Marshall Harris

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Just looking at the New York Times Athletic, they do the power rankings for Major League Baseball every year.

And just looking at where they have the Cubs.

Cubs are still a top 10 team, according to these particular power rankings.

Tied for 8th.

The previous power ranking that they had had was tied for ninth.

Here is the little synopsis.

I want to get your reaction to Marshall Harris.

Early surprise, Alex Bregman's negative 0.1 B war.

If you want a positive spin, Nico Horner's newfound ability to unearth extra base hits has been a nice one.

And Edward Cabrera's tenure in Chicago has started really well.

But I don't think either of those is all that surprising.

So it's Bregman who entered Monday night's matchup against the Phillies, hitting just 213, 618 OPS.

It's not as if Bregman has never slumped before, and for his career, March slash April is the only split in which his career OPS is under 800.

It was 765.

This is a little bit worse than that, so it qualifies, but it would be a much bigger surprise if Bregman's slash line looked like this by the end of May, they say.

That's what we're all counting on, but he might be indicative, symbolic of what is going on with the Chicago Cubs offense right now.

The two home run game, yep.

Yes, it's so funny.

When he hit those two homers, I was like, okay, he's here.