, Bryant is just beginning to round into form while Zobrist and Baez are struggling.
Some observations to date. It looks as if most of the off-season moves are paying off. Jay has been quite good, as has the rookie Almora, even though his ABs in the clutch have demonstrated some immaturity. I had some doubts about Schwarber batting first, but he has been an on-base machine so far without losing any power even though he is not hitting for average.
Davis has been every thing that was expected as the closer and more. I have to eat crow on my misgivings about that trade, as Soler, once again, has starter the year on the DL. Uehara has been solid as well. Duensing has been unimpressive, but, then again, he has been unimpressive for the past several seasons.
Starting pitching has been pretty good thus far even though the starters are not going deep enough early in the year. Hendricks has been inconsistent and Lackey has been getting hammered early in the game before he straightens out. In my mind, the jury is still out on Anderson. His first two starts were quite good, his last was pretty awful.
Early on the performance of the Brewers and Reds, the latter of which the Cubs have not yet played, has been a surprise. In the case of the Brewers, they are really hammering out home runs, so much so that both Lackey and Bosio seemed to imply they were juicing. Who knows? Marte from the Pirates got hit with an 80-game suspension right after playing a pretty formidable role in his team's weekend sweep of the Cubs. The Pirates have lost three straight since. I rather expect them to hit the skids for a while in the wake of that event.
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