Chicago Cubs: Stop making Kyle Hendricks the next Maddux

Just because he’s an average height white guy who throws in the mid-80s and plays for the Cubs doesn’t mean Kyle Hendricks is the second coming of Greg Maddux.

On Kyle Hendricks’ Baseball Reference page, you won’t see Greg Maddux’s name in his most similar players.  And you won’t see Hendricks on Maddux’s page either.

Greg Maddux is astronomically better than Hendricks.  That doesn’t mean that Hendricks isn’t a good pitcher, he’s one of the best in the NL.

I’m sick of this narrative that’s being forced on Kyle Hendricks which is almost impossible to live up to.

The stat difference between the two shows who is the superior pitcher.