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Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
It’s just two games into the spring, but so far the Cubs have displayed good pitching and solid defense.
Those can be the hallmarks of a championship team.
This 2016 article notes that year’s Cubs, by one measure, were among the greatest defensive teams in MLB history. Though the 2016 Cubs scored 808 runs, that was fewer than the 855 scored by the 2008 Cubs. Where the 2016 Cubs really dominated the league was in runs allowed. Their 556 runs allowed was the fewest in the NL by 56, and the fewest by any Cubs team in a full 162-game season since that season length began in 1962.
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