Kaplan: How have the Cubs fallen this far from the days of dynasty talk?

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After a disappointing 2018 season that saw the Cubs lose a division title tiebreaker to the Milwaukee Brewers and the wild-card game to the Colorado Rockies - with both games at Wrigley Field - the pressure to achieve at an extremely high level in 2019 was ratcheted up when president Theo Epstein held a 71-minute end-of-the-year press conference in which he said the Cubs offense was broken, that October starts in March, and that performance would be valued more than potential. Have the Cubs fixed their broken offense? Add in a subpar bullpen and an inconsistent starting rotation and you have a team that does not resemble the 2016 World Series champions that many - myself included - thought could become a dynasty.

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