Yaaaaass. "Last season, the Cardinals won 83 games but their underlying talent level played like a team that should have won about five more games. The Cubs won 92 games, and that was roughly their talent level during the year last year. We can’t simply look at those win totals or even the underlying peripheral totals, add or subtract the offseason moves and come up with a projected record." NOPE, we gotta totally make horsefeathers up "The Cubs are up 5.2 WAR on the position player side. There are a few different ways to look at that difference. The first is to accept it. " The second is to be really really extra smart and throw out all objective analysis in favor of homer subjectivity. Beautiful.