Comments on: Poised for a Second Half Surge—Weather Permitting http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/07/16/poised-for-a-second-half-surge-weather-permitting/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Carlos Portocarrero http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/07/16/poised-for-a-second-half-surge-weather-permitting/#comment-2617 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:51:20 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2618#comment-2617 I agree…to an extent. But Fowler is a free agent at the end of the year, so who will lead-off next year? Maybe they make a run at signing Denard Span or someone who’s also a steal threat.

Also, not ALL the young hitters will pan out, so I’m sure we’ll need to fill in that hole once we find out who it is.

]]> By: Joel Reese http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/07/16/poised-for-a-second-half-surge-weather-permitting/#comment-2616 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:12:26 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2618#comment-2616 Soler is one reason why I don’t think the Cubs need to trade for a hitter — if he comes on strong AND Castro and Fowler start hitting closer to their career norms, the offense will definitely improve. (Plus I’m assuming Bryant and Russell will improve a little with experience.)

In other words, the World Series title is clearly theirs.

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