The Cubs’ last decade got off to an inauspicious start. The 2010 season was the first of five straight losing seasons in which the Cubs averaged 94 losses a year. But then, the promise of a Theo Epstein-led rebuild finally paid off with five straight winning seasons, including three straight NLCS appearances and a World Series championship.



But at the end of this decade, the Cubs crashed back down to earth. With just 84 wins and a third-place finish in 2019, the Cubs were on the outside looking in to the postseason for the first time since 2014.



What’s to come in 2020 should tell us a lot about how the first half of the new decade may go for the Cubs. Their future will likely be dictated by the actions Epstein takes over the next few weeks as he tries to push through what’s largely been his second straight slow offseason.



Predicting how it all plays out for the Cubs and Epstein is likely a fool’s errand. Which means I’m up for...