Cubs power offense

Cubs are having one of their best offensive years ever and yet are in second place and struggling badly on the road.  With the numbers that Castellanos is having, I would like to see the Cubs keep him.  Although Baez is clearly the best hitter and base runner on the team, he has been off track lately and the rest of the team is catching up.

As of August 20th, the Cubs have 9 players with double digit Home runs. In fact the slugging numbers a looking good so far.  Odds are likely the Cubs will have three players with 30 or more home runs this regular season.

Player       HR  3B  2B  XBH    H
Baez         28   4  34  66   140  <--
Schwarber    28   1  18  47    92
Bryant       25   1  32  58   128
Rizzo        25   2  25  52   125
Contreras    19   1  15  35    81
Heyward      18   4  15  37   109
Castellanos  18   3  44  65   137  <--
Almora Jr.   12   1  11  24    78
Bote         10   0  16  26    69

Baez and Castellanos lead the team in hits, doubles, triples and in general extra base hits. Every great team has to have at least a trio or great hitters. Everyone thought it would be Baez, Bryant, and Rizzo.... but their offense has been spotty this year. who is going to step it up?

Overall, it looks promising still for the Cubs. The Cardinals only have 7 players with double digits and their numbers a much lower.

Player        HR  2B  3B    H
Goldschmidt   28  15   0  120
Delong        22  27   1  112
Ozuna         22  18   0   91
Fowler        14  19   1   89
Carpenter     11  14   2   72
Martinez      10  12   0   83
Wieters       10   4   0   34

As you can see, The Cardinals are no where near as impressive hitting as the Cubs. The difference is mostly pitching.