Heavy hitters

May 1st, 2008 at 04:00pm Matt Trowbridge

Remember when the Cubs were worried about Ted Lilly and Rich Hill? Who worries about pitching when you can hit like this? The Cubs suddenly look like the Red Sox and Yankees who, yes, always had good pitching, but could also bomb their way out of most pitching glitches with a nonstop lineup of heavy hitters. The Cubs lead the Major Leagues in on-base percentage. That hasn’t happened since 1945, which, not-so-coincidentally was the last time they reached the World Series. The Cubs also lead all teams in runs scored. … Alfonso Soriano returning to the top of the lineup won’t destroy that. The No. 2 team in both on-base percentage and runs scored is Arizona, which features strikeout-happy, speed/power Soriano clone Chris Young batting leadoff.

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