Chicago Cubs: It’s time to start thinking outside of the box

The Chicago Cubs have gone 0-6 on the current road trip, and they need to come up with something to spark the offense. Returning home should help. But what else can this team do to get on track?

First, before some of you go jumping off the bandwagon, the Chicago Cubs were just about this bad at one point last season. In July of last season they were 12-14, and over the course of June and July, they played just 28-26 baseball. That’s not much different than this current stretch the Cubs have found themselves in. 12-16 in May. As Jim Deshaies says, “If May were a player, he’d be designated for assignment.” Can’t say I have any objection to that.

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So not much has gone right in these first two months. The Cubs find themselves just two games out of first place in a crowded NL Central. Not the place they hoped to be in, but things could be a lot worse. So now what? Joe Maddon says he believes the solutions are on the 25-man roster. Assuming that to be true, what are the logical moves for him to make?

These aren’t necessarily “cutting edge” ideas, but they haven’t been delved into yet, so we feel they’re worth a shot of considering to help get this stagnant Cubs’ offense going once again.