Baseball players guess. You said yourself you only watch Cubs, so of course you are going to see "guessing" more from them than other teams. The team's approach is great. The offense is great. It's not unstoppable but no lineup is. Not to nitpick, but their approach really seemed to suck this postseason. Theo always preached about working counts and wearing staffs down. Game 7 against the Dodgers, KB saw a grand total of 10 pitches. Derp, Game 5. In his career, opposing batters hit .295 of 0-0 pitches, and .336 on 2-0 pitches. In 2017, they're hitting .300 on 0-0, and .467 on 2-0. He only had one 3-0 count all year, and you weren't hitting him on 2-1, or any 2 strike count. In other words, it's better to swing early against Kershaw than to work the count.