Defense will really start to suffer once Schwarber kills one or two other players during his outfield adventures.

Pitching will probably remain about the same. Thing is that Hendricks and Arrieta pitched a lot of innings last year. Won't be surprised if they end up back into a 6-man rotation come July-August. Who knows though, this team might just murder every team at the plate and none of this will matter.

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I do see them out slugging everybody, even with the defense and pitching taking a step back.

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If Schwarber, Rizzo and Bryant stay healthy, it could be similar (or even better) than the Colorado Rockies team with Gallaraga, Walker and Castilla. Lots of runs scored for the Cubs, but with a far better pitching staff and defense. Lots of fun to watch the games.

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91 seems just a little low. They certainly will not win 100+ again.

94-95 wins, which should be enough to win the division by at least half a dozen games.

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They could win as little as 95 games and as many as 105 games. 105 games if we see Heyward bounce back to a 4-5 fWAR player and not too much regression from the pitching staff.

To be clear, you think 95 wins is their floor?

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Factoring no major injuries yes. In terms of talent/win shares, what came out the door, what came in the door, future growth of young players and of course decline of the veteran players, it's tough to forecast a decline of anything more than 7-8 wins.